Amalie has completly disappeared from the market in the Dallas/Ft.Worth area. Can anyone still find it anywhere? It's a shame, b/c Amalie was a great motor oil and has a great racing heritage....
what ever happend to Amalie?
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If you have a computer, try Google.
Yeah, I've seen their website. I was wondering if anybody could find it in their area. You can't buy it in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area anymore....
Originally Posted By: Big_3_Only
Yeah, I've seen their website. I was wondering if anybody could find it in their area. You can't buy it in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area anymore....
Looking at the "Store" area of the website, it appears you can just order what you want directly. Why not do that?
Yeah, I've seen their website. I was wondering if anybody could find it in their area. You can't buy it in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area anymore....
Looking at the "Store" area of the website, it appears you can just order what you want directly. Why not do that?
When I worked aftermarket parts I worked for 4 years at a in state(NH) part's chain and it was the main oil we carried. They still have it there. I was never overly impressed with it nor did it seems the customers were. The majority of it was sold to local shops in bulk drums. Never understood why the parts store stocked so much of it. I swear I was there the other day and saw some oil still sitting on the shelf where it was the day I left back in 1992! Had 3" of dust on it( 10W-40 ).
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I'm sure you know, but that ordering website is not Amalie. It is a dealer/jobber.
Amalie was one of Witco's brands, along with Kendall, and was produced at the Bradford, PA refinery. When Witco shut down the Bradford operations they sold both the Kendall and Amalie brand names, so today neither of those brands have any connection to their historic roots in the Pennsylvania oil country.
American Refining bought the old Kendall refinery in Bradford for $1 with the promise to keep it in operation, preserving jobs in the area, and to only refine oil from wells in PA, NY, WV, and OH. They have kept their word and most of the oils they market under the Brad Penn name are updated versions of Kendall formulas. Their Penn-Grade 1 racing oil is an updated version of the old Kendall GT-1.
American Refining bought the old Kendall refinery in Bradford for $1 with the promise to keep it in operation, preserving jobs in the area, and to only refine oil from wells in PA, NY, WV, and OH. They have kept their word and most of the oils they market under the Brad Penn name are updated versions of Kendall formulas. Their Penn-Grade 1 racing oil is an updated version of the old Kendall GT-1.
If I owned an auto repiar shop I would buy that drum of 10w40 if I got it at a good price.
My dad used Amalie when I was a kid and I thought they were big in the drag racing scene. I liked their commercials when I was a kid, "better than it has to be....amalie".
I'm a valvoline guy all the way now so I wouldn't buy amamlie, but I was just wondering about it since it's disappeared around here.
I'm a valvoline guy all the way now so I wouldn't buy amamlie, but I was just wondering about it since it's disappeared around here.
Amalie oil also owns Wolfs head oil.
You can buy Wolfs Head at most Sams club stores.
You can also order from http://www.amaliestore.com
it says its "the official online store for Amalie, Wolfs Head and Xcel Lubricants, the prices seen decent!
I have bought Wolfs Head from Sams, and it seems to be a good product, I honestly don't know why its become so hard to find.
Its good oil and well priced?
You can buy Wolfs Head at most Sams club stores.
You can also order from http://www.amaliestore.com
it says its "the official online store for Amalie, Wolfs Head and Xcel Lubricants, the prices seen decent!
I have bought Wolfs Head from Sams, and it seems to be a good product, I honestly don't know why its become so hard to find.
Its good oil and well priced?
That's cool that a company would be concerned about a backwoods community like Bradford. We need more companies like that.
I have seen billboards for Brad Penn while driving through PA but wasn't aware of the history of the name.
I have seen billboards for Brad Penn while driving through PA but wasn't aware of the history of the name.
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Originally Posted By: cronk
Amalie oil also owns Wolfs head oil.
Not exactly:
"AmalieStore.com is the official online store for Amalie Oil, Wolf's Head Oil and Xcel Lubricants."
"Through a unique agreement with Amalie Oil Company, The Motorsport Guys, LLC provide select high-quality motor oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, wearables, promotional items and decals, retail to the public and wholesale to select distributors."
Amalie oil also owns Wolfs head oil.
Not exactly:
"AmalieStore.com is the official online store for Amalie Oil, Wolf's Head Oil and Xcel Lubricants."
