Castor bean oil is still an ingredient in Castrol R and one of the best reasons to attend vintage races! The smell is very distinctive. ;) On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 9:27 PM, Gary Bawden <goldfieldgary@gmail.com>wrote: > Funny no one's mentioned Castrol - - wasn't it made from castor oil > years ago? Checked Snopes and all they could tell me were rumors about > Fidel Castro(l) :^) > > Gary > > > Date: Fri, 11 Mar 2011 19:38:40 -0500 > > From: george jannini <georgejoann@GMAIL.COM> > > Subject: Re: bio based motor oil (no vanagon content) > > > > It's still Fryeday, so let me throw this question out- WWVU? (what > > would vegans use) Discuss. <EG> > > > > George/ATL > > >
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