Rocket Motor Oil was the brand in Pittsburgh. I had a 66 Pontiac
(135,000 miles) with a motor so bad I carried a gallon can of it and
would pull off when the oil light came on, dump in half the can and go
back to driving. That car was so bad at the end of its life, if you
punched the throttle at the bottom of the hill, you couldn't see the car
behind you in the mirror for the smoke. As tenagers, we found amusement
in that. Probably got the folks behind a little iritated, especially the
next time they used the wipers.
Dave
RBHouston@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 4/4/2007 5:33:38 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> b-evans@earthlink.net writes:
>
> Never used them on the Sprite, but how many people remember (or ever
> used) "reclaimed" oil. This was oil that had been drained by service
> stations*, and then sold to refiners who then re-refined, or recycled
> it, and sold it as reclaimed oil at a fraction of the cost of a new
> can. As a poor sailor, I used it whenever I could not afford the
> preferred Castrol 30 or Kendall.
>
>
> Don't forget drip oil...when the attendant added a quart to your car, he'd
> stick the cardboard can with the spout he'd jammed into the top, into a
> opening in a 5 gallon can, and when all those drips of oil finally filled
>the can,
> sell it for 20 cents a quart...
>
> Had to be careful with those recap rubbers
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