Originally Posted By: maojunior
does anyone have any info or photos of what the purple crown looked like, please? Also, what years did they use it and what gas did it represent?


I can't say for sure but I think the upper details were purple, and the band around the middle was red.
"Purple Red Crown" was a motor grade (sub regular)gasoline in the 1930's.
I don't think thats a purple crown in the link from your other post. It looks like a very oxidized red crown to me.

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