the good old days
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I remember pumping gas for 21.9 and 23.9 for Ethyl in 1971, right out of high school. Of course, we wore uniform shirts, and ball caps, and cleaned the windows, checked the oil and water and air in the tires. That job paid for my first roll-around tool box, and my first real tools. Some of those tools I still have. A buck's worth of gas, took you a long way! Now, all it will buy you is a cholesterol bomb, at MickeyD's.
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1965/66 I worked weekends for a local Standard Oil Station.
Regular: 29.9 / Supreme: 33.9 / 105 Octane Custom Supreme: 35.9
Back then 20 bucks would buy a 1/2 tank of gas, a dinner for 2 at the "Pig 'n Whistle" and two box seats at Dodger Stadium with money left over for popcorn and drinks.
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actually, I WAS in SoCal...El Centro, in the desert over the mountains from San Diego. It's possible it was during a gas war, but I remember changing the sign from 19.9 to 21.9...
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I'll never forget going to Lake Powell, Utah in 1966.
I was 13. Dad had bought a brand new 1966 Mark Twain 18ft boat with a 150 Mercruiser in it (230cu-in GMC 6) It held 18 gallons and we also carried 4 steel 5 gallon jeep cans in the back.
(I sold that boat only 3 years ago!!)
We went about 50 miles up the lake to Rainbow Bridge Marina. It was a floating marina that had fuel food etc.....it was the only gas other than Wahweap 50 miles south.....there was nothing for for about 100 miles to the north...
They had to have everything (including the fuel) brought up via a barge from Wahweap Marina in Page, AZ at the south end of the lake.
Gas at the regular stations in town was about $0.35/gallon. I'll never forget my dad screaming and yelling about the highway robbery for having to pay $0.49/gallon at Rainbow Bridge Marina!!!
looking back....it was a bargain!
I was 13. Dad had bought a brand new 1966 Mark Twain 18ft boat with a 150 Mercruiser in it (230cu-in GMC 6) It held 18 gallons and we also carried 4 steel 5 gallon jeep cans in the back.
(I sold that boat only 3 years ago!!)
We went about 50 miles up the lake to Rainbow Bridge Marina. It was a floating marina that had fuel food etc.....it was the only gas other than Wahweap 50 miles south.....there was nothing for for about 100 miles to the north...
They had to have everything (including the fuel) brought up via a barge from Wahweap Marina in Page, AZ at the south end of the lake.
Gas at the regular stations in town was about $0.35/gallon. I'll never forget my dad screaming and yelling about the highway robbery for having to pay $0.49/gallon at Rainbow Bridge Marina!!!
looking back....it was a bargain!
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Mebbe I should of also mentioned that the Standard Station (#9528) was at the corner of Chalon Rd and Sepulveda Blvd...
...in Bel Air, CA.
They prolly shoulda named the station Ben Dover Service!
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WOW!! Talk about deja vu!
This appears to be the exact same Mobil Station that was on the SW corner of Sunset Blvd. and Barrington Avenue (the street to the left) in the LA suburb of Brentwood.
This station was torn down in the early 1960's and replaced by a newer, larger (and ugly!) design.
Across the street (to the left of this picture) is a Standard Station that was built to mimic the design of this Mobil Station.
Believe it or not, it's still there today.
This appears to be the exact same Mobil Station that was on the SW corner of Sunset Blvd. and Barrington Avenue (the street to the left) in the LA suburb of Brentwood.
This station was torn down in the early 1960's and replaced by a newer, larger (and ugly!) design.
Across the street (to the left of this picture) is a Standard Station that was built to mimic the design of this Mobil Station.
Believe it or not, it's still there today.
