Rodney Bullock Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 Does anyone know what happened to the Gulf service stations, They were always gas and servise stations right? We had one near Union station in washington DC. These guy's were great to young kids with bikes, I remember once an attendant fixed a flat on my bike and gave me the little canister with the patches and glue with the gulf logo. Quote
greg g Posted January 28, 2009 Report Posted January 28, 2009 The gas stations on the MASS pike are Gulf. They pulled out of our area in NY probably 25 years ago. Gulf Oil was the first credit card I ever got. They were a pretty good deal because when you travelled you could use it to pay for stays at Holiday Inn. So they are still in business. Got a call a while back asking me to apply for a Shell Oil card. I asked the person where they were calling from, forgot where they said, but my next question was did he know where he was calling? He said no, I told him that the nearest Shell station was 150 miles away as Shell pulled out of this area shortly after Gulf. He didn't say much after that...... Quote
GeorgeLeonard Posted January 29, 2009 Report Posted January 29, 2009 There are still several around here (Northern New Jersey) that show no signs of closing up. Quote
David Maxwell Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 Great story Rodney. I remember when service stations were like that. What a difference today huh? Some crabby chump behind a bullet-proof window that can't even give you directions. http://www.gulfoil.com/stations.asp Quote
Flatie46 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 I remember being run off from the local gas station when I was a kid, I kept runnin over the rubber hose that made the bell ring with my bicycle. Quote
RobertKB Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 Gulf stations in Canada were bought out by our largest oil company, Petro Canada. Quote
Normspeed Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 In 65 in South Florida, Gulf stations were a common brand. During gas wars I can remember getting Gulftane, the lowest grade of regular, for 25 cents a gallon. 4 gallons for a buck. Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Posted January 30, 2009 I have become very interested in the different stations and how they dispense gas though the hoses. I had some bad or low octane gas get into the Studebaker. It caused alot of pinging. I know I got high test however it pinged until I ran it all out, then got some gas from a different station and no ping at all. There are some sytations that have separate hoses for the different grades. I guess gone are the days of the Sunoco ball dancing in the top of the pump you knew what you got. I felt very safe with these type of garages, they were open late The guy's could really fix cars. These cats had hot rod and they would work on their cars between customers. We are missing so much in this country. There is so much missing, these places employed so many on a part-time basis. Growing up I thought these places were where alot of helping and fixing took place. Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Posted January 30, 2009 There are still several around here (Northern New Jersey) that show no signs of closing up. George, you guy's still have full service don't you? I had a collection of the different tanker trucks never got a Gulf one:( Quote
GeorgeLeonard Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 Yes, in New Jersey it is against the law for a motorist to fill his own gas tank. If caught, the gas station owner gets the summons so you dont want to do it and get someone else in trouble. I believe that Oregon also has full service only. I think that those are the only two states that still do. Every once in awhile they talk about going to self serv but nothing ever comes of it. If I see a Gulf tanker, Ill pick it up for you. Quote
Don Coatney Posted January 30, 2009 Report Posted January 30, 2009 Every thousand miles, GulfCrest does the trick, Keeps your engine running, slick as a whisle... Quote
46mopar. Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 My old truck project had a door from a local Gulf station. I have the gas price sign from the same station. When they closed gas was .29 cents a gallon. Quote
moparalltheway Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 B.P. (British Petroleum) bought them several years ago. And also Amaco. No more good white gas. As B.P. puts junk in it. Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 I think this is one of our problems. In the days of my youth. I would see different tankers. These trucks were delivering gas to stations in the area. I now see tankers that are "no name" they are silver or "chrome" I see them at all the stations. When I was a kid I would see people I thought were "hippie's" They talked of monopolies and how one company should not monopolize a service, is this what has happened:( Quote
GeorgeLeonard Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 Its always been my understanding that the notion of different stations selling different kinds of gasoline was a myth and that there really was no difference between different brands of gas at all. All the stations would get their gasoline from the nearest refinery and thereby save on transportation costs. The most any "brand" would do is to add a little color dye to make their fuel "look" different. Now that may be wrong, but thats what Ive always heard. In New Jersey, we have enough oil refineries so we "oughta" know. Quote
aero3113 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 wow!!! 46Mopar. you took that picture in 2039 Do you have one of those time machines??? Quote
Dennis Hemingway Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 Its always been my understanding that the notion of different stations selling different kinds of gasoline was a myth and that there really was no difference between different brands of gas at all. All the stations would get their gasoline from the nearest refinery and thereby save on transportation costs. The most any "brand" would do is to add a little color dye to make their fuel "look" different. Now that may be wrong, but thats what Ive always heard. In New Jersey, we have enough oil refineries so we "oughta" know. We have the Cal-Nev pipe line pump station here and I have watched gas trucks from different companys lined up to fill up there tankers. They only thing they did was add 5 gallons of something into each tanker before filling. Dennis:eek: Quote
T120 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 ...in Alberta, when Petro Canada (a federal government owned oil co. at the time)was created,because of the negative impact on the oil sector,the term "Petro" was referred to as, "Pierre Elliot Trudeau Rips Off Canada" -a bit of trivia Quote
T120 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I should qualify that, as well there was other legislation introduced here at the time,known as the NEP -"National Energy Program". RIP Quote
46mopar. Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 wow!!! 46Mopar. you took that picture in 2039 Do you have one of those time machines??? I think that was the 1st digital picture I ever took about five years ago. I never looked at the date. Quote
RobertKB Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I think this is one of our problems. In the days of my youth. I would see different tankers. These trucks were delivering gas to stations in the area. I now see tankers that are "no name" they are silver or "chrome" I see them at all the stations. I know in Alberta, that produces a lot of gas at refineries in Edmonton, that all gas is the same and service stations don't care what company it comes from. Apparently, each brand adds its own "additives" to make it different. A lot of our gas goes south of the border to Montana and other states also. Quote
Rodney Bullock Posted January 31, 2009 Author Report Posted January 31, 2009 You guy's up in Canada have a large concentration of oil in a very sandy area are you familur with it? The problem was separating the sand from the oil. I hear now you have discovered a way to separate it, from what I understand it's a very large oil reserve. This could eliminate our dependance on opec. Now wouldn't that be nice:D My name could be on the side of a oil tanker truck. Quote
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