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Darn kids.
I recall going to the gas station. You told the attendent how many gallons you wanted. The attendent hand pumped that many gallons of the gas into a clear container mounted on top of the gas pump. The clear container had the gallons marked on the side. Once the quantity was achieved. The hose was stuck into the gas tank and gravity drained the glass container.
We used to drive around town trying to find the lowest price usually 1/2 cent a gallon difference.
Those probably weren't the good old days. No electricity and an outhouse.
Eugene
I recall going to the gas station. You told the attendent how many gallons you wanted. The attendent hand pumped that many gallons of the gas into a clear container mounted on top of the gas pump. The clear container had the gallons marked on the side. Once the quantity was achieved. The hose was stuck into the gas tank and gravity drained the glass container.
We used to drive around town trying to find the lowest price usually 1/2 cent a gallon difference.
Those probably weren't the good old days. No electricity and an outhouse.
Eugene
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1947 Circle series Farmall Cub with Armstrong lift, belt pulley, 5"rims 6" tires, SN 563
1949 Farmall Cub with high crop option and hydraulics
1955 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1955 International Cub Loboy with fast hitch
1957 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1959 Farmall Cub with fast hitch - Location: way high up in the Huachuca Mt. at the bottom of a deep dark canyon
I liked the part about the free glasses beacon ..
I pumped gas after school in HS. Remember my daily routine of filling those glass jars with motor oil out of a tank with a great hand pump on it. Each jar had a galvinized steel funnel lid. Then stacked the glass jars full of oil on two lighted pyramid stands between the three gas pumps..regular, ethyl, and super hi octane "flight fuel"..30.9 ....The pyramids of oil jars looked beautiful at night ..they were lighted from underneath . We were always giving something away with a fill up and Eagle Stamps
We also had White Gas for your power mower
I pumped gas after school in HS. Remember my daily routine of filling those glass jars with motor oil out of a tank with a great hand pump on it. Each jar had a galvinized steel funnel lid. Then stacked the glass jars full of oil on two lighted pyramid stands between the three gas pumps..regular, ethyl, and super hi octane "flight fuel"..30.9 ....The pyramids of oil jars looked beautiful at night ..they were lighted from underneath . We were always giving something away with a fill up and Eagle Stamps
We also had White Gas for your power mower
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What about the metal caps that fit over the spouts of the glass jars? Did you use them too?
When we went on family trips dad always had the 2 burner coleman stove. That used white gas too.
bill
When we went on family trips dad always had the 2 burner coleman stove. That used white gas too.
bill
Bill
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White Gas
My grandfather owned a small store/gas station in DownEast Maine, sold White Gas too... Wasn't that stuff 110 octane?
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1947 Circle series Farmall Cub with Armstrong lift, belt pulley, 5"rims 6" tires, SN 563
1949 Farmall Cub with high crop option and hydraulics
1955 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1955 International Cub Loboy with fast hitch
1957 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1959 Farmall Cub with fast hitch - Location: way high up in the Huachuca Mt. at the bottom of a deep dark canyon
Unlike today's unleaded, white gas was clear as water, no additives. It did burn clean in our Lawnboy.
beacon, the galvinzed steel funnel tops on the glass jars of oil enabled you to just pour the oil into the breather...no muss, no fuss, no can to throw away...just refill it when you get time If the customer only needed 1/2 qt. you could see it on the 8 oz embossed markers on the jar...You could buy just 16 oz if that's all you needed.
beacon, the galvinzed steel funnel tops on the glass jars of oil enabled you to just pour the oil into the breather...no muss, no fuss, no can to throw away...just refill it when you get time If the customer only needed 1/2 qt. you could see it on the 8 oz embossed markers on the jar...You could buy just 16 oz if that's all you needed.
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1947 Circle series Farmall Cub with Armstrong lift, belt pulley, 5"rims 6" tires, SN 563
1949 Farmall Cub with high crop option and hydraulics
1955 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1955 International Cub Loboy with fast hitch
1957 Farmall Cub with fast hitch
1959 Farmall Cub with fast hitch - Location: way high up in the Huachuca Mt. at the bottom of a deep dark canyon
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Oil Jar w/Spout
Sounds like some of you fellows miss those old oil jars. Coincidently my wife has one on Ebay that ends Sunday evening. I believe the # is 7181772742. I'll try to put the link also if it works. Thought someone might be interested.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7181772742&rd=1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
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Lurker Carl wrote:White gas was the 80 octane, lead-free stuff IH recommended we use in our Cubs. No lead meant low octane back then.
I believe that old white gas was very high octane as is was the only thing I could run in my old 69 chevelle SS 396 375
other than the blended stuff Sunoco had
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Re: Your Engine Sucks!!!
Amaco I belive it was
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Re: Your Engine Sucks!!!
Yes. Amoco Silver. Only thing I put in my Mach I.
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Re: Your Engine Sucks!!!
Thanks for bringing this up Donny...I have a test gauge and fittings set up to go home with me today....
Robert (hope I suck) Miller
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Arizona Mike wrote:I didn't have the gauge Eugene, but used my wipers to teach me when the engine sound had enough vacuum... Remember .27/gal. at Star Service.
Thanks.
I remember .18 in Milwaukee, and have seen .12 when the gas wars were being waged.
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