WARNING!!!!! I took this picture in my underwear...
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matchstickchick said:
Tiger Talk = big growl, no bite LOL
Pretty cool story there Krooser. Too bad you don't still have that car.....or DO you????
Lorilooo
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I worked at an ENCO gas station when I was in high school... started when I was 15.
ENCO (later EXXON) and it's sister companies Humble, Esso and others used the ad slogan "put a tiger in your tank".... gave out furry Tiger Tails to hang from your gas filler door on your car... somehow that became "Tiger Talk" (notice the professional shoe polish lettering)....
My '57 Olds was nicknamed "the Impressor" 'cuz i could smoke the rear tires for two city blocks (usually in front of school to impress the chicks!)... when I blew the engine in my Olds I bought a '52 Chevy to drive ($40.00) until I got the cash to fix the Olds. No one would expect that little 6 cylinder to smoke the tires but I had a "secret weapon"... I filled the right rear tire with 80 lbs. of air... taking off from a pile of wet leaves in front of school got the tires spinning and I could almost get a block of smoke out of the old Stovebolt 6... but the tire patch was only about 2" wide
ENCO (later EXXON) and it's sister companies Humble, Esso and others used the ad slogan "put a tiger in your tank".... gave out furry Tiger Tails to hang from your gas filler door on your car... somehow that became "Tiger Talk" (notice the professional shoe polish lettering)....
My '57 Olds was nicknamed "the Impressor" 'cuz i could smoke the rear tires for two city blocks (usually in front of school to impress the chicks!)... when I blew the engine in my Olds I bought a '52 Chevy to drive ($40.00) until I got the cash to fix the Olds. No one would expect that little 6 cylinder to smoke the tires but I had a "secret weapon"... I filled the right rear tire with 80 lbs. of air... taking off from a pile of wet leaves in front of school got the tires spinning and I could almost get a block of smoke out of the old Stovebolt 6... but the tire patch was only about 2" wide
krooser said:I worked at an ENCO gas station when I was in high school... started when I was 15.
ENCO (later EXXON) and it's sister companies Humble, Esso and others used the ad slogan "put a tiger in your tank".... gave out furry Tiger Tails to hang from your gas filler door on your car... somehow that became "Tiger Talk" (notice the professional shoe polish lettering)....
My '57 Olds was nicknamed "the Impressor" 'cuz i could smoke the rear tires for two city blocks (usually in front of school to impress the chicks!)... when I blew the engine in my Olds I bought a '52 Chevy to drive ($40.00) until I got the cash to fix the Olds. No one would expect that little 6 cylinder to smoke the tires but I had a "secret weapon"... I filled the right rear tire with 80 lbs. of air... taking off from a pile of wet leaves in front of school got the tires spinning and I could almost get a block of smoke out of the old Stovebolt 6... but the tire patch was only about 2" wide
The good old days! :coolsmile:
macman said:krooser said:I worked at an ENCO gas station when I was in high school... started when I was 15.
ENCO (later EXXON) and it's sister companies Humble, Esso and others used the ad slogan "put a tiger in your tank".... gave out furry Tiger Tails to hang from your gas filler door on your car... somehow that became "Tiger Talk" (notice the professional shoe polish lettering)....
My '57 Olds was nicknamed "the Impressor" 'cuz i could smoke the rear tires for two city blocks (usually in front of school to impress the chicks!)... when I blew the engine in my Olds I bought a '52 Chevy to drive ($40.00) until I got the cash to fix the Olds. No one would expect that little 6 cylinder to smoke the tires but I had a "secret weapon"... I filled the right rear tire with 80 lbs. of air... taking off from a pile of wet leaves in front of school got the tires spinning and I could almost get a block of smoke out of the old Stovebolt 6... but the tire patch was only about 2" wide
The good old days! :coolsmile:
Simpler times, no doubt. Can you imagine the outcry today if a 15 year old was allowed to pump gas, work under auto lifts, be allowed to learn how to weld, breath asbestos brake dust, work alone until 11PM then take the days receipts to the bank to make a night deposit?
woodsman23
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Did i see pellet stains on the back of your drawers?????? just wondering, maybe you sat on some... ;-)
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