I grew up with a Esso station down the road, really cool guys. I had extra sets of Tiger Tails for my bike handle bars, they saved ball bearings for my slingshot...I learned to do a lot of stuff down there. [Read what is that young'un into now - oh he is headfirst in a DeSoto engine compartment again].
Texaco was across the street, mean old drunk guy ran the place. So I have no idea as to why I have my preferencs other than being a hard-headed, opinonated, male that always hated Chrysler, Democrats and other stuff.
Esso station had Castrol oil products too. Never dawned on me being a kid it meant anything.
I asked hard questions even as a kid. I mean Esso had a Machine oil in a tin can ( they gave me one ) Texaco had a machine oil in a tin can...'How come Gulf , Castrol, and Sinclair don't?" I asked. That is when they give you a nickel to sweep the front room floor.
Datsun, okay, that is odd name for a car, church folks used Castrol in it...I think I viewed my first Japenese words trying to figure out where the oil went...
Uncle bought a used VW Beetle for Eldest daughter to use, learning to drive and drive herself to school. "Go get the Castrol and ammo out of the trunk".
Some idiot done stuck an engine in the trunk of that thing. Uncle had this laugh...and he sure did use it that day.
This VW did not hava fuel gauge. Instead it had a petcock to reserve fuel. It sure was odd the first time we went down a country road with shotguns and such in the "trunk" and they were "in front of us".
"We supposed to point the muzzle out front of us or toward us riding in this bug". I asked him.
I got that...."dang kids sure do ask some hard questions at times",
WE decided to split the difference, half the guns , unloaded and cased , facing both directions...it was a good question I thought...puzzled him. I finally decided later on just easier to put them in the back seat...I still felt funny having a trunk "up front".
I miss the old oil cans...what the hell am I supposed to do with the oil can punch/ pour tools I have?
Sure as hell don't work on Coconuts?