There were many times when I first got my license that I'd stop and put a dollars worth of gas in the tank. It would last me for a few days. 5 bucks felt like a fill up to me although that was probably only half a tank.

 

I know of two occasions this summer when my 19 year old son put a dollar's worth of gas in his accord so they could circle around town a few more times. It's a 12 mile trip home with no cell service to call dad, so all 4 kids finally figured out how to coast the last mile home. I'd make them pay for the gas they siphoned to get to school the next day. Gas on their school clothes and shoes finally got the message across.

 

My wife gives me grief for having a Pinterest account, but there are a lot of great ideas on there (yes, manly ones too). Here's a link to somebody's old gas stations file: Cool old gas stations on Pinterest | 28 Pins If you don't have an account, I'm not sure what you'll be able to see. There are lots of great car and truck pictures on there too. Here's a better link: Pinterest[]=old|autocomplete|0&term_meta[]=gas|autocomplete|0&term_meta[]=stations|autocomplete|0

 

My father ran a filling station all his life starting in 1919. I remember as a
kid this doctor with a 1947 ish Cadillac came in for fill up. That drew
attention. Eveybody stood around the pump just seeing $7 dollars was
amazing when average cars was like $3 or so. Back then a Model T or A
was like a buck and a half. Back then here in Mass, there use to be
wicked gas wars just slip over the boarder to RI it was like 13 cents.
Remembering the ole man Fri nites driving around writing pump prices
and all station owners did that. Like down the way one was .19 cents so
my father drops to .17 cents. unlike today they were only earning one or
two cents a gal. volumn was the game.

 

Bringing this thread back from the dead, here's a local one for me

 

and the current view

 

There are a couple around here. I'll have to take some picks and post them up.
Here's one from my home town. A little different in that it was originally a trolley station. When the trolley line closed down in the 1931, the building was converted to a gas and service station.

 

I find it most interesting the old vs current pics. Someday, I'm gonna stop and take a pic of this spot in its present day format.

 

I found a couple more of my fathers start in the gas business

 

I love that tow truck!!!
Great pictures guys.

 

Found this on facebook.
Take a look at the jack stands.



If you are on Facebook, I ran across a group called Neat Old Stuff and Yesteryear.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Neat-...231?fref=photo
It has a lot of cool old photos with a bunch of old cars.

 

Cool picture. Are those wooden milk crates?

Here is one i took pictures of a few weeks ago. And the truck that went with it.

 

Not f1 related but I took this a month or so ago.

 

Came across this on facebook, ignore the monte

 

Tires on Credit! 20 weeks to pay! LOL