Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Evening All, I was passed some tokens today which are "BP Free Clean" and these are with the old BP shield Logo and all of them have the number "32" on the back of them, I don't know if you lot have had this come up before, but it was be nice to know a little more detail on them. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 8, 2013 Report Share Posted May 8, 2013 Very nice. I had not seen these before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 i've contacted BP to see if they have any information about them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted May 11, 2013 Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 My first guess would be car wash tokens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2013 Hey ccg, yeah, i was thinking that too but you never with half this stuff i collect lol, i mean i have a WW2 token that was stuck to a french 2 Francs, but it is in good nick, luckerly i had stuff too unstick both of them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 13, 2013 I've had another reply from BP, it is going to be fowarded to there "Archive" Deptartment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm very impressed they have resources to answer your Qs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 This is the reply i've had from the BP Archive Department:I’ve had a look through the archives and have found a snippet of information in a BP Car Wash Manual dated approximately 1971. In it there is information on all sorts of things to do with the car washes on BP sites and it gives a little bit of information on Freeclean.  Freeclean was a promotion running during the late 60s and early 70s. The offer was a free wash with every 4 or 6 gallons of petrol purchased (this was still being sorted in 1971 so I cannot tell you which one it was). The petrol station would give out a printed voucher for every gallon bought and then the customer could exchange 4 or 6 vouchers for one Freeclean token. This could be then inserted into the dual coin acceptor to obtain a free wash. Alternatively the person would spend 20p on a wash.  Unfortunately I don’t have further information on how the promotion went or any images of the use of the tokens, however I would say that the item is more than likely one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted May 14, 2013 Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 Nice work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2013 I'm very happy, with how this has turned out, I thought I wasn't going to get anywhere with it, I have a few more token that I need help with, so at least I know where to come :-D Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedeadpoint Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 well done! way to go, BP, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thanks a lot guys, this feels good, but like I said, I have some more tokens that I know jack all about so I'll take some snaps and send them to your good selves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Art1.2 Posted May 16, 2013 Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Nice bit of research. Congrats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amateur_Collector1992 Posted May 16, 2013 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2013 Thanks Art, I like doing little things like that I'm happy with result I got, I really am :-D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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