Gulf Oil Corp.?

[JPSmit]

I saw some Phillips 66 stations on my trip back East.
Then there was Flying A.
Back in the '70's,right before I left on a trip to LA,
my Dad gave me a Phillips 66 credit card to use "just in case".
I went to use it in Santa Maria,but they had just closed all of
their stations down.
I made it home somehow,using my free Denny's coffee cards.

- Doug

cool! errrr, how'd you get the car to run on Denny's coffee? :confuse:

 

[AngliaGT]

I had one of those top-secret carburators - the ones
that got 280 mpg.But don't tell anyone.

- Doug

 

[healeylvr57]

Ah the memories 1969 my 53 mercury flathead v-8 ran best on gulftane 5 gallons for a dollar tried hi-octane one time thought the engine would blow up!

 

[billspit]

I mentioned "Gulftane", which was their first introduction of a midgrade gas. Came out at some point in the early sixties, I believe. Before that they had two grades - regular or "Good Gulf", and premium "No-Nox".

I would imagine that most of us gearheads-to-be dreamed of a summer job working at a gas station...

There was also a Gulfcrest grade.

 

[Mickey Richaud]

I mentioned "Gulftane", which was their first introduction of a midgrade gas. Came out at some point in the early sixties, I believe. Before that they had two grades - regular or "Good Gulf", and premium "No-Nox".

I would imagine that most of us gearheads-to-be dreamed of a summer job working at a gas station...

There was also a Gulfcrest grade.

Oh yeah - forgot about that one. Think that came later. Musta been during those days that... never mind.

 

[William]

OK - just curious here. My recollection is that Chevron bought out Gulf Oil some years ago, and BP took over.

All of a sudden, after a couple of decades' absence, I'm seeing a few Gulf Oil stations. Complete with the old Gulf logo. So, what's the deal?

Like most things in the American oil industry, it's kind of complicated. Both Chevron and BP (and Cumberland Farms) owned the rights to the Gulf name, in different markets. All three companies phased the Gulf name out by the 90's (I don't think I've seen one since the 80's, on a vacation with my folks). Chevron still wned the trademark until 2010. As noted upthread, Gulf Oil Limited Partnership (GOLP) had licensed the North American rights from Chevron and is opening new Gulf stations in the States (and bought full rights in 2010). And, since things can never be really simple, Cumberland is part owner of GOLP, and IIRC there may still be another refining company that's using the name under a previous license from Chevron.

As an interesting side note, in 2009 Chevron licensed their various logos to Old Navy, for a series of t-shirts. Vintage Texaco, Chevron (with the wings on the V), Standard (which is basically the current Chevron logo with the Standard/Amoco/American saga*) and.....GULF! I bought the set for eight bucks a pop.

-Wm.

*there is not enough room here to go into the Standard/Amoco/American saga.

 

[JamesWilson]

I remember how the Gulf sign dominated the Houston skyline in the late '60s: