Hey Guys got a question I can't remember? Did Oldsmobile Dealership put oil change stickers on cars in 1964 did they ever go on the windshield? Or where on the driver's door
Now the real question does anyone sell these stickers for application on my 1964 olds 442 ?
Thanks for the helpAL

 

Usually on the door, but they would also honor customer placement location requests.

 

Never saw any on windshields back then. They would probably have been illegal in many states. I've seen stickers in the door jamb, underhood on the core support, on the fenderwell, you name it. Some dealers and service stations put a small plastic holder on the car dash, that had the dealer's or garage's name on it. Also seen factory vanity visor mirrors that had spaces to write down service date and mileage.

I also don't remember seeing any GM or Division-specific oil change reminder stickers. It was usually for whatever brand of lube products the dealership used. The local Cad-Olds dealer used Kendall, and I found out years later that Kendall was the factory fill oil for both Olds and Cadillac at that time. The Chevy dealer used Sinclair.

Whoever gave them the best price on lube products that met the engineering specs is what the factory used. GM Goodwrench branded oil didn't appear till 70s, and it was simply rebranded as such from whichever supplier gave GMPD the best deal.

I think Ford was the first to actually brand their oil, sometime in late 50s. Again, they rebranded their suppliers' oil as Rotunda, then Motorcraft came later.

Me, I just keep a small notepad in each vehicle. I record date and miles for any and all service work in them. That way no wrinkly stickers plastered all over things and everything is documented.

 

I made these Shell stickers with a specific address for someone with a 1970 Olds. The old one was on the door, and I simply re-created it. Provide me an owner and address for a Shell station and I can make some for you, too.



When I got my 87 442, there was a 1991 oil change sticker in the door jamb. Of course, Sohio no longer exists, but I re-created one (printing proof on right) so if the original gets too cruddy, or if I ever find the need to repaint the car, I'm set.

 

Thank you guys very much now I was wondering does anybody out there make these stickers i was watching the Judge's at a few major shows & were looking at the driver's door jam like they were Sherlock Holmes with the magnifying glass after seeing this about 4 different shows I asked a judge what was he looking for this was on a Concours Cars she said the door stickers + the oil change sticker which she explained these are so close in points that she & the other judges were deducting 1 point for no stickerSo thought later on this season I thought if I could get one in that era early 60's for my 64 olds 442 & it was from a dealership it would complete my driver car show entryAL

 

I would raise holy hell for a deduction due to the lack of an oil change sticker. A lot of people didn’t like them placed on the car and the car sure as hell did not come from the factory with one.

 

69HO43...those are great. Nice work.
Great job finding the right fonts.

 

Do they count as "spirit items"?



Happy pride month... not that there's anything wrong with that

 

My opinion on OCA spirit item deductions is well known. I also don't see either deduction or bonus points for something like an oil change sticker, because no vehicle came off the assembly line with such.

That judge needs to attend an AACA judging school. Maybe someday OCA will have those, but not keeping my fingers crossed.

 

HOW did you do that ? Was it easy ?

 

No. It wasn't easy. Time consuming. But easy once the first one is done, now that I have a template.

 

“Sohio”!!!😅 Childhood memories of customer bells, clean windshields and belt mounted change makers. An affordable luxury, even for the working folks. Now we pay nearly $5/gal for the least expensive self-serve.😔. Cool reproduction service decals!

 

I used to apply Shell Oil Change/Lubrication stickers on either the door, the dash (the holder type) or the interior driver's side windshield when I worked at a Shell Gas/Service station back in 1969/70. There were two stickers we did not use from the Shell Service Station for our finicky customers - STP & Valvoline. For those customers we did have both STP & Valvoline stickers (or the dash panel holder types). We had hundreds if not thousands of them. The good old days of washing windshields for every single customer, checking every single customer's oil level while refueling (often the transmission fluid), we'd look at the tires for air (which was FREE), asked if they needed wiper fluid. Seems like yesterday....