Old School Gas/Service Stations

Ken, that must be this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFTa9dkXXYU

This forum tells a bit of the story of the Bomber gas station:

http://sprinter-source.com/forum/showthread.php?p=149902

Lieven

its still there!




p.s. lol, I'll hijack it back with more car pics!!! but its time for some football!!!!

ok real quick:

roddie wrote:I had to post this pic... too cool!!!

I remember a date I had with a very attractive, very buxom young lady.  We went to a 40's nostalgia dance held beneath the Bomber.  There was a band playing Big Band hits from the 40's, and a dance floor was set up beneath the plane.  Everyone were in period outfits.  Lots of energetic dancing.  And LOTS of close, slow dancing.  Did I mention she was buxom?    It was the last dance they had there before they started taking the Bomber apart for restoration. Vicky, her name was. Ah, the memories....

A few years before I met my wife, so don't tell her...   

The Smiling Mark

 man that really got me thinking about when times were [ seemed ] simpler. I worked at a few stations in my early years ,when full service at the pump was real and most helpful to most people! Now days they would think you were trying to steal something off there engine   

I worked at a full service station in the early 90's through high school. It was actually hard work, but mostly due to a demanding boss.

We had to fill fuel tanks, check oil, antifreeze, air tires etc. we also had to push car wash sales which was the real money maker. Sometimes when business was slow the boss would send folks home leaving me to run the fuel station and then take off and put the cars through the wash rack!

The best part of the job was driving all the new cars as we were located on dealership row. I learned how to drive standard transmission cars at age 15. Of course I was never able to get out of first gear. Probably just as well at that age.

Ron

Ron, I don't know about your driving, but regarding that Baby Clown with Cox .049 Tee Dee you brought to Clovis? You certainly got it out of first gear!  

Yeah those 1/2A's will test your reflexes that's for sure.

It's every PA pilots aspiration to keep the plane in second gear   

  I think I've seen just about everything as far as Gas stations & prices go.
I was pumping gas in the late 1950's while going to High School and they had GAS WAR"S, the lowest price was 19.9 cents a gallon! A couple of dollars & we could cruse all weekend in my 48 Ford.
Then 20 years later we had the odd/even day when you had to wait in long lines to buy some gas. The odd /even thing was the last # on your license plate. People were trying to keep a couple of 5 gal cans at home just in case.
Now the prices seem to go up--down almost every day!
Of course it helps to be 70 years old.. RK Flyer

Down under we had carless days. When you renewed your registration you had to choose one day a week when you wouldn't use your car. I chose Tuesday. Each day of the week was a different colour for your registration label., Tuesday was purple I think. If you were caught driving on your carless day you got fined.

I go by the Old Bomber occasionally when I make a trip to the Milwaukee area of Portland when working. Neat that it is still there.

PV Pilot wrote:I go by the Old Bomber occasionally when I make a trip to the Milwaukee area of Portland when working.  Neat that it is still there.  

What part of town do you live in? I live over by the Hillsboro airport.

The Pilot Mark