Gas Service Stations

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[navysealdad]

This will bring back some memories. You will love the cars in the photos too. Look at the price of gas in some of the pictures.

[Roccus]

Last station I worked (lower Manhattan ‘69) didn’t even have a lift, just a pit for oil, lube and exhaust work. Motor work was done outside. Brakes, shocks and front end work were also done outside on jack stands.

You’re right though. Today we have gas stations and we have repair shops. Rarely do we see the two combined. I think the new lifts that did not need the underground pneumatic piston chambers helped separate the two. I knew a repair shop that opened up in what was once an OLD movie theater thanks to those lifts.

[KoRn]

"When I started driving in the early 1980s I was paying around 65 cents"

Those were the good ol' days! That's around the time I started driving too. Gas was around 79 cents here.

[KoRn]

Sorry. I misread your post.....

I started driving in the early 90s! lol

[uglybiker]

Believe it or not, those places still exist.

Clarkdale Classic Station
Clarkdale, Az
clarkdaleclassic.com

[Fresh Wind]

Corn alcohol gasoline, 10% blend.

LOL!

For anyone who likes old cars, here’s a great site I stumbled across with an incredible number of old photos:

http://www.theoldmotor.com

[redangus]

A lot of my misspent youth was spent at the old gas station next door washing windows, checking oil and pestering the old men who worked there. I’m sure it went a long way to developing my continuing love of cars.

[FrdmLvr]

I remember four or five of us driving around in one of our dads’ cars, probably around 1970, and each chipping in a quarter to get about 4 or 5 gallons of gas because we always had to replace the gas we used. And I think the gas station attendant pumped it, too.

[jsanders2001]

I remember when gas was 28 cents a gallon back in the ‘60s but I was just a kid then. Those pics remind me of when we were a more polite and civilized society with a lot less worries.

[Roccus]

I can’t even remember the last time I said, “Two bucks, regular.” LOL

[evaporation-plus]

http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas29.jpg

What car is this ? Anyone ?

[evaporation-plus]

I can’t even remember the last time I said, “Two bucks, regular.” LOL

Maybe for the lawnmower !

[Sacajaweau]

The coke machines were at the gas stations. It’s where I learned how slugs worked.

[Roccus]

LaSalle?

[Sacajaweau]

My buddy told me that a bunch of them would go to the gas station at night. They couldn’t get the bottles out but they did manage to pry off the caps. Then they would take turns on the straw....Those west side boys were a bit slow. My bro and I had slugs. Life was Brain vs Brawn.

[anoldafvet]

That looks like a ‘54 Mercury Convertible in the background of #6. That was the first car I ever owned. Back then, gas cost 15.9 a gallon!

[Peanut Gallery]

Here's one of my own. This is my great-greatgrandfather, T L Grubbs, taken outside his store - probably in Neshoba County, MS. If you look closely you can see in the window that it says "T L Grubbs" and "Groceries & Dry Goods." Also, below the window is a Mobiloil pump cart with handpumps. I am not sure exactly when this was taken. He died in 1947 at the age of 75.

[null and void]

27¢ a gallon? About what you’d pay today, if you paid with silver coins.

[Coldwater Creek]

My grandfather was the foreman on one of the first oil wells in Texas. Later he owned an oil lease. He said that you could burn just about any combustible fuel and sometimes shoe leather was cheaper than gas, so he would walk to work.

[Roccus]

Forget my #33. Looks more like a 30’s Chrysler product.

[Tupelo]

Neshoba County, MS. home of the famous Neshoba County Fair.
And the damnedest fairgrounds I have ever seen.
Political speeches for hours every day are the biggest attraction and sometimes there are some good ones.
Ronald Reagan officially announced his 1980 Presidential bid at the Neshoba County Fair.