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Old 08-24-2012, 09:38 PM   #16
329s
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Default Re: Old Timey Bulk Oil Dispenser

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Originally Posted by BILL WILLIAMSON View Post
In the 50's, I followed up on an ad that read, "For sale, '32 Highboy $395.00"
Thinking it might be a "sleeper ad," for a fenderless '32 Ford, I took off!!
It was a 1932 large oil tank with pump!! So as not to appear STUPID, I asked if it worked, he opened the lid & it was 1/2 full of diesel, then he pumped a coffee can full to demo it. I said I'd think about it and laughingly asked if the diesel went with it! Bill W.
And back then Diesel was like $0.05 per gallon?????

(I know for sure it was about $0.17 per gallon in the late 60's or there about).

Pluck
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