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Discovery of Vintage Racing Oil

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Jimmy Means' 1975 Chevy C60: Old School NASCAR Hauler Stuck In Time! (The Owner-Driver Era)

What happens here

Means shows one of the exterior compartments on the side of the truck. Inside, two vintage cases of Union 76 Racing Oil are discovered, likely having been stored there for 40 years. He mentions that back then, they used 50-weight oil, a stark contrast to the 0W-20 or 0W-30 used in modern race cars.

Goal: Highlight historical racing supplies and the evolution of racing technology.

Tools and materials

  • Chevy C60 Box Truck Chevrolet — The hauler containing the oil
  • Exterior Compartment — Storage on the side of the truck
  • Union 76 Racing Oil — Historical racing lubricant

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Yes, it is. Oh, it's a Pull that flap back there. This one? Yeah. Well, that's it. That's even got What weight is it? 50. So, now we run 030 or 020, so yeah. That is awesome. This thing's been bouncing around in there twice my lifetime. Yep. I It's Right at 40 years. And this is what I'm holding right now is probably the first time it's come out of there since you put it in there. Yes. I feel like you got to put it back nicely. It's like I feel like it'd be bad luck to take those things out now. Like you don't rename a ship kind of thing. It's part of the truck now. Did you ever have anything on the side, or was it just that's all we ever had on it. The guy I feel like he painted the side when he had it, so Who was Broadway? That is Stud Murray. He He had a car wholesaler dealership. Not a dealership, but he wholesaled cars. We got hooked up when I first moved here, and he was my sponsor for 2 or 3 years. Gave me $500 a race. So, but at the time I got that, that was a big deal. It got us from you know, from one race to the next. So, it's hard to do what we did without Huh. I mean, back then we had We could buy with one room. We might have had eight people sometimes or six people. So, And did you ever back the car out and then have people sleeping on the floor where you parked the car? No, never did. Huh. We were fortunate we never had to do that, but And they have showers and stuff in the infield for guys that were sleeping in rigs? Oh. Or did everybody just We never We never stayed at the racetrack back then. That's going to allow when you know, they're going to allow truck drivers if they park, you know, the night before they'll allow the truck drivers now to stay in their trucks. Oh. But they didn't back then. Hm. And most time back then we went in 7:00 in the morning. We never parked the night before. Huh. We'd load up here, drive all night to where we were racing, and get there in time to go to go in the racetrack. When we went in the racetrack, we went to work. You know, they wouldn't allow parking the day before. You drive overnight cuz it's easier, less people on the road, and drove overnight cuz we didn't get done. It's the only way we could get there. Oh. And one less hotel bill, too. Well, you know, we would probably left, you know, had a motel if we could leave

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