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Phil74Camper - January 7th, 2009 at 09:09 AM

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).

pod - January 7th, 2009 at 11:03 AM

i wonder if it all came from the one tank:lol:
cool pic thanks for sharing Phil:tu:

donn - January 7th, 2009 at 11:45 AM

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

Phil74Camper - January 7th, 2009 at 12:27 PM

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.

rose - January 7th, 2009 at 12:31 PM

What about nice clean amoco fuel?

Phil74Camper - January 7th, 2009 at 12:36 PM

OK Rose, since you asked nicely...

squizy - January 7th, 2009 at 01:20 PM

Nice pics Phil. XM and a Morrie cab too.

Notch Nut - January 11th, 2009 at 10:23 PM

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Originally posted by squizy
Nice pics Phil. XM and a Morrie cab too.

It's actually a base model XK 1960.:dork:
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).:cool:

desh - January 12th, 2009 at 04:19 AM

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