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Title: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: mikeswrenches on May 02, 2015, 01:53:23 PM

This is a genuine ad from 1964 when WD-40 was first released.   
Their ad department certainly had a way with words !

We may have had this before, but some of the new guys may have missed it.

Mike

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: Bill Houghton on May 02, 2015, 01:59:45 PM

So you're saying this Viagra stuff was unnecessary?

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: oldgoaly on May 02, 2015, 02:12:54 PM

it's fake
http://www.snopes.com/photos/advertisements/wd40ad.asp
from November 2014.

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: mikeswrenches on May 02, 2015, 05:32:28 PM

How come all the really fun stuff is fake?  The paper and printing looked good.

I usually check Snopes but in this case never gave it a thought.

My apologies...but it still would be a neat ad.

Mike

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: HeelSpur on May 02, 2015, 07:11:38 PM

I've seen a couple things that snopes has debunked then snopes got debunked right back.
They're mostly right on most issues though, imo.

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: Charles Garrett on May 02, 2015, 09:34:32 PM

Let me add a note of reality thiWD40.  I was at Moffett field with the new F3H Demon breaking in a new Sqn in 1958 when the Allison rep said
some friends of his had brewed up great stuff for anticorrosion.   He got the sqn to buy a bunch and they used it liberally and it did stop corrosion.  Later the O&R deopot got all upset as they had a terrible time getting it off to repaint. I used it on my pistols and found that with time it gummed things up.  Needs to be used with care.  It uses Menhadden fish oil + solvents.

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: Branson on May 03, 2015, 08:23:02 AM

Quote from: Charles Garrett on May 02, 2015, 09:34:32 PM

It uses Menhadden fish oil + solvents.

That's what I heard, too.  But when you check the contents on WD 40 these days, there's no mention of fish oil.

Title: Re: On a lighter note...old WD40 ad
Post by: Plyerman on May 03, 2015, 09:01:19 AM

Fake or not, its still good for a chuckle.