Spent the weekend at a gathering of my wife's family in Springview, Nebraska. I was all excited about a chance to photograph the Supermoon and some night skies but the the weather had other plans. It clouded up about 5:00pm on Friday and we didn't see the sun or moon until Sunday afternoon on the drive back to CO. I did manage to find a few things to occupy my time. Ran across this old gas pump in Springview and yes, the price is correct. There was a time when gas was only 42 cents per gallon. Granted, it was long ago, before most of you were even a lascivious thought in the back of your father's mind, but it did happen.
Nice find! Looks like the pump rolled over after $9.99, 99 gallons, and .99 per gallon.
And you got your oil checked and windshield cleaned while you waited!
Recently, a youngster asked me why the power supply socket in the vehicle was called a cigarette lighter.
That brings back a few memories. This is one of those that is pre-digital. You had to remove the handle and then push another handle to turn the pump on. The numbers rolled over, and the top one moved very slowly at 42 cents a gallon. It was fun to watch the numbers rolling over.
The lowest price I ever paid was 19.9 at a Bell station in Texas in 1967.
I can remember the good old days of "gas wars." There was an intersection a few blocks from our house with a gas station on every corner and they would regularly drop prices to try and out sell their neighbors. Lowest I remember was 16 cents...oh yeah, a McDonald's hamburger was 10 cents and a cheeseburger was 15 cents. Course, a job that paid $5 an hour was double what we were paid as kids. It was a different time and place.
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6 repliesGreat old pump!
Sandy
And you got your oil checked and windshield cleaned while you waited!
Recently, a youngster asked me why the power supply socket in the vehicle was called a cigarette lighter.
The lowest price I ever paid was 19.9 at a Bell station in Texas in 1967.
Joe Rogers