That final scene was on the new breakwall at La Perouse protecting Port Botany when it was first completed. It just had 'Drag Strip' written all over it. There was only one way one and off. If people were racing, the local Highway Patrol just parked at the end and blocked it off. No where for the racers or spectators to go. Very sad if you were racing. Very humorous for the HWP. Everyone got the message and migrated to Kurnell Point and raced on the road out to the Continental Carbon factory. The sandhills are mostly gone now and I don't even know if the factory still exists. Many years ago now. I wish I still had my 6 cyl and V8 Hemi Chargers.
@@shellez101 Yeah, but the road to Continental Carbon was surrounded by sandhills, so there was no irate Karens ringing the Police to give them up. No mobile phones then and the nearest booth was Kurnell near the sports club or near Cronulla Golf Club. I lived about 100m from Cronulla High School for many years, so I knew that area well. (I also worked out of Maroubra Police Station in the HWP, so I know that as far as Kurnell was concerned, the racers were long gone before the Police were even notified that they were there. There was about a dozen locations all over Sydney, they turned up, had about 6 races, then moved on to the next location. Unless witnesses were prepared to make a statement, all the Police could do was hand out defect notices between locations. Awful boring from the point of all concerned. But the order came from higher up. It was not until there was some fatal accidents that laws were introduced for a specific offence of racing and the power to impound cars.
Great input. I've watched it a few times. Cry every time. My father and his 2 brothers fought in WW II. My uncle was killed by Japanese. Another uncle was a bomber over Germany. Hated killing Germans . My Dad was a paratrooper. Survived, so I'm here. My Dad marched every year with the paratroopers in Melbourne
The Beacon Unit is 24V DC. The Bulb has been replaced with 12V bulb. The motor runs slower and quieter because of the half rated voltage (for 24V motor). The game stays the same. Plug and play, but install 12V bulbs.
I suspect Eric had some influence with JR regarding the odd callout or two in this game. It is no coincidence I guess that Eric is responsible for Cactus Canyon Continued. ;)
It did play acceptably out of the box except for some switch adjustments. However, I did make some improvements and tweaks. This was all rolled in with fitting the playfield protector about 30 games in. It was good but I made it better and corrected some minor anomalies. This is the best pinball game I know of, although that is subjective. I put it above any of my other games including Alien, Twilight Zone and Whitewater. They are all good games, but this game is fantastic imho.
