A trip to the past

[MERCMAN]

Anybody remember this period in history??

http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html

[DOOM]

Great pics!

But before my time! :lol:

[Bluerauder]

Anybody remember this period in history??

Yes, I can remember the ones from the 50s and 60s. :D The 30s and 40s not so much. ;) I also remember prices in the high $0.27-$0.29 range.

Easy to pick out the time period from the cars like in the first one with the bomber, it looks like a '60-'61 Cadillac on the right. Was surprised to see Corn Alcohol Blend in the 30s. Mobil, Sohio, Gulf, Sunoco, Pure, Texaco, Chevron, 76, Standard (Esso), Phillips 66, Union, and Shell. Never heard or saw Gilmore, Richfield, Victory Girls, Mobile, Crown, and Signal before.

Hey, what happened to Sinclair, BP, CoNoCo, Crown, CitGo (Cities Services), and Hess ??

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[LIGHTNIN1]

A good time in this country's history.

[rocky]

Wasn't around but when I was about 8(1982) my dad had a sweet 56 Pontiac Star Chief and my grandpa had a 62 Catalina. Such a great era for automobiles.


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[Shaijack]

Those were great. I do remember some. Gas .26 wish it was not. How about that 10% corn gas.

[SC Cheesehead]

Full service gas stations, ah, those were the days...

Cheapest gas I ever bought was during a gas war in the late 60s, paid $0.249 for Texaco regular, and that was at a full service station no less.

[Bluerauder]

Full service gas stations, ah, those were the days...

Cheapest gas I ever bought was during a gas war in the late 60s, paid $0.249 for Texaco regular, and that was at a full service station no less.

Yep, they would check the oil and add if necessary and clean the windows. Check the tire pressure if you asked. "Service with a Smile". Best part for me was some stations gave free bubble gum to the kids.

[CBT]

Nice post, I could look at old car pics like that all day long.

[1stMerc]

Remember some of the cars and the stations, but not all of the nuances of the times. A few years back there was a Sinclair station down the road from me that was still full service (everything). It finally subcomded to the times. The building has been torn down and a Title Max erected in it's place.

[B.C. Bake]

Way coool, thanks for the picks. :) 29+ cents for high test..:rolleyes:...OK I'm back too reality now.

[jerrym3]

I used to pay $5 to fill up my 65 Corvette. Drive-in movie, $3 for two.

Entrance fee into Palisades Amusement Park, 50 cents. Gigantic hot dog, 25 cents. Yoo-hoo chocolate drink, 15 cents. Rollor coaster, 25 cents.

Take home pay as a helper in a body shop, 1960, $49 per week. Hit the magic $100 per week in 1964 working for Ford as a "picker/packer" in a parts warehouse.

The stuff they used to throw away.................

Brand new 65 Corvette, $4,300.

[Comin' in Hot]

Sinclair is still in business in the midwest and some even have HUGE dinosaurs out front!!!

Awesome pictures!!

[Ladyhawke]

Nice pics and old cars.

[1stMerc]

Sinclair is still in business in the midwest and some even have HUGE dinosaurs out front!!!

Awesome pictures!!

All of ours in the STL went over to Phillips 66 or Conoco and even sale 93 octane.

[Vortex]

Back when I was in the oil business (pumping gas after school at Fina) I remember gas was .36 cents a gallon. Great job until somebody stole the rubber machine off the wall from the mens room and I got fired.

[fastblackmerc]

Sinclair Gas... aka "Dino" gas. I can remember putting some money in a machine and watching a wax dinosaur being made.

[Bigdogjim]

I remember when gas station had restrooms you could actually use.

[mike P71]

Great pics. They bring back many warm memories

[Motorhead350]

Please stop further depressing me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uSLLd8eHy4

[MMcactusflower]

I remember gas being .26/gallon at the Phillips Service Station around the corner from my house in Houston...at that time, my very cool ride was a Cushman...it was one of the least powerful ones...I would have died for an Eagle or Mustang at that time...
At least, mine was faster than a MoPed and it helped me deliver my papers every morning much faster than when I had the Comumbia bike...

[J-MAN]

When I started driving I got gas at Manny's Sinclair for 19.9, five gallons for a dollar! Bulk oil in glass jars. Went on vacation with the parents and when we returned gas had sky rocketed to 24.9, I was devastated! Earlier, when I was younger, I remember the Texaco station around the corner from our house. Every time I went there to watch them working on cars, they would give me one of their paper hats.

[MrBluGruv]

I'm gonna call shenanigans on this one:

http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas11.jpg


I could be totally wrong, but something just keeps bugging me when I look at this one, like it's just someone from this era with a rat rod taking a picture in front of a well-kept old station.

[Bluerauder]

I could be totally wrong, but something just keeps bugging me when I look at this one, like it's just someone from this era with a rat rod taking a picture in front of a well-kept old station.
The pumps look 50-ish style with the lighted glass logo. Even the term "Ethyl" on the pump says at least 50s or earlier. Car body from the 30s. Could be as you said; but I doubt any recent station using those pumps. :dunno:

[MrBluGruv]

The pumps look 50-ish style with the lighted glass logo. Even the term "Ethyl" on the pump says at least 50s or earlier. Car body from the 30s. Could be as you said; but I doubt any recent station using those pumps. :dunno:

I don't mean a well-kept RUNNING station, just one that's been preserved for the sake of preserving, or even one that's been sort of restored so to speak. There are a number of used classic car dealers and consigners around here that have a similar (albeit not as detailed) setup, just for effect.

EDIT: I wish I could read that sign above the "Pure Oil" banner better, looks like it mentions something about a museum, but it's too pixelated to read...

[MERCMAN]

I believe that you are right! If you look to the far left, it appears to me that the "outside" is a photo/painting. It just doesn't look real. I believe that it is a reconstruction of an old gas station inside a museum!

[RF Overlord]

Agree with MERCMAN ^^^ The lighting is wrong.

I do like the German helmet as an air cleaner on the car :up:

[MERCMAN]

same discussion on corvette forums

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c1-and-c2-corvettes/3194140-old-gas-station-photographs.html

[SC Cheesehead]

I remember gas being .26/gallon at the Phillips Service Station around the corner from my house in Houston...at that time, my very cool ride was a Cushman...it was one of the least powerful ones...I would have died for an Eagle or Mustang at that time...
At least, mine was faster than a MoPed and it helped me deliver my papers every morning much faster than when I had the Comumbia bike...


Ooooh yeah! A Cushman was the sh!zznitts, that or one of these:

http://tjhclassiccars.com/yahoo_site_admin/assets/images/_DSC0388.23984845_std.jpg