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There was differentiation between "whale oil" and "spermacetti" among the crusty old folx I've spoken with. Even whale oil was better than candles by a fair sight. And if you read through the links on the transmission fluid, the whale oil was an additive that prevented corrosion. ATF of the era was shitty. So were American cars. The Japanese didn't lean as heavily into automatic trannys at the time so they had no ATF coolers. And not to put too fine a point on it, but you're putting my first- and second-hand knowledge up against some rando on the internet, collecting the information of other randos on the internet. I will get Dave to send me a shot of his bottle of Nye's.