That looks like an APCO station. The one thing that kindof confuses me is the price of gas they have displayed. 15 cent sounds to cheap for the time. I think in the mid 70's, 73 or 74 is when they had the big gas embargo, and everywhere was almost ration the amount of gas you could by. Man that had to be a big change in automotive history. NO more HIGH PERFORMANCE factory cars, all the big gas guzzling whales became extinct. Japanese imports were the new Chevrolets.
I remember the price being more around 50 to 70 cents a gal that time. Lucky me was just at the driving age. I bought my first car, a 1962 4 door 6cyl, 3 on the tree. It was owned by a little old lady just up the street from me, been sitting in a one car garage and shelled out $250.00 of hard earned Taco Tico pay. Taco Tico, along with Pizza Hut, and White Castle got there start in Wichita, Kansas.
Oh also the sign looks to be a two sided plastic sign
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For curiosity, I graduated high school in Oklahoma in 1967, and worked in a Mobil station for three years. Most of the time our gas was 29.9 to 32.9. Majors were always within 1 cent. Cheap brands like Deep Rock and Apco would be three to five cents cheaper. Occasionally gas wars we would sell at 22.9 with Apco down to 19.9. The 15.9 sign must have been taken because it was a give away gas war. We would get support from the distributor to match stations on our corner (Shell and Texaco) but we would have a volume limit. Oft times we would close up with a line and open the next morning with higher prices. Gas wars were a gimmick to get traffic at the expense of making money. Gas stayed pretty consistent until the oil embargo when it shot up into the 40's and slowly climbed from there.
Impeccable work!
I was born in '77 as well. I turned 40 last month. Have you hit the big four oh? I was told it's was the end of life, but everything seems to be fine for now.
It should go fast then.
The average person may not even recognize that they're gas pumps...they don't have TV screens built into the front, or a place to stick your debit card.
This is true. People under 30 may not recognize them.Oh man, I hate those with a passion.
I was born in '77 as well. I turned 40 last month. Have you hit the big four oh? I was told it's was the end of life, but everything seems to be fine for now.
When you get those pumps finished and set outside, are you going to put a "private property" sign up to keep travelers that are passing through town from trying to fill up? Might be fun to watch, but I would not want them messing with my freshly-restored vintage pumps...even if they don't...pump.
It's too bad you started restoring those pumps.....
