Who Remembers Pumping Gas?

[Gluemanz28]

1984 Oldsmobile Delta 88, my first car's filler was behind the plate. Miss that big ol brown land yacht.

I had 1972 USS Delta 88 with a 455 Rocket and TH400 trans. That baby didn't start riding at its best until 70 mph.
It just kind a floated like it was on a cloud of air. That was easily an eight passenger car.

 

[Leadeye]

I still pump gas on top.

 

[calcot7]

None of that parking on the wrong side, though I could see getting on the wrong side of that girl.

ohhh***,that was a girl?

 

[Bigtanker]

Was Sinclair the one that gave out those green plastic dinosaurs?

Yep.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Was it a metallic mint-green convertible?

Nice My Cousin Vinny reference hoosierdoc!

 

[Leadeye]

When a teenager it was always easy enough to find a job pumping gas at a local......wait for it.......Service Station. usually a dollar an hour to pump gas, clean the screens and check the oil. Sweeping the bays and the lot when trffic was down. Oil changes as well. Good times.
4 pumps, 2 bays was the common at the time. Inside if 4 blocks there were 6 stations of different brands and everyone would work on your car. Then there was Imperial and United. Those have Morphed into the Speedway gas and goes we see now.

I remember the gas wars that had leaded (no un-leaded then) premium at 26 cents a gallon.

Man how times have changed.

The days of Sunoco 260.

 

[chezuki]

Nice My Cousin Vinny reference hoosierdoc!

Is this like high-fiveing yourself in the mirror? Self rep is masturbation.

 

[BogWalker]

Yes, plus the attendant checked your oil, cleaned your windshield, and they had "give aways" - I bought at a Texaco station and while still living at parents home supplied my Mom with a complete set of kitchen glasses ( beverage ).

Also had owner/attendant at a local Shell station (well known to drink at work & always have a gun on him & others stashed within arms reach ) pull a derringer out of his pocket while pumping my gas and start waiving it in my face, cussing about the "damn kids these days" ( in the 60's). Oh, also had a cigarette ( yes it was lit as was he ) dangling from his mouth the whole time. First time had a gun pointed at me and scared me s***less.

What'd you do that he pulled a gun on you?

I'm not old enough to have ever experienced these things. What happened to service stations? Devaluation of the dollar?

 

[Scout]

Was it a metallic mint-green convertible?

With a white top?

 

[hoosierdoc]

Is this like high-fiveing yourself in the mirror? Self rep is masturbation.

I'm fairly certain you've told me that before. Why wasn't this covered in my public school education???

 

[churchmouse]

The days of Sunoco 260.

Yes sir. All my street cars thrived on the purple offering. Nectar of the Horse Power Gods.

 

[yepthatsme]

I used to be a pump jockey and station mechanic when I was a kid a long, long time ago. I remember flipping up the left tail light on the 55 Cadillacs and dropping the left tail light on the 56 Chevy's to fill them up and no, I wasn't pumping gas in the 50's. The 57 Chevys had a door above the left tail light and I also remember popping up the trunk lids on VW's to fill them up as well. I also had my fair share of cars that filled up behind the license plate. I can still smell the strong, leaded gas fumes when filling all of those cars up.

 

[MrPeabody]

Kids! Gas wars. .19 cents a gallon and .23 cents a lot of the time.

Now that is what I remember.....

 

[MrPeabody]

Was Sinclair the one that gave out those green plastic dinosaurs?

That reminds me of the DX stations before they combined with Sinclair. I remember bugging Dad to get 10 fill ups so I could get the Model A race cars and track set. I wonder what ever happened to the race set.

 

[yepthatsme]

That reminds me of the DX stations before they combined with Sinclair. I remember bugging Dad to get 10 fill ups so I could get the Model A race cars and track set. I wonder what ever happened to the race set.

I remember that as well. DX always had the great toys. I remember they used to have an "aquacar" available as well.

 

[Gluemanz28]

Does anybody remember these? The antenna ball.

 

[bulletsmith]

Does anybody remember these?

Put it on your antennae

 

[Gluemanz28]

The attendants also wore uniforms at the stations.

Here is a classic looking station.

 

[Gluemanz28]

This thread is now begging for some Steve Martin "The Jerk"

[video=youtube;Tcwz8-EfFYE]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tcwz8-EfFYE[/video]

 

[bulletsmith]

Great movie!

I remember the Texaco stations where they wore uniforms like that.