Go to's from days gone by...

[Red Crow]

The last few days I've been thinking about brands of oil I used to use that are no longer being marketed and sold. In the late nineties and early to late 00s my go to for shop oil was Exxon Superflo when it was on sale at Auto Zone and the red bottle STP oil that dollar general used to sell, because it was cheap and pqia test showed it to be a good serviceable lube. Plus both came in cool red bottles Haha. Anyway, what was your go to that is no longer around?

 

[JayhawkRoy]

I used a pretty good amount of Superflo. When I couldn't get it, I switched to Sears Spectrum for a while. Later, I used Western Auto private brand of oil, too. All on sale, of course.

 

[aquariuscsm]

I used a lot of Castrol Syntec Blend years ago. I still have a quart of it here somewhere.

 

[Zee09]

I liked Superflo with wear ban..
Local garage only carried Wolfs head..lol

 

[AutoMechanic]

Is Wolfs Head still around? I liked it but never have seen it in stores since I was a kid. I know it is one of my teachers favorite oils.

 

[Zee09]

Is Wolfs Head still around? I liked it but never have seen it in stores since I was a kid. I know it is one of my teachers favorite oils.

Yes but it isn't the same oil...

 

[Zee09]

Castrol GTX from the rpm commercial years

 

[AutoMechanic]

Castrol GTX from the rpm commercial years

What’s different about it vs the GTX now?

 

[Electromotive]

Texaco Ursa and Gulfpride was pretty popular in my locale (Lowcountry SC) years ago. Some gas stations also sold Seaboard brand or Palm brand recycled oil.

 

[zrxkawboy]

When I bought my '67 Plymouth in about '94, the guy told me he used Amoco LDO in it, so I continued to use that for a couple years.

 

[aquariuscsm]

The oldest GTX I remember was the "GTX Drive Hard".

 

[bbhero]

When I bought my '67 Plymouth in about '94, the guy told me he used Amoco LDO in it, so I continued to use that for a couple years.

My step father had cases of that Amoco LDO.... He worked at the Yorktown Amoco refinery.

 

[celicaxx]

Is Wolfs Head still around? I liked it but never have seen it in stores since I was a kid. I know it is one of my teachers favorite oils.

I used a bunch of Wolf's head over a decade ago. My Celica Supra leaked about a quart of oil a week and at API (Autopart International) they were selling Wolf's Head for only $1.75 or so per quart, I remember it being cheaper than even Supertech.

Now my API carries mostly Cam2 for its house brand, and now I'm making the habit to buy some topoff quarts of Cam2 when I go in. My tire guy who also does oil changes (not for me, but it's a service he offers) uses exclusively Cam2 and claims to have no problems with customers engines, etc, he gets it even cheaper from some other distributor that's not API. API only charges me about $2.50 per quart for syn blend Cam2, which I think is marginally cheaper than Supertech.

 

[AutoMechanic]

I used a bunch of Wolf's head over a decade ago. My Celica Supra leaked about a quart of oil a week and at API (Autopart International) they were selling Wolf's Head for only $1.75 or so per quart, I remember it being cheaper than even Supertech.

Now my API carries mostly Cam2 for its house brand, and now I'm making the habit to buy some topoff quarts of Cam2 when I go in. My tire guy who also does oil changes (not for me, but it's a service he offers) uses exclusively Cam2 and claims to have no problems with customers engines, etc, he gets it even cheaper from some other distributor that's not API. API only charges me about $2.50 per quart for syn blend Cam2, which I think is marginally cheaper than Supertech.

That’s cool. We don’t have one of those around here. We have the big 4 chain places and a few independent ones. They sell Cam2 at Dodge’s Chicken and Gas Station here I’ve never used it before.

 

[Red Crow]

Is Wolfs Head still around? I liked it but never have seen it in stores since I was a kid. I know it is one of my teachers favorite oils.

Wolfs head now days is an Amalie product. Likely the same as Carquest and now Fram branded oils.

 

[Red Crow]

When I bought my '67 Plymouth in about '94, the guy told me he used Amoco LDO in it, so I continued to use that for a couple years.

I used a lot of LDO and Ultimate back before the Superflo. I was in good standing with the owner of a local full service Amoco and he would sell me their oil cheap. Good stuff.

 

[ka9mnx]

That’s cool. We don’t have one of those around here. We have the big 4 chain places and a few independent ones. They sell Cam2 at Dodge’s Chicken and Gas Station here I’ve never used it before.

There's a Dodge's Chicken and Gas Station in South Carolina just South of Ravenel on US 17.

 

[AutoMechanic]

There's a Dodge's Chicken and Gas Station in South Carolina just South of Ravenel on US 17.

Yeah we have a few around here. It’s not too bad but not first on my list. One makes all their money from the Speedway that Nascar races on in Martinsville. All the race fans get chicken from there and they are all open 24/7 too.

 

[AutoMechanic]

Wolfs head now days is an Amalie product. Likely the same as Carquest and now Fram branded oils.

That is disappointing. I need to get my hands on some old Wolf’s Head then.

 

[Red Crow]

That is disappointing. I need to get my hands on some old Wolf’s Head then.

Back in the day, Wolfs Head was just one of quite a few top notch Pennsylvania crude based motor oils. When I owned hot Rods with hot camshafts I always preferred a Penn based oil. Used lots of Kendall Gt1 and Amalie Pro. Then I started using synthetic it my daily and changed the hot rods over to that too. Then I quit messing with hot rods Haha.