FC 1958 Black & White taxi service co-operative - Neptune

[fe350chev]

Has anyone any info on these?

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

No info, but what does the Neptune refer to? There's an old Servo/Workshop out Willaston way with Neptune just legible on the side of it.

[FC427]

No info, but what does the Neptune refer to? There's an old Servo/Workshop out Willaston way with Neptune just legible on the side of it.

The old Servo must have been the old Neptune Brand of fuel they were all finished by the 1970's .....FC427......

[FC427]

Thought might be cool to try to remember all the old fuel stations hear is a start to the list how many more can we get ?? .....FC427......
Atlantic
Shell
Total
BP
Caltex
Golden Fleece
ESSO
Neptune
Plume
Mobil
Gargoyle

[fe350chev]

Yeah Neptune was owned by Shell and sold oil/petrol all over the place from about 1953 to 59, when Shell used their name.

But these taxi stickers I have with the new purchase, have the taxi logo and Neptune in the same sticker. So not sure if shell owned the taxi company or was like having a maccas franchise in a servo>

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bigpondrubbish.com/204%2520Taxi%2520Neptune%2520C1958%2520copy.jpg&imgrefurl=http://bigpondrubbish.com/transport.html&usg=__kwnBVDqTBMusEd9JMgdQQC_UAOA=&h=353&w=500&sz=41&hl=en&start=180&zoom=1&tbnid=no1QlmvVNhyS0M:&tbnh=136&tbnw=184&ei=pending&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dold%2Btaxi%2Bpictures%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26cr%3DcountryAU%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DX%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26channel%3Ds%26biw%3D1728%26bih%3D756%26tbs%3Disch:1,ctr:countryAU0%2C2817&um=1&itbs=1&iact=rc&dur=303&oei=T057TcXsM4eyvwOn2o2IBw&page=6&ndsp=36&ved=1t:429,r:3,s:180&tx=126&ty=92&biw=1728&bih=756

in this link there is a cool pic of a fleet of what look to be FE Holdens. My car is an FC 1958 ex taxi like these, but neptune finished in 1959. So proves it was a taxi from nearly new. See my new "vehicle under construction".

[EffCee]

Thought might be cool to try to remember all the old fuel stations hear is a start to the list how many more can we get ?? .....FC427......
Atlantic
Shell
Total
BP
Caltex
Golden Fleece
ESSO
Neptune
Plume
Mobil
Gargoyle

On top of that you had COR (Commonwealth Oil Refinery) before it was sold to BP

Atlantic became ESSO

Gargoyle became Mobil

Keith

[EffCee]

There was also Total as well

Keith

[fe350chev]

Wasn't there some "AGIP" ones or something.
Woodside

[fe350chev]

"Im as Australian as Ampol", which is Total isn't it really.

[fe350chev]

Keith I wanted to share this with you.

http://www.kensells.com.au/holden/history.php

This is so cool. I love it when companies put "history" sections with photos.

[fe350chev]

http://www.conistondesigns.com/Cars-Holden-FE-Kuala-Lumpur-LGE.html

http://www.conistondesigns.com/Cars.html#Holden-FC

scroll down to see fc pics.

Ill keep the links going. I think a lot of ppl enjoy looking.

[ACE]

There was also AMOCO which BP took over in the 90s
ACE  8)

[fe350chev]

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://barskillsaustralia.com/attachments/Image/black_and_white_taxi_logo.jpg&imgrefurl=http://barskillsaustralia.com/page6.php&usg=__qJVXd1710Y9vgRkM1IpFcKnnxbs=&h=359&w=1181&sz=78&hl=en&start=0&zoom=1&tbnid=s0Jt_WKd33xiXM:&tbnh=64&tbnw=209&ei=LGB7TZPiCImmuAPSvJGaBw&prev=/images%3Fq%3D%2522black%2Band%2Bwhite%2522%2Btaxi%2Bimages%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26sa%3DN%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26channel%3Ds%26biw%3D1728%26bih%3D783%26tbs%3Disch:1&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=69&vpy=123&dur=10849&hovh=124&hovw=408&tx=155&ty=139&oei=LGB7TZPiCImmuAPSvJGaBw&page=1&ndsp=31&ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0

[FC427]

There was also AMOCO which BP took over in the 90s
ACE  8)

Almost forgot about Amoco with the final filter  still have the plastic record the gave away when you purchased petrol ...  Amoco in my machine with a 100 horses running clean etc  etc   ....FC427....

[fe350chev]

ha ha.

http://www.google.com.au/images?um=1&hl=en&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-GB%3Aofficial&channel=s&biw=1728&bih=783&tbs=isch%3A1&sa=1&q=holden+fc+images&aq=f&aqi=g10&aql=&oq=

u can see some familiar images on google images lol.

http://www.google.com.au/imgres?imgurl=http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mykell/taxifrnt.gif&imgrefurl=http://members.ozemail.com.au/~mykell/diecast.html&usg=__wplxvLaihcKK2EZMp43aq3H99uc=&h=329&w=492&sz=62&hl=en&start=401&zoom=1&tbnid=ubYdj7AZjbeYlM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=188&ei=VGJ7TdCnOpDGsAOAkNz-Ag&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dholden%2Bfc%2Bimages%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-GB:official%26channel%3Ds%26biw%3D1728%26bih%3D783%26tbs%3Disch:11%2C8685&chk=sbg&um=1&itbs=1&iact=hc&vpx=876&vpy=525&dur=7845&hovh=183&hovw=275&tx=153&ty=147&oei=92F7TZHjHYrIuAOCp72RBw&page=14&ndsp=32&ved=1t:429,r:28,s:401&biw=1728&bih=783

i think i like this colour scheme better than the original

[Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius]

[fe350chev]

Thanks Stinky, I could almost start a forum on old service stations etc. I think its rather cool.

[NosFEratu]

Anyone else remember the King Neptune statue that used to be at the very start of the "Golden Mile" of Service Stations at Darlington?   :D  used to be next to the Neptune Servo and we're pretty sure it actually drew water from the Sturt River that ran behind the servos on South Road.  If you click on the photo of the brass plaque you'll see a history of Neptune Servos - McDonald's is now where the fountain used to be.

I used to love seeing it when we drove past on our way to Victor in the late 60's as a little tacker - it was one of those "milestones" in the trip  :) 

http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2008/01/15/2138672.htm

[fe350chev]

Yes, my uncle has lived just near the river a street away (penfold ave) since late 70's. Then next milestone was old Reynella or "calorie corner" then turnoff sth road, then willunga hill, then.........

[fe350chev]

Do u remember on the right after the underpass at reynella, whether there was a neptune servo on right just as u hit shjops on south road b4 the first lights near maccas and hungy jacks etc. Im trying to work out where along south road the neptune taxi depot was cos the owner of the car lived at hackham.