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From: DFW Metromess, TX.
Originally Posted by azfordf100man
I'm not really sure, heard something about sludging up or something? I don't really believe that but i'm still partial to valvoline and castrol regardless.
Mike
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And I have torn down a couple of engines of mine that had QS dino oil in for two hundred K miles or more, and they were NOT sludged up. My name is David and I am an old fart. Stop buying something just because someone BSs you into it.
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dad has ran pennzoil for as long as i can remember, ive used pennzoil for as long as ive been driving (im 37) weve never had any oil-related engine problems, i tore down a 2.3 ranger motor with 143,000 miles for a overhaul and it looked clean as could be inside.
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Originally Posted by airride41
Back in the 70's and 80's Union oil made that purple stuff called Long Distance Purple- dad worked at the bottling plant and we had tons of the stuff laying around
As a kid in WVa the late 40's, I remember seeing ads in magazines like LOOK, Coliers(sp) ect, for Royal Triton purple motor oil & it always intrigued me, probably because of it's color difference & claims to be so different from other motor oils.
Anyway we didn't have any Union stations around southern WVa, or SW Va, so I never got to know anyone that used it, & always wondered if it was really better, or just an example of early advertizing hype????
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Originally Posted by pawpaw
Well how did the purple colored Royal Triton do in your Dads engines?????
As a kid in WVa the late 40's, I remember seeing ads in magazines like LOOK, Coliers(sp) ect, for Royal Triton purple motor oil & it always intrigued me, probably because of it's color difference & claims to be so different from other motor oils.
Anyway we didn't have any Union stations around southern WVa, or SW Va, so I never got to know anyone that used it, & always wondered if it was really better, or just an example of early advertizing hype????
As a kid in WVa the late 40's, I remember seeing ads in magazines like LOOK, Coliers(sp) ect, for Royal Triton purple motor oil & it always intrigued me, probably because of it's color difference & claims to be so different from other motor oils.
Anyway we didn't have any Union stations around southern WVa, or SW Va, so I never got to know anyone that used it, & always wondered if it was really better, or just an example of early advertizing hype????
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I grew up in Ohio as well (Youngstown) during the 60s and 70s. Those were the "golden years" of gas stations. I remember SOHIO stations, and their Atlas Tires, oils and other house brand products.
Remember the old radio ads in the dead of winter? "Tonight's low will be -5. Fill up now with Boron (SOHIO's premium gasoline) to prevent fuel line freeze up!" Of course this was when it was hard to fill up a gas tank. Those outrageous prices, $.44.9 cents per gallon!! Kids today have no idea what this was like, same as Ohio gasoline prices in the 50s, $.26.9 cents per gallon. My Dad has a bunch of black and white photos of when he worked for a buddy at a neighborhood Amoco station, full service, and the attendents pumped gas and washed windows -- gave S&H green stamps. We'll never see an era like that again, I'm afraid.
Ed
Remember the old radio ads in the dead of winter? "Tonight's low will be -5. Fill up now with Boron (SOHIO's premium gasoline) to prevent fuel line freeze up!" Of course this was when it was hard to fill up a gas tank. Those outrageous prices, $.44.9 cents per gallon!! Kids today have no idea what this was like, same as Ohio gasoline prices in the 50s, $.26.9 cents per gallon. My Dad has a bunch of black and white photos of when he worked for a buddy at a neighborhood Amoco station, full service, and the attendents pumped gas and washed windows -- gave S&H green stamps. We'll never see an era like that again, I'm afraid.
Ed
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we never tore an engine completely down, but we ran that L-D purple in a 78 bronco, 78 F-250, a poor ole pinto and the lawnmowers and a 8N tractor. I don't remember how well it actually performed, but I do remember that it was a dark plum/maroon color. And we ran heavier grades of it(40 wt.), because the labels we had laying around had a cabover freightliner running down an empty highway at dawn/dusk. What is ironic is that Grampa owned a Mobil service station.
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Originally Posted by Ed
I grew up in Ohio as well (Youngstown) during the 60s and 70s. Those were the "golden years" of gas stations. I remember SOHIO stations, and their Atlas Tires, oils and other house brand products.
Remember the old radio ads in the dead of winter? "Tonight's low will be -5. Fill up now with Boron (SOHIO's premium gasoline) to prevent fuel line freeze up!" Of course this was when it was hard to fill up a gas tank. Those outrageous prices, $.44.9 cents per gallon!! Kids today have no idea what this was like, same as Ohio gasoline prices in the 50s, $.26.9 cents per gallon. My Dad has a bunch of black and white photos of when he worked for a buddy at a neighborhood Amoco station, full service, and the attendents pumped gas and washed windows -- gave S&H green stamps. We'll never see an era like that again, I'm afraid.
Ed
Remember the old radio ads in the dead of winter? "Tonight's low will be -5. Fill up now with Boron (SOHIO's premium gasoline) to prevent fuel line freeze up!" Of course this was when it was hard to fill up a gas tank. Those outrageous prices, $.44.9 cents per gallon!! Kids today have no idea what this was like, same as Ohio gasoline prices in the 50s, $.26.9 cents per gallon. My Dad has a bunch of black and white photos of when he worked for a buddy at a neighborhood Amoco station, full service, and the attendents pumped gas and washed windows -- gave S&H green stamps. We'll never see an era like that again, I'm afraid.
