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http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/gas.html ^

Posted on 01/05/2013 6:21:43 AM PST by 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.

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TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; automobiles; cars; gasoline; photography; sourcetitlenoturl
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To: navysealdad

Filled the tank in my Vdub for $3.00 (about 10 gallons) in the late 60’s.

Everything is not worth more. The DOLLAR has been totally devalued.


41 posted on 01/05/2013 8:47:44 AM PST by wizr (Isaiah 7:9 If you do not stand in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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To: evaporation-plus

I’d say a ‘34 Ford.


42 posted on 01/05/2013 8:50:23 AM PST by choirboy
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To: Roccus

One of my first jobs was pumping gas at the Leschi Park Shell station. I started working there at a time when service stations were transitioning to gas stations. My boss had a built-in advantage in that there were no other stations within 4 or 5 miles of his operation.

The other bonus was that the area had gentrified over the years and real estate was too expensive to appeal to gas venders. So, without the direct competition he was able to weather the changes for a few extra years.

We would often get people coming in to have me check fluids and tires, washing windows and emptying ashtrays - and not making a purchase. I asked my boss why he directed me to waste my time on what I considered deadbeats and he replied, “I want these people to feel comfortable coming here”.

What I eventually learned was that those folks did buy gas from him - and also came to him for tires, lubes, and all their general mechanical needs. He had three stalls and always had vehicles on them.

Eventually the heavy hand of government crushed him and he sold out. A couple of years later I drove by to see that someone had converted it to the gas/mini market theme. A few months later on a return trip saw it razed entirely. Now the progressives who voted for dhimmicrats get to drive to overpriced and indifferent gas stations miles away.


43 posted on 01/05/2013 8:56:44 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: Roccus

Looks like early ‘30s Plymouth ?


44 posted on 01/05/2013 8:56:51 AM PST by evaporation-plus
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To: evaporation-plus

1935 Ford Sedan


45 posted on 01/05/2013 9:00:26 AM PST by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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To: evaporation-plus; choirboy

Think choirboy nailed it

http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2012/04/20/hemmings-find-of-the-day-1934-ford-deluxe/


46 posted on 01/05/2013 9:00:41 AM PST by Roccus
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To: Roccus

http://www.remarkablecars.com/main/plymouth/1934-plymouth.html

What do you think ?
47 posted on 01/05/2013 9:02:15 AM PST by evaporation-plus
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To: navysealdad

These were fun to see. My mom is 100 and everytime we pass the local gas station, she asks if we remember when gas was $0.29. I laughed at this post. Thanks.


48 posted on 01/05/2013 9:11:49 AM PST by AUsome Joy
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To: Peanut Gallery

What a treasure to have this picture!!


49 posted on 01/05/2013 9:11:54 AM PST by Coldwater Creek (He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadows of the Almighty Psalm 91:)
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To: navysealdad

The mid-’60s Gulf station (#8) brings back some memories... sure was surprised to see that brand making a comeback in Texas in the past year or so. Also, the pigeonhole parking rig (#27, I think) looks like a place my Dad used to park. He was late for dinner many times because the lift mechanism was flaky and cars up top would get stranded for hours.


50 posted on 01/05/2013 9:17:03 AM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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To: Tupelo

Yes, Reagan did, and I was there! Our family owned cabin #19 on the square. We have since sold the cabin. Good memories!


51 posted on 01/05/2013 9:21:51 AM PST by Peanut Gallery
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To: rockrr
Think it was more that woman's voice than anything.
I LOVED going under the hood. I got paid commissions for sales. One week I would check everyone’s belts....$1 installed, .50 if just a sale. Next would be air filters, .50. Then battery cables, .50 installed...and so on. Bardahl carb cleaner used to have a quarter IN THE CAN that I could keep. Regulars who had businesses in the area used to leave their cars after the AM fill-up and I would drive them to their parking lot. BIG advantage. “Say, Mr. Smith, I notice how hard it is to stop your car. Want me to check those brakes?” After parts, all mechanical work was split 50/50 with the boss.
52 posted on 01/05/2013 9:22:15 AM PST by Roccus
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To: navysealdad

WTH was that lady with the dalmations doing pumping her own gas?


53 posted on 01/05/2013 9:29:14 AM PST by Just another Joe (Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
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To: Roccus

LOL


54 posted on 01/05/2013 9:34:12 AM PST by TADSLOS (I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
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To: navysealdad

My. Uncle owned the Esso station on the corner of E 7th and Grant in downtown Odessa, TX. Used to hang out there in the 60s as a kid in the summer waiting for that daily nickel bottle of coke from the coin operated cooler.


55 posted on 01/05/2013 9:57:23 AM PST by TADSLOS (I took extra credit at the School of Hard Knocks)
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To: VanDeKoik

“the stations had so much more style back then in general.”

There’s one decaying away outside east Akron. It’s in the shape of the Goodyear Blimp. May be gone now,,,,
The pic of the Goodyear tire store! Streamliner Architecture? Too cool!


56 posted on 01/05/2013 10:25:42 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: evaporation-plus

35/36 Ford?


57 posted on 01/05/2013 10:31:59 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: evaporation-plus

More like 1934. The 36 was a bit more streamlined.


58 posted on 01/05/2013 10:43:32 AM PST by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra ( Ya can't pick up a turd by the clean end!)
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To: null and void

yup

http://www.coininfo.com/


59 posted on 01/05/2013 10:50:10 AM PST by Manta (Obama to issue executive order repealing laws of physics)
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To: jsanders2001

OMG I must be getting old, I remember “gas wars” one of which forced the price down to 16-17 cents a gallon


60 posted on 01/05/2013 10:52:45 AM PST by Manta (Obama to issue executive order repealing laws of physics)
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