Not that I'm building a time machine, but what motor oil would you use with your knowledge today if it was 1970?
What motor oil would you use if it was 1970?
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Not that I'm building a time machine, but what motor oil would you use with your knowledge today if it was 1970?
something off the shelf with a can of STP
Not that I'm building a time machine, but what motor oil would you use with your knowledge today if it was 1970?
something off the shelf with a can of STP
If it was 1970, 10w30 in Tennessee. Havoline and gulf
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We used anything 10W40! Mostly Esso becuase Dad owned an Esso/Exxon Station.
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My uncle worked for gulf.my dad ran gulf till we moved to ca in 71 and Could not buy gulf here.he ran pz 10w40 then
During the ‘70s proudly used Valvoline ‘ashless racing' 20W-50 with a Fram HP1 and HP4...
in my 2.0L Ford Pinto Runabout(!) and ’70 10.25:1 L48 300hp 350 Camaro SS/RS, respectively.
Ashland’s blend was good enough for Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt!
in my 2.0L Ford Pinto Runabout(!) and ’70 10.25:1 L48 300hp 350 Camaro SS/RS, respectively.
Ashland’s blend was good enough for Mario Andretti and A.J. Foyt!
Even the knowledge I have today won't help (me) much in 1970. In the real 1970 I used Phillips 66. 10w-30 Trop-Artic in my Karmann Ghia, and Castrol 20w-50 in my 650cc Rickman-Triumph.
PS. re the Trop-Artic, I'm from Bartlesville OK, home and headquarters of Phillips Petroleum Co.
PS. re the Trop-Artic, I'm from Bartlesville OK, home and headquarters of Phillips Petroleum Co.
I don't know about 1970, but I remember using Pennzoil, Quaker State, and Sears Spectrum oil in 1976-77. Mostly SAE 30 because some old guy told me that it was the best.
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Even the knowledge I have today won't help (me) much in 1970. In the real 1970 I used Phillips 66. 10w-30 Trop-Artic in my Karmann Ghia, and Castrol 20w-50 in my 650cc Rickman-Triumph.
PS. re the Trop-Artic, I'm from Bartlesville OK, home and headquarters of Phillips Petroleum Co.
Rickman-Triumph. Those were the coolest bikes I remember those. They were dream bikes!
Even the knowledge I have today won't help (me) much in 1970. In the real 1970 I used Phillips 66. 10w-30 Trop-Artic in my Karmann Ghia, and Castrol 20w-50 in my 650cc Rickman-Triumph.
PS. re the Trop-Artic, I'm from Bartlesville OK, home and headquarters of Phillips Petroleum Co.
Rickman-Triumph. Those were the coolest bikes I remember those. They were dream bikes!
1970 i was only 12 so i have no idea but in the mid 70's i remember using Sunoco's Cam 2 in my first cars. I would probably use it again if i knew then what i know now.
I remember my father sending me into the local discount store to buy 10W40 Trop-Artic for his Plymouth Valiant Duster.
i started with sears spectrum 10w40 then went to pennzoil 10w40 and yes there was a lot of sludge back then (i still have the 79 cadillac we bought new in 79 to prove it.. I also have another 79 cadillac that used whatever we had at the shop and it is pretty clean inside. Both cars still run good and i still like pennzoil but it is much different now.
Back then i was a kid and after school i would hang out with some of my friends at my families engine shop and i am still there today..lol
Back then i was a kid and after school i would hang out with some of my friends at my families engine shop and i am still there today..lol
I'd be driving a 1970 Coupe DeVille with Havoline 20W-50.
I can tell you what I used in the 70's.
Castrol GTX 20w-50 and 10w-40.
And never STP even though it passed the screwdriver test.
Castrol GTX 20w-50 and 10w-40.
And never STP even though it passed the screwdriver test.
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