amazingflapjack
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Never used one, but I did use a Coke machine like that-they were a nickel and had ice in the little bottles at the A&P. Man, the sun sure bleached that one out!!
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feralmerril
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They had a pop machine outside a small store across the street from our high school. The kind you raised the lid and moved the flavor you wanted around slots and then pull out. Some kids soon ruined things by pounding a nail hole in the cap and using their own straw.
In 1970 when I was 16 years old, a friend and I drove to Alaska for the summer. We actually used such a pump in the little town of either Eagle or Boundary Alaska.
I remember now, it was in the town of Chicken Alaska.
I remember now, it was in the town of Chicken Alaska.
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Yep, used one like that myself. My grandpa had one on his farm about 7 miles south of Wheeler,Tx. Me and my cousins used to use the old pump to put gas in the tractor and in grandpa's Model A pickup. He had a storage tank also.
My uncle had two on his dairy farm back in the '50s. One for gas and one for deisel. It was always a huge deal for me and my cousin when the tankers came to fill the tanks. The summers were hot, the creek was cool and the home cookin' was MMMMM MMMMM Good!
I think it would be fair to say that those old pumps were a symbol of a period in America, post war affluence in a burgeoning industrial nation or what ever. I can just see little Opie Taylor walking along a dirt road barefoot with a cane pole on his shoulder..... I loved those times.
I think it would be fair to say that those old pumps were a symbol of a period in America, post war affluence in a burgeoning industrial nation or what ever. I can just see little Opie Taylor walking along a dirt road barefoot with a cane pole on his shoulder..... I loved those times.
I remember getting gas back in the early 60's in western Ma from one of those pumps, five gallons at a time, reg gas only, I had a 58 Vette at the time and it didn't like reg gas, I had no choice I was a long way from home as was driving on the fumes.
feralmerril
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They have become highly sought after collector items. I still know of two or three in the boonies.
That arizona strip is a very large chunk of almost uninhabited land and in a way is like a island. It really doesnt seem to make sense that the state of arizona would even want it. The grand canyon totally cuts it off from the rest of the state. You would think it would make far more sense to cede it to utah. I-15 from Mesquite (The nevada/arizona line) to St. George the arizona/utah line is 30 miles of the virgin river canyon.
Sometimes you see mountain goats on that stretch. Its desert! Actually, the arizona strip has to be one of the most unpopulated area`s in the lower 48 for its size. We have rode ATV`s on a little of it several times and I want to do more of it down there. Here is a couple of pictures we took on a couple of quad rides there.
Fort Pierce
A Gypson mine.
That arizona strip is a very large chunk of almost uninhabited land and in a way is like a island. It really doesnt seem to make sense that the state of arizona would even want it. The grand canyon totally cuts it off from the rest of the state. You would think it would make far more sense to cede it to utah. I-15 from Mesquite (The nevada/arizona line) to St. George the arizona/utah line is 30 miles of the virgin river canyon.
Sometimes you see mountain goats on that stretch. Its desert! Actually, the arizona strip has to be one of the most unpopulated area`s in the lower 48 for its size. We have rode ATV`s on a little of it several times and I want to do more of it down there. Here is a couple of pictures we took on a couple of quad rides there.
Fort Pierce
A Gypson mine.
cussedemgun
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Ever seen a pump like this?
That there is a picture of a 'service' station, heavy on SERVICE.
The pop machine & gas pumps have been identified, SO - -
The thingie, tank with the goose neck spout on top, between the pumps is the bulk oil tank.
Put an oil can under the nozzle, turn the pump handle 'till it stopped (IIRC, 2 1/2 revolutions) & wah-lah, it delivered a quart of oil.
Now the disclaimer:
Of course, I'm not old enough to remember such things myself but I did hear the big kids talk about 'em
OH, & the restroom was more 'en likely a two holer out back.
That there is a picture of a 'service' station, heavy on SERVICE.
The pop machine & gas pumps have been identified, SO - -
The thingie, tank with the goose neck spout on top, between the pumps is the bulk oil tank.
Put an oil can under the nozzle, turn the pump handle 'till it stopped (IIRC, 2 1/2 revolutions) & wah-lah, it delivered a quart of oil.
Now the disclaimer:
Of course, I'm not old enough to remember such things myself but I did hear the big kids talk about 'em
OH, & the restroom was more 'en likely a two holer out back.
feralmerril
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My grandpa always smoked a pipe. When a customer wanted gas he would always put his pipe on a ledge by the store door. I remember once waiting until he got a customer and then I tried out his pipe. I remember getting a little sick. I think they had me pose with grandpa for this picture right after.
