Oil nostalgia--
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Amalie 10W40
When D W `s # 17 car was sponsored by Western Auto, I used Western Auto 5-30 ,,, I used that for quite a while.
You had to love those bottles. Not sure who made it, didn`t care.
In the 60`s I started with Esso , later moved to Kendall
You had to love those bottles. Not sure who made it, didn`t care.
In the 60`s I started with Esso , later moved to Kendall
My dad owned an ESSO/EXXON Station from '54-'79. We used those oils from his place. Uni-Flo was the last name I recall.
Now that Im thinking about it, I'd like to throw out some of the proprietory names of products he sold at the station. We as a family always called the place the "Station"..."Where's Dad"? "Oh, he's at the Station"..."Hay, I'm gona run down to the Station"...
He sold:
*ATLAS* tires, batterys, anti-freeze, fan belts/hoses & accessories
ESSO EXTRA gasoline(Put a Tiger in your tank)
Uni-Flo, Super Flo and I can't remember the others.
Credit Cards:
MasterCard, Bank Americard(VISA), ESSO/EXXON, Standard Oil, UniCoal, ESSO Canada. And there was a poster in the office of all the excepable credit cards that we could accept.
As the matter of fact, I still have a partial box(was a 25" roll) of 3/4" heater hose with ATLAS-3/4" marked on the whole roll. Also, I still have a few pints of ESSO Dexron ATF in the bronze colored can. And to beat the band, I still have my dad's old ESSO roll-a-round battery charger/jumper/load tester. Thing's a monster! Dad retired in Sept'79.
He sold:
*ATLAS* tires, batterys, anti-freeze, fan belts/hoses & accessories
ESSO EXTRA gasoline(Put a Tiger in your tank)
Uni-Flo, Super Flo and I can't remember the others.
Credit Cards:
MasterCard, Bank Americard(VISA), ESSO/EXXON, Standard Oil, UniCoal, ESSO Canada. And there was a poster in the office of all the excepable credit cards that we could accept.
As the matter of fact, I still have a partial box(was a 25" roll) of 3/4" heater hose with ATLAS-3/4" marked on the whole roll. Also, I still have a few pints of ESSO Dexron ATF in the bronze colored can. And to beat the band, I still have my dad's old ESSO roll-a-round battery charger/jumper/load tester. Thing's a monster! Dad retired in Sept'79.
Shell X-100 10W-30 in the family '56 Chev blue flame 140
The oil I used to use in the 70's was
Kendall GT1 10w40. That oil was green just
like GC is now. Because Kendall was very hard
to find I then switched to Valvoline. To this
day I'm a huge Valvoline fan. I'm using Maxlife
5w30 in my 05 Pontiac G5 and using Maxlife 5w30
synthetic in my BMW.
Kendall GT1 10w40. That oil was green just
like GC is now. Because Kendall was very hard
to find I then switched to Valvoline. To this
day I'm a huge Valvoline fan. I'm using Maxlife
5w30 in my 05 Pontiac G5 and using Maxlife 5w30
synthetic in my BMW.
So what was it SE or something? I had an engine sludge up bad on SF.
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