The cheapest I recall paying was 64 cents a gallon in the '70s. There were still plenty of "full" service stations around, but all most of them did was pump the gas. In many areas with a high senior population (such as here in Florida) there are still a few stations that will provide some level of "full service", but it usually comes at a very premium price!
In Maryland where I grew up, before 1971 the state issued new license plates every year (they didn't go to the sticker system until the '72 registration year.) Often people would ask the gas station attendant to change their plates for them, and the attendant would toss the old plates in the garbage. I've collected license plates since I was about 3 years old, so I did a lot of gas station dumpster diving in those days! (And yes, I still collect them!)
I worked at an independent station in 65' and the regular was 0.19 gallon & the Ethel was 0.25. and we aired your tires, checked the oil, cleaned the windshield and pumped the gas for you. Cigarettes sold for .37 Pack .And,actually knew accurate driving information. How's that for full service.?
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Seems to be a couple of different interpretations of the terminology in use here -- could be regional differences, who knows...
My take:
Full service: attendant pumps fuel, checks under the hood, etc. Service Station: a fueling facility with service bays for oil changes and general repairs. May or may not offer full service at pumps. Gas Station: ANY facility that sells fuel, including service stations, convienience stores, black-market deals from hijacked tanker trucks (with or without full service ), etc.
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73, Steve
I worked at an independent station in 65' and the regular was 0.19 gallon & the Ethel was 0.25. and we aired your tires, checked the oil, cleaned the windshield and pumped the gas for you. Cigarettes sold for .37 Pack and we cleaned And,actually knew accurate driving information. How's that for full service.?
Wow! It would seem that excise taxes made for some great price differences. Compared to your descriptions, in mid-sixty's Virginia, gas was more expensive and cigarettes less (25 cents I think.)
I distinctly remember while I was in second grade ('61-'62), my mom had me ride my bike to the Esso station to get her a pack of Kents. She gave me two dimes for the cigarette machine. (No problem from the service station attendants about me buying the cigs, either.)
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I dont expect a clean working head at a gas station.
WAWA and Sheets...Maybe. Flying-J, TA, and Petro...passible maybe as well. But a Texaco in lower bum-proot...no freekin way!
I have seen a few. In the Northeast Corridor on I-95 there used to be some so clean with working lights and yes, they flushed. Found a few in New Jersey. The worst was not here in the city (there are some real bad ones), the worst was in Alexandria, VA. Midnight, no lights, smelled like a sewage backup and waterbugs the size of my hand. I didn't stay long enough to find out if it flushed, I just bailed. A month or so later they found a snake in there. It was on the news. Not fun.
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