Ranger514
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Reminds me of my grandparent's farm not far from the MN line in eastern SD. I remember Grandpa fueling the old pickup using one of those old pumps. Then he'd load up full milk cans from his small dairy operation and haul us kids to the Creamery in Pipestone, MN. No seat belts or child restraints. We got an ice cream cone before the ride back. Simple times. Wonderful memories.
Dad had and used two of the oil dispensers
Dad had used two of the oil dispensers in the 50s-70s.
He got them from my gradfather. Grandfather had a pre-WWII seervice station that never reopened after the Rationing for the war.
Bekeart
Dad had used two of the oil dispensers in the 50s-70s.
He got them from my gradfather. Grandfather had a pre-WWII seervice station that never reopened after the Rationing for the war.
Bekeart
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my granddaddy still has one on the farm.....believe it or not still works .....we use it to fuel up the tractors......he has been offered big bucks for it more then once.....but he will never let it go.....at 94 he just wants things around that remind him of better days....we have other we have bought over the years for parts to keep this one going.....he is a collector himself so there alot of interesting stuff around
oneflycowboy
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I have never used a gas pump like that.
I have never used a phone like this either...
I have never used a phone like this either...
feralmerril
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When I was a boy about in 49 or 50 we had a wall phone like that. I remember our folks werent home and there was a thunder storm. My sister was going to call grandma and rat me for something. She picked up the receiver and blue flame shot out of it that looked like a foot long. I told her God was going to get her for ratting me!
EQGuy
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The old garage across the street and down a block had a couple of those pumps and they were operational. My father had a couple of 55 gallon drums up on a stand with a hose attached that he used for gas. I remember the small gas truck delivering gas when I was a kid. My dad locked the valve up to keep away thieves. We discovered at an early age that there was gas left in the hose we could get to play with. When the creek in back ran full we would make sail boats from balsa wood and pour some gas in the creek and set it on fire. When I was about 8 years old a neighbor kid was playing with a can of gas and it exploded and he was severely burned. It is a wonder I survived childhood. My older brother ran with a bunch of hooligans and they would go out a midnight and pour gas across the road and wait for a car to come by and then torch the road. They thought it was great fun. That was a different time back then.
MOONDAWG
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Had em all over down here in Florida when I was a toe headed kid stealing watermelons outta Uncle Kurts patch.
An RC cola and a moonpie made a fine Saturday morning...
An RC cola and a moonpie made a fine Saturday morning...
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THE PILGRIM
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You do have to be careful with the Moon pies.
If you eat too many your a-hole will have an eclipse.
An oldie and maybe not even a goodie.
There were still a few.......
There were still a few of those around in the country when I was a boy then they were gone. We found them though. Behind my Grandparent's house on the edge of Denmark, SC was a horseshoe shaped dirt road through the woods where all of these and tons of other obsolete (read antique) equipment was retired to. Farm equipment, old cars, hand cranked machinery, you name it. Of course then it was junk, but we knew it was 'cool' junk. Lord, I wish I had that stuff now. Some time in the small town urban renewal all of that was hauled away, along with the old wooden John Deere factory, the Denmark city jail (I have some stories about that) and my Grandparent's house. Last time I went there the property was city tennis courts, but the old hitching post, a pipe that had grown completely into two large trees, was still there.
There were still a few of those around in the country when I was a boy then they were gone. We found them though. Behind my Grandparent's house on the edge of Denmark, SC was a horseshoe shaped dirt road through the woods where all of these and tons of other obsolete (read antique) equipment was retired to. Farm equipment, old cars, hand cranked machinery, you name it. Of course then it was junk, but we knew it was 'cool' junk. Lord, I wish I had that stuff now. Some time in the small town urban renewal all of that was hauled away, along with the old wooden John Deere factory, the Denmark city jail (I have some stories about that) and my Grandparent's house. Last time I went there the property was city tennis courts, but the old hitching post, a pipe that had grown completely into two large trees, was still there.
Old gas fill
Montana State U ('76-'78) had one of those pumps at the Ft. Ellis farm station east of Bozeman. Used it frequently to top off the experiment station farm trucks. Hardly ever see these pumps anymore.
-sevensix
Montana State U ('76-'78) had one of those pumps at the Ft. Ellis farm station east of Bozeman. Used it frequently to top off the experiment station farm trucks. Hardly ever see these pumps anymore.
-sevensix
reddogge
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I have a Shell visible pump in my yard now. It's hooked up but not operating. Everyone wants to steal it.
