In 1956 motorists calling at Cleveland garages could collect a card with every gallon of petrol purchased, ironically just before the Suez crisis led to petrol rationing. The cards concerned, were from a series of 24 Veteran Cars produced by the Royal Society for The Prevention of Accidents, showing colour photographs of motors built between 1902 and 1916, from the early De Dion Bouton of which the text tells us 'more of this make of veteran car survive in this country than any other', through to a prototype Morris-Cowley whose 'engine was made by the Continental Motor Manufacturing Co. of Detroit, U.S.A.' Many unusual pieces of information can be gleaned from these backs, which also contain a section headed 'To drivers of motor vehicles' giving legal and Highway Code information.
Size 67 x 36mm
Number of cards in set: 24