Texaco, 1970s
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Narrator | The Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. | 0:01 |
Announcer | Long ago, Texaco was striving | 0:04 |
to stay ahead of its time | 0:06 | |
and developing fuels and lubricants | 0:07 | |
that would enable man to push machines | 0:08 | |
to the limit of their endurance. | 0:10 | |
43 years ago, this little monoplane, Texaco 13, | 0:12 | |
flew from Los Angeles to New York in 12 1/2 hours, | 0:15 | |
setting a new transcontinental speed record. | 0:19 | |
Texaco fuel and lubricants powered and protected | 0:21 | |
this plane's engine on its record making flight. | 0:24 | |
Narrator | Today a network of highways span the country | 0:26 |
and man can drive coast to coast, | 0:29 | |
pushing his car to the limit of its endurance. | 0:30 | |
Air conditioning, automatic transmission, | 0:32 | |
hauling heavy loads at high speeds for long stretches | 0:34 | |
can actually cook the oil in an engine. | 0:37 | |
Havoline Super Premium All-Temperature Motor Oil | 0:40 | |
is built to take it. | 0:42 | |
The same spirit of staying ahead and technical skill | 0:43 | |
that went into the products used in Texaco 13, | 0:46 | |
goes into today's Havoline, | 0:49 | |
to help protect your car's engine | 0:50 | |
in all kinds of driving conditions. | 0:52 | |
For products you can trust, | 0:54 | |
you can trust your car to the man who wears the Texaco star. | 0:55 |
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