Description
Black and white 6 1/2″ x 10″ ad for an oil that was supposed to be so slippery that it would make engines go faster. The ad headline calls it a “New way to make cars go Faster” and has a picture of a two-seater plane flying over a road where a car is going faster than the plane is. The one pilot says to the other “Did you see that car ahead? It’s certainly traveling!” and the other pilot answers “I’ll bet he’s using Pennzoil, too – It sure makes cars go faster”. The ad has another set of pictures of two men who have just completed a trip in the fastest time ever and they are sure that it has to be because they are using Pennzoil. The ad text talks about using Pennsylvania crude as the main reason for this amazing performance.
Source: October 1934 National Geographic.