"Through a unique agreement with Amalie Oil Company, The Motorsport Guys, LLC provide select high-quality motor oil, transmission fluid, power steering fluid, wearables, promotional items and decals, retail to the public and wholesale to select distributors."
Yes, Amalie Oil now owns Wolf's Head. Purchased it from Shell in 2006.
http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article000576722.cfm?x=b11,0,w
http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article000576722.cfm?x=b11,0,w
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Yes, Amalie Oil now owns Wolf's Head. Purchased it from Shell in 2006.
http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article000576722.cfm?x=b11,0,w
Thanks for correcting my post above. It is interesting how oil companies sell "brands", but that may not have anything to do with the refining or even blending facilities. Of course the Amalie brand is now located in Tampa, FL, so it may not have anything to do with the original Amalie company either.
Yes, Amalie Oil now owns Wolf's Head. Purchased it from Shell in 2006.
http://www.imakenews.com/lng/e_article000576722.cfm?x=b11,0,w
Thanks for correcting my post above. It is interesting how oil companies sell "brands", but that may not have anything to do with the refining or even blending facilities. Of course the Amalie brand is now located in Tampa, FL, so it may not have anything to do with the original Amalie company either.
This is very true. The company that now produces Amalie in Tampa bought the brand from WITCO. They also bought the brand Wolf's Head from Shell. Both the Amalie and Wolf's Head oils are blended in Tampa. And neither one of them is the same formulation they use to be.
Wolf's Head was one of the oldest oil companies in PA. The Pennzoil Company bought the Wolf's Head Oil Company back in the late 60's but kept the brand separate from Pennzoil. Wolf's Head was just another division of the Pennzoil Company. Actually, the Pennzoil Company did not actually make Pennzoil oil. The Pennzoil Company was a exploration and energy company that also at one time owned diamond mines and sulphur quarries. The division of the Pennzoil Company that actually made and sold Pennzoil oil was the Pennzoil Products Company. The Pennzoil Company sold its diamond mines and sulphur quarries, and sold its exploration part to Devon Energy in Oklahoma City, then just focused on making lubricants. When this happened the Wolf's Head division became part of the Pennzoil Products Company and became one of two brands of oil that the Pennzoil Products Company made. Then the Pennzoil Products Company purchased the Quaker State Oil Company to form the Pennzoil-Quaker State Oil Company. And Wolf's Head was still one of the brands. When Shell Oil Company purchased the Pennzoil-Quaker State Oil Company they had no use for the Wolf's Head brand as they already had Formula Shell. So they sold the brand name and customer list to Amalie in Tampa.
Same sort of thing happened to the Kendall brand and Texaco.
Wolf's Head was one of the oldest oil companies in PA. The Pennzoil Company bought the Wolf's Head Oil Company back in the late 60's but kept the brand separate from Pennzoil. Wolf's Head was just another division of the Pennzoil Company. Actually, the Pennzoil Company did not actually make Pennzoil oil. The Pennzoil Company was a exploration and energy company that also at one time owned diamond mines and sulphur quarries. The division of the Pennzoil Company that actually made and sold Pennzoil oil was the Pennzoil Products Company. The Pennzoil Company sold its diamond mines and sulphur quarries, and sold its exploration part to Devon Energy in Oklahoma City, then just focused on making lubricants. When this happened the Wolf's Head division became part of the Pennzoil Products Company and became one of two brands of oil that the Pennzoil Products Company made. Then the Pennzoil Products Company purchased the Quaker State Oil Company to form the Pennzoil-Quaker State Oil Company. And Wolf's Head was still one of the brands. When Shell Oil Company purchased the Pennzoil-Quaker State Oil Company they had no use for the Wolf's Head brand as they already had Formula Shell. So they sold the brand name and customer list to Amalie in Tampa.
Same sort of thing happened to the Kendall brand and Texaco.
I have one "slight" connection to Pennzoil, in that when I graduated college I went to work for an IT consulting company that was located in "Pennzoil Place" in Houston just a few years after the building opened. The building was designed by renowned architect Phillip Johnson, and is still one of the most well-known and admired examples of modern architecture.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennzoil_Place
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennzoil_Place
That's a fact. And when the Pennzoil Company owned it, you should have seen the 23rd floor. It was something to behold.
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