Just for fun
#1
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
Just for fun
Take a trip down memory lane. If I get the hyperlink correct click and view old gas stations. Some neat old cars and one station offering "Corn alcohol at a 10% blend.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
#9
Pro
Thanks for the link.Those photos bring back memories of the days when a service station was really a full service station.Today you are lucky to get a grunt, let alone a thank you from the lazy clerk collecting your money.
#10
Safety Car
Member Since: Aug 2007
Location: This is not a Song, It's an Outburst: Or, The Establishment Blues; Sixto Diaz Rodriguez
Posts: 4,506
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
That is some neat photos . I looked at the one with the 10% "Corn alcohol" blend, on the bottom left, dated 4/11/33..that's either some "OGs, or government men" standing there in those long coats....
#14
Burning Brakes
Take a trip down memory lane. If I get the hyperlink correct click and view old gas stations. Some neat old cars and one station offering "Corn alcohol at a 10% blend.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
If it does not work my apologies, at least I tried.
Scott
#15
Racer
Member Since: Aug 2011
Location: Sevierville TN
Posts: 297
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Takes me back to 1967-68 when I was in my last years of high school and had an after school job at a Sunoco station.
Yeah, I pumped gas, checked oil, cleaned windshields and checked air in tires whenever someone would stop for a fill up. If they only bought $5 of gas, they only got their windshield cleaned. If they only bought $1 worth, they just got the gas pumped.
I remember setting our pumps to 15 cents/gal once during a weekend.
The highlight of my time working there was when the local jewelry store owner would bring his red '67 Corvette 427 Tri-Power four speed convertible in for service and wash. My coworkers and I would almost come to blows deciding who would deliver it back to him!
Sonny
Yeah, I pumped gas, checked oil, cleaned windshields and checked air in tires whenever someone would stop for a fill up. If they only bought $5 of gas, they only got their windshield cleaned. If they only bought $1 worth, they just got the gas pumped.
I remember setting our pumps to 15 cents/gal once during a weekend.
The highlight of my time working there was when the local jewelry store owner would bring his red '67 Corvette 427 Tri-Power four speed convertible in for service and wash. My coworkers and I would almost come to blows deciding who would deliver it back to him!
Sonny
#19
Le Mans Master
Member Since: Oct 2007
Location: Kelso Washington
Posts: 6,589
Received 549 Likes
on
234 Posts
St. Jude Donor '09, '13, '15
GREAT stuff there!! Back when servicing a car was a big deal.
I too remember The Bomber as a kid when it was still intact. The cockpit is off currently awaiting a restoration. It was special to me because my Dad was a waist gunner in one in Italy.
Sure are some very desirable cars in these pics!!
Thanks for linking!
I too remember The Bomber as a kid when it was still intact. The cockpit is off currently awaiting a restoration. It was special to me because my Dad was a waist gunner in one in Italy.
Sure are some very desirable cars in these pics!!
Thanks for linking!
#20
Administrator
Member Since: Mar 2001
Location: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
Posts: 343,032
Received 19,309 Likes
on
13,980 Posts
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03-'04-'05-'06-'07-'08-'09-'10-'11-'12-'13-'14-'15-'16-'17-'18-'19-
'20-'21-'22-'23-'24
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
Thanks for sharing that - it does bring back some memories.