Choose your petrol brand

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Jan 2009, 9:09 am

#687813

In the days before petrol stations were 'one brand only', many of the independents gave you a choice of petrol brands, using multiple pumps.

This is the Metro Motors petrol station in Adelaide, taken in 1951. The pump brands they offered were Golden Fleece, Plume (Vacuum, later Mobilgas), Ampol, Power Chief (later Caltex), and COR (Commonwealth Oil Refineries).

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pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 · 7 Jan 2009, 11:03 am

#687847

i wonder if it all came from the one tank😂
cool pic thanks for sharing Phil👍

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donn Wolfsburg Elder

3,515 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 7 Jan 2009, 11:45 am

#687861

Must have been something that happened in other cities or states, i'm sure that was never done in Newcastle,very interesting all the same

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Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Jan 2009, 12:27 pm

#687875

Apparently the corporations began controlling their outlets from about 1952, when they started becoming 'branded' outlets.

Here's another multi-brand station, from Magill (Adelaide), around 1950.

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rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 · 7 Jan 2009, 12:31 pm

#687877

What about nice clean amoco fuel?

Phil74Camper Head in the Clouds

2,703 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 7 Jan 2009, 12:36 pm

#687879

OK Rose, since you asked nicely...

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squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 7 Jan 2009, 1:20 pm

#687895

Nice pics Phil. XM and a Morrie cab too.

Notch Nut Custom Title Time!

1,011 posts · joined Apr 2006 · 11 Jan 2009, 10:23 pm

#688794

squizy wrote:Nice pics Phil. XM and a Morrie cab too.

It's actually a base model XK 1960.🤓
The upmarket model had chrome trim around the scalloped part of the panel. The XM had a chrome strip down the middle (similar to the type 3's but much wider).😎

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desh Wolfsburg Wizard

463 posts · joined Jan 2009 · 12 Jan 2009, 4:19 am

#688800

Great photos from the days when service stations actually gave you "service"

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