Stepping back in time

[the Ferret]

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Ahhh, the good ol' days!

[Randy B]

Damn....the sale can't go over $9.99!!!

[flynrider]

Damn....the sale can't go over $9.99!!!

At the price shown, $9.99 would be about 35 gallons. Probably wasn't much of an issue back then

I remember when prices shot up after the oil embargo in the 70s. Most fuel pumps couldn't price gas above $1, so they set the pump at half of the real price, then you had to double the total displayed on the pump.

[DAC]

That could be a pic from 1970 - if you blur your eyes a bit. I haven't heard or seen the word "Sohio" for probably a couple decades at least.

[Rick Froscheiser_imp]

Cool picture. Brings back good memories! Thanks for sharing it with us.

[the Ferret]

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

[road dog_imp]

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Ahhh, the good ol' days!

Cool pic... the new bike's lookin good, Ferret. We have a mostly original Exxon station here in town that still operates. They only have four pumps (two units w/pumps facing each side and much newer than the one in your pic). Two are self-service, and two are full-service. Yep... full-service.

[tbone455_imp]

Back around 1970 on a Friday nite we would ride the main drag and try to pick up girls. I could get a dollars worth of gas and it would last most of the evening. But later we had to fill up a rationed amount of gas based on our license plates, "odd or even"

[OldF7Guy_imp]

That is very cool. I wish gas was still 29 cents a gallon. I remember those stations when I was a kid. My Dad would pull in and say fill it with "ethel". I guess that was premium or higher octane back in the day.

Some of my friends and I were just having the conversation the other day how you pull into a gas station these days and if you are paying cash they wont turn the pump on for you anymore even if you are on a motorcycle. It just burns me up but at the same time I understand. I have a local station that knows me that will always turn it on for me so I try to buy my gas there.

[the Ferret]

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?