Remember this brand of gasoline?

[Ron Evers]

On the side of the Muddy Water Tavern & Home for Wayward Girls, Beeton ON, Canada.

 

[Dagwood56]

Ah yes. What was the theme song for that? .....You can trust your car to the man who wears the star...

 

[Trever1t]

I just saw one of those signs sell for thousands of US $ on one of those picker TV shows.

 

[Sonoma]

Muddy Water Tavern & Home for Wayward Girls

Neat signage! Um, just curious, are these two separate establishments, or one in the same?

 

[Derrel]

Ah, yes, I do remember that! I have many fond memories from when I was a boy, of Mom pulling in to the filling station and telling the attendant, "Fill it up with Coca~Cola, premium, and make it snappy!", and then she's send us kids into the store with a dollar bill to get us all a bottle of Texaco cola. Ah...those were the days...

 

[c.cloudwalker]

Didn't even know they were gone :lmao:

The only time I pay any attention to gas companies is when they stink up life. When Exxon spilled its guts in Alaska my wife made a bumper sticker that we got so many comments on, we ended up getting it printed. We gave away close to 1500 of them

 

[Netskimmer]

Muddy Water Tavern & Home for Wayward Girls

Neat signage! Um, just curious, are these two separate establishments, or one in the same?

That's what I was wondering when I read that!

 

[Ron Evers]

Muddy Water Tavern & Home for Wayward Girls

Neat signage! Um, just curious, are these two separate establishments, or one in the same?

That's what I was wondering when I read that!

One establishment. I realize I abbreviated the name of the hotel, it had a patron, it should have been - Miss Edger's Muddy Water Tavern & Home for Wayward Girls.

Beeton was notorious for the muddy tap water from the perched reservoir above the town. The locals were in a big fuss when new owners renamed the "Beetonia" quite a few years ago now. Twenty-five years ago we would go to the Muddy Water (for short) Thursday night for wings & you would have a few beers before your order came due to the place being packed.

There have been a few movies shot in Beeton & the hotel was usually a featured landmark.

 

[WesternGuy]

Nice find Ron. I remember those along with B/A, Supertest and White Rose, but now I am really dating myself. (There was also the one that had a target as its symbol - can't remember the name though?)

Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[Ron Evers]

Nice find Ron. I remember those along with B/A, Supertest and White Rose, but now I am really dating myself. (There was also the one that had a target as its symbol - can't remember the name though?)

Cheers,

WesternGuy

I think the target was Regent.

My wife was secretary of the Toronto regional manager of Supertest back in the sixties.

My buddies cousin, Bob Hayward, was killed when Miss Supertest II flipped @ 175mph on the Detroit river.


Wikipedia "From Embro, Ontario, Hayward was raised on his family's chicken farm and joined the Supertest racing team as a mechanic in 1957. Piloting Miss Supertest III, Hayward won the Harmsworth Cup in 1959, 1960, and 1961. A month after winning his third Harmsworth Cup, Hayward was killed while racing Miss Supertest II at the Silver Cup regatta on the Detroit River. The boat flipped over at 175 mph, breaking Hayward's neck. He was 33 years old. After his death, the Supertest team retired from racing.[SUP][2][/SUP]"

 

[photo guy]

I have a relative who has one of them signs and even has a ton of antique vehicles. He restored an old truck (same brand used by Texaco back when) and put the emblem on the doors. I took a photo of it under the sign and gave it to him. Made him smile for a week. He has a collection of Texaco items (Toys, signs, a pump, old oil cans). He also has a lot of other antiques. Says it keeps him young and I agree. Best part about growing up with this collection owned by a relative with me being young (31), I get to ride in the vehicles and get to learn the history behind them. This is an experience to cherish.

 

[tevo]

I saw an old building with a Texaco sign on it on the way up to the Sierras a few months ago S:

 

[WesternGuy]

Ron, Regent it was - I remember these because their gasoline delivery tankers had the target on their big, round back end - probably not something you would want to drive around in today!

Cheers,

WesternGuy

 

[cnote2k4]

Thought Texaco was still around...I still see Texaco gas stations.

 

[Ron Evers]

Thought Texaco was still around...I still see Texaco gas stations.

Maybe in Florida but long gone here in the great white north.