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Mar 11, 2007 | 02:16 PM

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Mil1ion

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If you guys saw my Santa photo in December. That was taken in front of the Petroleum Museum at Heritage Park in Calgary.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7...ineDec2006.jpg

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i7.../SantaCSRA.jpg

That place has TONS of nostalgic service station items.

http://www.travellady.com/coasttrip/8-30/alley.htm

For a tour of HP see this video and the parks expansion involving the Gasoline alley museum's expansion.

http://www.heritageparkcampaign.com/campaignvid.html

Gasoline alley is about half way through it.

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Mar 11, 2007 | 02:19 PM

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I6power

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From: the beaches of florida

what year is that car?

Mar 11, 2007 | 06:43 PM

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I worked all thru HS at a Phillips 66 station nearly like the next to last picture with the red trimmed pointed awning except we had 4 service bays. I sold gas for 3.9¢/gallon at times.

Mar 11, 2007 | 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by Torque1st

I worked all thru HS at a Phillips 66 station nearly like the next to last picture with the red trimmed pointed awning except we had 4 service bays. I sold gas for 3.9¢/gallon at times.

Where about in KC? I worked at a Phillips station on North Antioch Road, just north of Antioch Shopping Center. We only had 2 bays though....... Lowest I think we ever went on gas was 19.9/gal. This was when Interstate Self service opened a station just north of us and they low-balled all the name brand stations.

Also remember before EVERY holiday on Thursday afternoon we'd get the call from Rutledge Oil (we were a jobber station) to raise the price of gas.

Mar 11, 2007 | 10:32 PM

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It wasn't in KC.

Mar 13, 2007 | 01:13 PM

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Never saw gas for 3.9 Cents but I remember 11-20 Cents in 1966, also 25 Cent a pack cigarettes, and filling my 1961 Pontiac Bonny and cruising the one ways downtown. chasing girls and an occasional drag race. Obviously I'm giving my age away. ahh fond old memories.

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Mar 13, 2007 | 01:53 PM

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In 1966 I had my Austin A40 and once on a Friday night I stopped at the B/A Gas station I pumped gas at and got just over half a gallon with my "Last Dime"

I got to where I needed to go and back home on that.

It was also where after I asked for a dimes worth of gas ........I heard the comeback "Do you want me to sneeze in your tires too"

Mar 13, 2007 | 03:04 PM

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I had people come in all the time asking for a $1 worth, but then I got a lot of people for 10-15-25-50¢ worth also. That 3.9¢ gas was during a rather nasty gas war.

We had a "High Quality Low Cost" gas station next door. The funny thing was people thought they were saving money filling up there and paying a couple cents per gallon less, a false economy. The trouble was it wasn't unusual to see people buy $2-3 worth off additives to go in their tank. The HQLC owner laughed all the way to the bank. He sold the hell out of additives while additives sat on our shelf gathering dust. All the additives anyone needed was already in our gas. We made money fixing their cars with tanks full of water, pistons with holes in them, and dirty carbs etc. I always charged them extra over what a regular customer paid for service also. I knew which people filled at which station...