Time Tells. Two words split across a pair of white wings, orange and black rings around them, and the Ethyl antiknock badge burning at the center on a starburst. Johnson wasn't promising anything immediate — it was betting you'd figure out it was better eventually.
Printed on a Gildan 18500 heavy blend hooded sweatshirt — 8 oz cotton-poly, classic fit, double-lined hood with a color-matched drawcord and a front pouch pocket. Tubular knit with no side seams. Tear-away label. Machine wash cold, tumble dry low.
Note the spelling around the bottom: Gasolene, with an E, the older American form that faded out through the 1920s and 1930s. The badge reads Ethyl Gasoline Corporation, New York — the name the licensing venture used between 1924 and 1942. Two independent dating clues on one mark, pointing at the same window. The Bolene design uses the same archaic spelling, and Ben Franklin carries the same badge.
The perfect gift for the collector who dates by spelling and badge together, the sign hunter with a taste for orange and black, the restorer running a period engine, the dad who says time will tell and means it, and anyone who wants a slogan with actual patience in it.
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