What kind of gas stations...

FriscoCharlie Oct 5, 2015

  1. r_i_straw

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  2. Hardcoaler

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    Winchester, VA, February 1940

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  3. Mike VE2TRV

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    Three kinds of pumps! :cool:

    And a registered rest room?... o_O

    Winchester looks like a nice little town. :)
     
  4. Kurt Moose

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    Looks like the local gossip committee is updating the local news....:rolleyes:
     
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  5. r_i_straw

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  6. Mike VE2TRV

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    Nice Buick.:love:

    I really miss those nice wide whitewalls... They're not just a white stripe on the side! Added a touch of class to the car.:cool:
     
  7. r_i_straw

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  8. BoxcabE50

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    Love it! The service station of my youth. Back when 'service' meant 'service'.
     
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  10. r_i_straw

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    I have never heard of FIRECO gasoline before.
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  11. Mike VE2TRV

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    Me and the Internet concur! Today's Fireco makes firefighting equipment.

    Looks like somewhere in the boonies, a very local brand, and with the local vegetation turning the gas pumps into planters, it hasn't seen any business since at least the 1960s.

    I suppose that the words "fire" and "gasoline" didn't go over very well, marketing-wise :eek:...
     
  12. Hardcoaler

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    What a strange business model this is, basing the charge on what is tightened. So you want your head gasket bolts to get a good crank? :eek: Hand me that cheater bar -- we don't need no stinkin' torque wrench.

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  13. Hardcoaler

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    Whadd'ya mean "plus three cents tax"? That's the last time I stop here.

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  14. Kurt Moose

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    Oh!
    I would so try to find a way to restore THIS!(y)
     
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  15. r_i_straw

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  16. acptulsa

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    See? There's proof! Aliens have been among us for over half a cent...

    Oh, wait. It's only a '62 Dodge Dart.
     
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  17. Shortround

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    But it appears to have a sales tag on the rear side window. I wonder if it's still available. That's when I got my first drivers license. Farm use only.
     
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  18. r_i_straw

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    Leakey, Texas in 1973. Can't make out the brand of gas.
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  19. DeaconKC

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  20. bremner

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    pretty sure that building is stlll standing...there really is only one building in Pie Town
     

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