FILL’ ER UP WITH ETHYL!

The Saturday Evening Post (Feb 14, 1953) vintage adverts
FROM THE SATURDAY EVENING POST (1953)


The word Ethyl was short for tetraethyl, an compound added to
gasoline to boost its octane rating. It was marketed as a way to
avoid engine knock in automobile engines as far back as the
1920s. It was also referred to as premium gasoline.

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