Old Gas Stations
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CO River Rat
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From: Lake Havasu City AZ
Old Gas Stations
Any of you old-timers (like me) remember some of these?
http://groups.msn.com/ToddsHarleyPix...sstations.msnw
Steve
http://groups.msn.com/ToddsHarleyPix...sstations.msnw
Steve
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From: North of Boston MA
Wow, great find. I was surprised to see one near me. The fifth from the bottom is in Lynnfield, Massachusetts - about 2 miles from my house, right off old Route 1.
It's a shame so much of the old stuff is getting torn down and replaced with cookie-cutter boxes. I watched them unload an entire Hess Express off a truck and assemble it in a couple days. Sad.
It's a shame so much of the old stuff is getting torn down and replaced with cookie-cutter boxes. I watched them unload an entire Hess Express off a truck and assemble it in a couple days. Sad.
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From: charlotte nc
That was a great selection of pictures...I recall seeing some like that while riding around the countryside years ago. Uncle had one much like the first picture where you could buy a small coco-cola for 5 cents and a penny deposit on the bottle.......and gas was around 25 cents a gallon
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That was a great selection of pictures...I recall seeing some like that while riding around the countryside years ago. Uncle had one much like the first picture where you could buy a small coco-cola for 5 cents and a penny deposit on the bottle.......and gas was around 25 cents a gallon. I recall one where you could get the "FIRE CHIEFS HELMETS"
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I also remember when they would give out stuff with a fill up..
I remember getting a dinosaur shaped bar of soap from a Sinclair station.
Got 8 x11 inch pictures of Red Sox players at the local Atlantic Richfield station.
These are the only ones that stick out in my mind, but I know there were many other items..
I remember getting a dinosaur shaped bar of soap from a Sinclair station.
Got 8 x11 inch pictures of Red Sox players at the local Atlantic Richfield station.
These are the only ones that stick out in my mind, but I know there were many other items..
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From: Travelers Rest SC
I remember the old Sunoco stations with what seemed to be a dozen different grades of gasoline. Ours had a grease pit, and they let people use it for free on the weekends. Can you imagine trying to do that today w/ all the lawyers swarming around?