Back in the early years when Hot Rods were run in most states of Australia, along with the state titles there was also an Australian Title. The SDAV Hot Rods were the pacesetters at the time and below lists the place getters from the SDAV.
1969/1970
1st Ray Welsh, 2nd Ken Howard, 3rd Graeme Pitcher
1970/1971
1st Ray Welsh, 2nd Danny Luckett, 3rd David Davies
1971/1972
1st Ray Welsh 2nd Unknown, 3rd Unknown
1972/1973
1st Ted Alabacos, 2nd Ray Welsh, 3rd Ken Howard
1973/1974
1st Ray Welsh 2nd Unknown, 3rd Unknown
1978/1979
1st Les Baker – SA, 2nd Dean Wright – SA, 3rd Phil Jenkins, 4th Col Watt