GAS CRUNCH

Dating to the early 1970s, these TV commercials for Texaco date to the time of the "gas crunch". The first features comedian Bob Hope, promoting gas conservation through spark plug replacement. The second (:41) features a boy and his dog, and promotes Texaco's independent dealers. Texaco, Inc. is an American oil brand of the Chevron Corporation. Its flagship product is its fuel "Texaco with Techron". It also owned the Havoline motor oil brand.

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[Music] hey you want to see a big energy waster this little spark plug if yours are worn like this you could need new ones and if the average american driver wastes only eight gallons of gasoline a year because his car needs new plugs and a tune-up that's over 800 million gallons wasted enough to fill 10 000 of these tanks enough to supply a big city like atlanta for a year so see your technical retailer it's a good idea for you and your country hi i'm an independent texas retailer not really but when i grow up maybe i'll go into business for myself and run the text crustacean like my daddy does make all the decisions hire my own health set my own prices a text call help me a lot but i'll be the boss yes mama says to come home for dinner right now texaco's independent retailers working to keep your trust

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YouTube channel: PeriscopeFilm · video ↗ — title, year, format, description, catalog record, video

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