Another motor racing supporter bites the dust...

[Mixer]

Originally Posted by Armco Bender

So sponsoring a motor racing team isn't a get rich quick scheme then?..

Where is Nathan Tinkler, ICS smart card, Daniel Tvetkoff, or any of the others when you need them.

[Kingair]

Back to the Caltex/Ampol service stations, I can remember at one stage in the 1970’s both Ampol and Caltex servo’s.

A new service station built near us in about 1975 was built by a young guy that had just finished his motor mechanics apprenticeship, and finished up as a Caltex retailer . Anyone remember CX-3 petrol?

Along that street we had Caltex, BP, Shell, Golden Fleece, Mobil and Ampol.

Didn’t Ampol have a Jolly Swagman promotion in the early 1970’s?

[PVDA]

Originally Posted by Kingair

Didn’t Ampol have a Jolly Swagman promotion in the early 1970’s?

Yep.

Off topic but the main drag in Benalla ended up with 3 Caltex's in 1km with an original Caltex, a Woolworth one built and when Mobil left retailing fuel that one turned into a Caltex as well

Speaking of Mobil I noticed the twin BP's on the Western Freeway out at Ballan have been rebranded as Mobil in recent times as well.

[Razor]

Originally Posted by Kingair

Back to the Caltex/Ampol service stations, I can remember at one stage in the 1970’s both Ampol and Caltex servo’s.

Can remember my home town having both an Ampol and a Caltex back in the early to mid 90's. The Ampol was just around the corner from my home and the the owners became close family friends. (who I recently re-connected with) The Caltex was just on the town outskirts (was a truck-stop/roadhouse)