Fla. in the sixties, huh?
You are an old fart.  We lived in Orlando and Kissamiee in 1956 to 59.  My
dad worked for Martin-Marietta at a place called Cape Canaveral on something
called cryogenic fuels for rocket engines.  The av-gas I referred to was
aviation fuel 100+ octane.
We used Everclear when I was in college.  I think I remember using it to
clean carb parts on an old '57 VW van.
Crazy Bob, you're okay in my book.

-----Original Message-----
From: Robert A. Alexander <satcong@VOL.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Friday, February 05, 1999 6:57 PM
Subject: Re: Fuel additives...Friday

>Eckie - "Av-gas", eh?  I grew up in Naples, FL.  Back in the 60's, we
>had one of their stations which sold 100octane which we'd run in our
>outboards.  Never found any valves, though, in our 2-strokes!
>
>Everclear works well, BUT it IS expensive!  I also use it to clean my
>OHIO anesthesia machine, dissolve warts and, in the proper amount, help
>cats and dogs come out of anesthesia easier (works better in dogs,
>though)!  I used to be able to get laboratory-grade grain alcohol from
>the chemistry department at our local University for $12/gallon, but my
>source in now in prison for diverting too much of the stuff.
>
>BOB - WA4RRN
>'85GL - "Bourgeois"
>http://www.malelesbians.com
>