Ed
I worked for a small "full service" Shell station. The Shell rep was always trying to get us to carry overpriced Shell brand tires and batteries. My dad still lives in the same town and it is amazing how few gas stations are left, considering the population has at least doubled since then. On a one-mile strech of PCH, there was a Lerner, Shell, Hancock, 76, Flying A, Texaco and Chevron. Only the Chevron remains. Major intersections in LA would have gas stations on three corners, sometimes all four!
Jim
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Originally Posted by Ed
I grew up in Ohio as well (Youngstown) during the 60s and 70s. Those were the "golden years" of gas stations. I remember SOHIO stations, and their Atlas Tires, oils and other house brand products.
Remember the old radio ads in the dead of winter? "Tonight's low will be -5. Fill up now with Boron (SOHIO's premium gasoline) to prevent fuel line freeze up!" Of course this was when it was hard to fill up a gas tank. Those outrageous prices, $.44.9 cents per gallon!! Kids today have no idea what this was like, same as Ohio gasoline prices in the 50s, $.26.9 cents per gallon. My Dad has a bunch of black and white photos of when he worked for a buddy at a neighborhood Amoco station, full service, and the attendents pumped gas and washed windows -- gave S&H green stamps. We'll never see an era like that again, I'm afraid.
Ed
Remember the old radio ads in the dead of winter? "Tonight's low will be -5. Fill up now with Boron (SOHIO's premium gasoline) to prevent fuel line freeze up!" Of course this was when it was hard to fill up a gas tank. Those outrageous prices, $.44.9 cents per gallon!! Kids today have no idea what this was like, same as Ohio gasoline prices in the 50s, $.26.9 cents per gallon. My Dad has a bunch of black and white photos of when he worked for a buddy at a neighborhood Amoco station, full service, and the attendents pumped gas and washed windows -- gave S&H green stamps. We'll never see an era like that again, I'm afraid.
Ed
later on that changed to a free car wash (hand of coarse) done by the attendent that didn't do those things while fueling the car...
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Thats pretty good service fellas.
We had a local ESSO station, owned by 4 brothers, that would decend on your vehicle as soon as your wheels touched their lot.
One pulled the hood to ckeck & top off ALL the fluids, one cleaned the windows Inside & Out & checked the wiper blades, another was vacuuming the inside of the vehicle & emptying the ash trays, the last guy was pumping gas & checking tire pressure!!!!! ALL that for a tank of $.229 a gallon ESSO gas!!!!! These guys had folks driving 7-8 miles to get their service!!!!
Most stations would pull the hood to check the oil & maybe clean your windshield, but that was about all.
We still have one local neigborhood independent station that offers "Full Service" & they still pull the hood, clean the windshield & will air up your tires if needed, but the gas is about five cents more a gallon!!!! Lots of women or senior citizens demand & stop by for the "full service" & don't blink an eye at the extra cost per gallon!!!!
Yup oil & gasoline "Products" have made major improvements over the years, but "Service" has sure taken a hit!!!!
We had a local ESSO station, owned by 4 brothers, that would decend on your vehicle as soon as your wheels touched their lot.
One pulled the hood to ckeck & top off ALL the fluids, one cleaned the windows Inside & Out & checked the wiper blades, another was vacuuming the inside of the vehicle & emptying the ash trays, the last guy was pumping gas & checking tire pressure!!!!! ALL that for a tank of $.229 a gallon ESSO gas!!!!! These guys had folks driving 7-8 miles to get their service!!!!
Most stations would pull the hood to check the oil & maybe clean your windshield, but that was about all.
We still have one local neigborhood independent station that offers "Full Service" & they still pull the hood, clean the windshield & will air up your tires if needed, but the gas is about five cents more a gallon!!!! Lots of women or senior citizens demand & stop by for the "full service" & don't blink an eye at the extra cost per gallon!!!!
Yup oil & gasoline "Products" have made major improvements over the years, but "Service" has sure taken a hit!!!!
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Yeah, remember the days when pulling into a gas station, running over numerous black cords, that would ring bells everywhere inside, outside the station, announcing your arrival. Attendent, sometimes two, would flock to your car, in uniform, with a smile and a greeting...
Now we have "cashiers", human mutes, who say nothing when you hand them a $20 bill, or anywhere between $20 - $60+ for a fill up. If you're lucky, you might get a "grunt" if they are in a good mood.
You might guess what era I prefer.
Ed
Now we have "cashiers", human mutes, who say nothing when you hand them a $20 bill, or anywhere between $20 - $60+ for a fill up. If you're lucky, you might get a "grunt" if they are in a good mood.
You might guess what era I prefer.
Ed
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Originally Posted by jjbirish
the station i worked at, if i didn't clean the windshield, check the oil, and check the PSI in the tires, the buyer got a free silver dollar (equivelent to around $13 bucks today)...
later on that changed to a free car wash (hand of coarse) done by the attendent that didn't do those things while fueling the car...
later on that changed to a free car wash (hand of coarse) done by the attendent that didn't do those things while fueling the car...
Great post! What a memory from a bygone era. Thanks for posting this, jjbirish!
Ed
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