Model A gas station

[mrtexas]

1929 or 1930 Model A gas station in Gold Creek, MT, western Montana. Grandpa bought the store in 1929

 

[mercman from oz]

 

[mercman from oz]

Model A Ford Gassing up.

 

[nkaminar]

Well, I know what grandpa was doing in his spare time.

 

[cowtown]

I was in Gold Creek a couple of weeks ago. I believe that old station is still standing.

 

[McMimmcs]

Looks like a small village!

 

[woofa.express]

I was in Gold Creek a couple of weeks ago. I believe that old station is still standing.

It would be unique if those bowsers were still in place. Probably not? Someone seated in the left side of the tub must have had a big breakfast. See Mercmans photo for this. Posting number 3.

 

[Gene F]

Still standing...wow. Those brick pavers are nice. City I live in has very few brick streets left. Bit of a rukkas a few years back because the street department said they want to asphalt over them when the time comes because they are expensive to keep up.

 

[CarlG]

Downtown Tyler Texas has a lot of brick streets. I was just there for the holidays.

 

[Eccentric Old Guy]

I'll make a wild guess how those old pumps work. Must be a hand pump to fill the glass tank to 10 gallons, and after fueling, you subtract the ending level of the glass tank to know how many gallons were dispensed.......?????

eog

 

[katy]

I'll make a wild guess how those old pumps work. Must be a hand pump to fill the glass tank to 10 gallons, and after fueling, you subtract the ending level of the glass tank to know how many gallons were dispensed.......?????g

The way I understand it is that the customer asked for however many gallons he wanted, the attendant pumped that many gallons up into the glass tank and then dispensed it into the customers tank.

 

[Eccentric Old Guy]

The way I understand it is that the customer asked for however many gallons he wanted, the attendant pumped that many gallons up into the glass tank and then dispensed it into the customers tank.

Howdy Katy....

That's feasible.

Question: If the intent was to fill it up, how would the customer know how many gallons he needed????

eog

 

[McMimmcs]

Howdy Katy....

That's feasible.

Question: If the intent was to fill it up, how would the customer know how many gallons he needed????

eog

I have one of those pumps in my car storage. I’ll submit a photo.

 

[Eccentric Old Guy]

I have one of those pumps in my car storage. I’ll submit a photo.

McM.......thanks.

I assume the glass is marked incrementally, so there is a number to go by, in case it involved some math.

As I look at the photo above, it looks like the old boy is filling from the pump behind the one you see in the foreground. In the foreground pump, it looks like there is a partial load of gas from a previous filling. This would indicate that there may have been some math involved to figure out the total gallons that were dispensed......I think.

eog

 

[Chuck Dempsey]

Early electric pump at an AMOCO station.....

 

[burner31]

Could this be the place?
508 Gold Creek Rd

 

[katy]

Question: If the intent was to fill it up, how would the customer know how many gallons he needed????

Experience and/or guesstimate

I assume the glass is marked incrementally, so there is a number to go by, in case it involved some math.

Like this, or a variation.

 

[ursus]

Grandpa would purposefully avoid gas stations without a canopy shading the pumps. He maintained that the fuel in the glass tank expanded when heated by the sun so that the buyer got less for his money.

 

[Anteek29]

Grandpa would be technically correct but not a practical consideration.

 

[GeneBob]

Experience and/or guesstimate



Like this, or a variation.

Notice the number of gallons is in reverse order so you can measure the gallons from a full glass downward to the remaining gas when the car is full.