the good old days
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27.9 for reg 32.9 for ethel, they put the gas in, check water and oil, clean windows, check
air pressure in tires, get a free glass with fill up plus green stamps, air is free , water
free. Yell the good old days.
I'm a newbie, glad to be onboard, this is the best of the net
air pressure in tires, get a free glass with fill up plus green stamps, air is free , water
free. Yell the good old days.
I'm a newbie, glad to be onboard, this is the best of the net
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All these pics and not one Dodge truck in any of them. 
There's a Studebaker 2R (1949/53) in post #3, otherwise, it's Fords and Chebbies.
Most of the cars are Fords, too. There's a rare (today) 1949 Lincoln and a 1954 Merc shown in two of the pics.
Can anyone make out the street name on the sign in post #2? Pic looks like it was taken in LA just west of downtown.
There's a Studebaker 2R (1949/53) in post #3, otherwise, it's Fords and Chebbies.
Most of the cars are Fords, too. There's a rare (today) 1949 Lincoln and a 1954 Merc shown in two of the pics.
Can anyone make out the street name on the sign in post #2? Pic looks like it was taken in LA just west of downtown.
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The people at those station's were always friendly. We did'nt have credit cards, just some in-store credit. Everything was done on a cash only basis and we did'nt have the mess we have today. The new trucks were only four or five hundred dollars, but who had four or five dollars.lol!
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From: SE Wisc. (the Rust Belt)
My dad owned a gas station in the early '70s and we sold gas for around 32.9. I was about 10 years old at the time and helped pump gas, check oil and tires and washed windows. I also remember the gas wars between the gas stations up and down the road for a penny or two. Those were the "Good old days", maybe not as good as I remember but I still think about them.
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From: Upper Left Coast
We had gas "wars" in California back in the 60's. In thelate 60's I was in High School driving my 57 Ford...... I bought gas at a Hancock station for 17.9/gallon. There was a station across the street at the same price . 10 gallons for $1.79!!!!!
They sold gas below wholesale for a time....the average price then was around $0.35/gal....
They sold gas below wholesale for a time....the average price then was around $0.35/gal....
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From: Alabama
My dad owned a gas station in the early '70s and we sold gas for around 32.9. I was about 10 years old at the time and helped pump gas, check oil and tires and washed windows. I also remember the gas wars between the gas stations up and down the road for a penny or two. Those were the "Good old days", maybe not as good as I remember but I still think about them.
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From: Indiana
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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