Pump Your Own Gas (Dec, 1939)
Filed under: Automotive, Origins, Useful — @ 3:26 pm
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1939
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Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Dec, 1939
| Buy on Ebay
Pump Your Own Gas
If you’ve ever run out of gas late at night when gas stations were closed, you’ll appreciate this latest wrinkle in gasoline dispensing – the “Gasoteria”. The motorist drops coins into slots in the tank and may deliver gas directly into his car without the aid of an attendant. Should the tank be empty his money is returned automatically.
look at the price for 6 and a half gallons of gas, that’s just 16 cents a gallon *cries*
Comment by Jason Bright — November 1, 2007 @ 7:24 pm
All we need do is swap the dollar sign and the word gallon, and it’ll be up to date…
Comment by Eliyahu — May 26, 2008 @ 8:54 am
Jason, that’s a 1939 dollar, worth about $15.38 today.
It works out to a still enviable $2.37/gallon.
http://72.14.205.104/search?q=.....&gl=us
Comment by jayessell — May 26, 2008 @ 11:26 am
This would never work! What a crazy invention! lol
Comment by Michael McDonald — November 14, 2008 @ 9:39 pm