Stepping back in time

[Cormanus]

I once pulled into a station on my Aermacchi 50 and the guy comes out. I said fill it with regular, and the guy carefully pumps it in so it doesn't spill , hangs up the pump and says that'll be 18 cents. Lol


I was working at the Sohio station one time and a guy comes in driving a Saab. This was 1968. No one had even seen a Saab before. I asked him about it and he said it was made in Sweden, was made to go in the snow, and then handed me a can and told me to pour it in the tank before I filled it up. I asked what it was and he said the car was a two stroke and you had to mix oil with the gas. ( I of course was familiar with 2 strokes, my Aermacchi was a 2 stroke, but I didn't know they made 2 stroke cars) After I put in the oil and filled the gas he told me to jump up and down on the rear bumper to mix it up.

BTW not to divert too much, but talking about strange cars did you know Honda once made a chain drive sports car?

My godmother's son had one in the late 60s. It was a little red genuine two seater. About 600cc as I recall. I liked it. It was one of the first small two-seater sports cars from outside Europe.