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Dave Mellor NJ · 05-18-2024, 12:19 AM

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nkaminar · 05-18-2024, 04:34 AM

When did service stations turn into gas stations?

Ayers1 · 05-18-2024, 07:16 AM

Not sure but I worked in a full service gas station in the late 70's as a teen. It had self serve on 1 side and full service out front. Kept me busy but it was fun! A few years after I left it was sold, torn down and a convenience store with all self service was built in it's place. This was mid 80's.

Y-Blockhead · 05-18-2024, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Ayers1

Not sure but I worked in a full service gas station in the late 70's as a teen. It had self serve on 1 side and full service out front. Kept me busy but it was fun! A few years after I left it was sold, torn down and a convenience store with all self service was built in it's place. This was mid 80's.

Great job for a teenager, especially in the summer when all the girls where headed to the beach. Washing windshields was my favorite part. (pervert...)

J Franklin · 05-18-2024, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by nkaminar

When did service stations turn into gas stations?

When they stopped providing service. They used to check your coolant, oil, tire pressure, wash the windows all while pumping 25 cent a gallon gasoline!

Ayers1 · 05-18-2024, 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Y-Blockhead

Great job for a teenager, especially in the summer when all the girls where headed to the beach. Washing windshields was my favorite part. (pervert...)

Lol, mine too! There was a huge swimming resort about 5 miles from my station. There was always someone in a bikini stopping by for gas or directions. I'm starting to see why I liked that job.....

old31 · 05-18-2024, 10:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Dave Mellor NJ

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Where is that goodyear sign now? Wow.

Big hammer · 05-18-2024, 10:49 AM

I worked at the airport servicing airplanes, one pilot asked me to clean all of his windows, in the back was a body in a bag, I didn’t show that it bothered me ( burst his bubble ) I did ask him how many soles he put in his flight plan .

Fullraceflathead · 05-18-2024, 12:21 PM

Here where I live in Chillicothe Missouri we have 1 service station that is full service!

05-18-2024, 04:34 AM	#2
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 4,127	Re: Pumping gas When did service stations turn into gas stations? __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.

05-18-2024, 07:16 AM	#3
Ayers1 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2021 Location: Waynesboro Va. Posts: 254	Re: Pumping gas Not sure but I worked in a full service gas station in the late 70's as a teen. It had self serve on 1 side and full service out front. Kept me busy but it was fun! A few years after I left it was sold, torn down and a convenience store with all self service was built in it's place. This was mid 80's.

05-18-2024, 10:49 AM	#8
Big hammer Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Land of Lincoln Posts: 3,175	Re: Pumping gas I worked at the airport servicing airplanes, one pilot asked me to clean all of his windows, in the back was a body in a bag, I didn’t show that it bothered me ( burst his bubble ) I did ask him how many soles he put in his flight plan . __________________ Don't force it with a little hammer tap, tap, tap get a bigger hammer tap done

05-18-2024, 12:21 PM	#9
Fullraceflathead Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Chillicothe, Missouri Posts: 1,214	Re: Pumping gas Here where I live in Chillicothe Missouri we have 1 service station that is full service! __________________ "If I asked people what they wanted they would have said faster horses." -Henry Ford "Primitive technology is not a design flaw" 1928 Ford Model A Roadster Pickup 1930 Gordon Smith Air Compressor 1941 Willy's Pickup 1960 Thunderbird-For Sale 1964 Buick Riviera 2x4 425 1965 Pontiac GTO, 455 Super Duty 2004 Dodge Ram SRT-10, V-10 Viper 1977 Charger Jet Boat,460 Ford,Jacuzzi Jet Front Engine Nostalgia Dragster,Supercharged 296 "Fullrace Flathead" Ford Engine Build up on DVD ask