Originally Posted by CyberJack
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not sure how many would remember the Esso add that "put a tiger in your tank" and the tiger tail you could get to tie onto your petrol cap and having it flap in the breeze
G'day Norm
That's brilliant!
I wasn't aware of the tiger tail.
My brother and I had one each of those tiger tails - I seem to recall that we nagged the olds into buying them when refuelling on a long road trip! Cobram, Vic to NSW South coast, it would have been.
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In the day petrol companies tried
to differentiate themselves - that one had a better product. I guess
this harks back to the days when fuel was less quality controlled -
like Pratt's Perfection Spirit... or Plume ... or Caltex Power Chief...
Advertising centered on the best product.
Very much a case of the, 'if you can't blind 'em with science, baffle 'em with bullshit' salesman's approach!
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[Brisbane folk might recognise Petrie Bight]
Wouldn't be many folk left who even remember that multi-brand petrol servo sites even existed, now.

Cheers,
Gadge

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