Ampol coming back

I always understood that AMPOL was an acronym for the Australian Motorists Petrol and Oil Company. Does anyone know if this correct and was it ever actually Australian-owned ?

A point of minor historical interest is that, in NSW, at least some of the now-disused underground and camouflaged petrol storages adjacent to, or close to, defence establishments were in AMPOL ownership by the 1960s. The sites I know of were away from the town, close to railways and had their own sidings (for fuel delivery), and were picked up by Caltex in their takeover.

100% correct on that acronym

Oh yeah? When was the last time the Console Operator got off their arse came out, saluted you in their nice Peaked Cap & looked at your massive tits with obvious nipples on display?


Yeah thought so, Ian.[biggrin]

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Will they resurrect the "Get a tiger in your tank" slogan?

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.....and not just the slogan but the next to real thing fake fur appendage floating in the breeze at 45MPH.[happycry]

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Originally Posted by Tombie

Bring back Golden Fleece [emoji38]

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Highlight of our road trips as a kid was to stop at a Golden Fleece for fuel and a feed in dad's XW GTHO , the Seymour servo was our usual stop.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

I doubt that Ampol will, but if the original user, Esso, returns to the market, they probably would.

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Esso are here in production only, we import and transport a lot of refinery gear for them down to Sale Vic.

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Taken on Torrens Parade Ground/Drill Hall Adelaide aprox. 1930-ish but deffo not by me, before you ask. My olde dad is amongst those drivers but no idea which one.

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Originally Posted by Slunnie

Thats an interesting history and I had no idea of the commercial arrangements going on there!

Will be good to see AMPOL again.

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Yeah! I'll be able to use my old road maps again without fear of ridicule.

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Great maps, but I wonder if you might get lost because the roads have changed.

My local Caltex will be ticked off - a few months ago, they just finished a renovation of the place, including all new signage, right around the whole site. [biggrin]