Indeed they were. I learned to drive in an old EH, with 3 on the tree, bench seat front, the family car...
And had an HR, Hell Raiser for a bit. I Would love to have the Charger or an HK Monaro I wanted to buy back in the day and my parents forbade it as they thought I might just kill myself.
Yeah I know what you mean, my first car was a XA 302 almost did kill myself driving that beast, cheers mate.
Had an XB coupe 351 Windsor at one stage, my brother "sold"it from under me. And then, at Christmas, had the nerve to mention to me how much they are worth now...
Best car I ever owned was a 250 crossflow TD Cortina. That thing had some get up and go! Wheel spins changing 3rd to 4th if you tried accelerating, at 120...
It only really started to go at 100...
Cool they were mad cars, I had a TE Cortina with a 250 crossflow, that thing was like a rocket ship. You are correct about the lighting up the tyres, no problem at all, Lol, cheers mate.