EdJ0307 Loc: out west someplace

Some really great old photos. Love 'em.

Ava'sPapa Loc: Cheshire, Ct.

I love cars and always have for close to 70 years. I've had many collectibles. Anyway... I love looking at old gas station pictures and old used car lot pictures and quizzing myself. Thank you. Any other car related links are welcomed.

bigwolf40 Loc: Effort, Pa.

I not only remember some of these I also remember gas wars when gas was as low as 9 cents a gallon....Rich

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

From the cars in each picture, how many can identify the year? Great memories of times past.

cdayton

The Life image with 4 guys attending to the car is my favorite.

edrobinsonjr Loc: Boise, Idaho

Thanks for posting this. I worked in Signal and Mobil stations in the 60's. These pics brought back memories.

At the Signal station we did a full lube and oil for $1.00 including vacuuming the interior and washing all of the windows inside and out. When we had the grand opening of the station we gave away a free case of Coca Cola - 24 bottles - with a fill up and we pumped close to 10,000 gallons of gas in 2 days.

At the Mobil station we got engaged in Saturday afternoon gas wars where the price of regular often dropped to 14 cents a gallon for a couple of hours.

Those were the days...

Silversleuth Loc: San Francisco Bay Area

What a wonderful trip down memory lane. Brought back fond memories of full service, inexpensive gas, and a few hot rods of a well spent youth. Thanks for the smiles jsvend.

:Ed:

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

The mention of gas wars brings back memories. Back in the late 50's, stations in the Reno/Sparks area went berserk. Prices kept going down and down until stations were giving gas away; that's right, $0.00 per gallon. That came to a screeching halt within 24 hours when the state realized that the station owners were, in fact, giving away the state's share of taxes on each gallon (~11 cents). Then the feds wised up. Any station could charge what they wanted, but the operators had to pay the taxes on every gallon! Gas immediately went to 13.9 cents per gallon - for about two days. Then operators started getting the bills from their jobbers (distributors) and the war was over. Gas went back to 35 cents. It wasn't long before operators realized that their regulars plus travelers with specific preferences were keeping the places going without sucking customers in with low gas prices. Prices for lubes, flat repairs, etc., didn't change, so operators didn't really benefit from the gas wars. But, oh, how I hated to lose those extra hours of work (for a few days, we were open around the clock).

johnbee418 Loc: Manchester Conn.

WOW. Thanks for the memories.

GeneS Loc: Glendale,AZ

Great collection of stations.
I enjoyed the cars as much as the stations

cambriaman Loc: Central CA Coast

That's a 1938 La Salle, cheaper version of the Cadillac.

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Thanks! I shoulda known that!

Stan

Beard43 Loc: End of the Oregon Trail

The B17 in the first picture is no longer there. It was taken down a couple of years ago and is now in Salem being refurbished to return to flyable. It's name is "Lacey's Lady".
Ron

LFingar Loc: Claverack, NY

Good to hear. Glad it didn't get scrapped!

BHC Loc: Strawberry Valley, JF, USA

Have you seen the boneyard at Davis–Monthan AFB? Impressive, but sad (depressing to me).