Stepping back in time

[The Spaceman_imp]

I worked at a Sohio station in 1968 and 1969. Back then it was full service. When someone came in we pumped the gas, washed the windshield and checked the oil level while the gas was pumping, would even check the air pressure in their tires if they wanted.

A lot of people back then would order their gas by dollar amount.." Give me $5 worth" .. But some old people would order by gallons as in " give me 5 gallons of gas". You had to be careful, sometimes someone would pull in and say "give me 5" and you'd pump in $5 worth and they'd say "I only wanted 5 gallons" or $1.75 worth and would try and pay you that.

For that I made about $ 1.50 an hour


Taking the pictures was fun and brought back memories

That's so cool; we did the same thing, my stint was just a few years later in the late 70's. I worked part-time at Steve's American gas station on US-1 in Cocoa my last year of High School and first 2 years of college. Pumped gas, checked oil, on the weekends they'd let me help in the shop where I almost learned a thing or two. Got a few great stories from that job, like the guy with the Chevelle that burned fuel so fast we had to have him shut it off so the pump could keep up and fill the tank.