Business Class only began in 1979 and the 742's were delivered with just First and Economy. There was not normal allocated seating uptairs either - that was originally a Bar/Lounge for First Class passengers, though it didnt take long for the lounge to get scrapped in favour of more seats.
I travelled on the then VH-EBA in March 1973 in First Class (NAN-SYD - only cost an extra $50 in those days and my employer had paid the rest) and as I remember, the bulkhead between First and Economy Class was about 2-3 rows behind the first door.
As to the SP's, one of the reasons for their purchase was so that QF could fly into Wellington and apparently there were special conditions even then.
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