Grammy never pumped gas. She made me do it as far back as I could remember. She claimed she didn’t know how to do it. Classy.

Makes me think back to Andy Griffith. You had Gomer and Goober working at the gas station. Good times, thanks for the memories.

I can remember growing up my dad would only get gas at the station on the highway a mile or so from our place, it was the other direction of our turn off from town so it would take a little extra time, but my dad wouldn't support any other station except that one. Every time he went the owner or his son would greet my dad and I, ask us how our days been and as the pump was filling he would check the oil in dads truck and clean the windows off if they needed it, if they weren't bad he would leave them. This was early 2000s and I can't count how many times he would give my dad 5 dollars off when he paid cash, dad always felt bad for taking it but he knew they wouldn't let him leave it. I found out growing up my dad and the owner and his son go way back like Cadillac seats. Showed me at a young age what a form of loyalty was. Up until they closed the gas station after the owner died and his son took over dad would always drive the extra mile to go to them.

There was also a chrome crank on the side that you had to turn in order to clear the previous sale.

The good old days... leaving one of the garage doors half open after the boss left..... hoping for a little more bread on the side!

late 70's and I was a pump jockey for a while at the local Aussie Caltex and it was good fun and hard work but what I learned stays with me to this day from tyre repairs with an old Strongarm manual changer and bubble balancer to the quirks of all the different cars.

We need these stations back

I remember there was only one full service station left in Houston back in the 90's and g-ma always tipped those old men! Miss those days! Another excellent one RABBIT and The RUC! 🤘

My First Job .. 15 Years Old ... Was At Arnold's 5th Ave Shell.. As A Pump Attendant... 150 Bucks A Week Cash... I Checked Everything.. Oil, Belts, Hoses, Tire Pressure... Cleaned The Windows... All While The Gas Was Pumping... Just Like You Said... You Had To Be On The Ball.. No Messing Around.. GREAT VIDEO.. This One Brought Back Memories...

So much has changed…. I’ve always loved your gas station theme in your shop… 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

One of my first jobs in the 1970's was a SERVICE Station attendent in a small coastal tourist town. A Professional Petroleum Transfer Technician. We had a saying back in the day, "The shorter the skirt, the cleaner the windshield"

Rob I use to work in a full service Gulf station back in 1982/83. And yes we did check the oil, wash the windshield as well as put air in the tires, and would even add oil to the transmission and power steering if the car or truck had an automatic tranny and power steering. If not we checked their brake fluid, and washer fluid. However lead was never added to gasoline for the reason you stated! It was added to boost octane and to prevent engine knock, also known as pre-ignition of gasoline. Which had the added benefit of preventing engine damage, caused by pre-ignition of gasoline in the combustion chamber.

Sounds a lot better than New Jersey after driving miles hopping out of the van, not realizing that I am not allowed to pump my own gas and getting yelled at for it. Didn't check anything, didn't have window wash available for me to do the windshield and being threatened a ticket for using the pump so far and that the attendant is the only one allowed to touch the pump

Thank you for this video my dad and his friends told me the great times the 60s he had and his friends had. You see all kinds of stuff come through. Jeep wagons Suburbans to solid lifter 396 Camaro to 440 chargers

I’m 47… and part of the last of the breed. I was that full serve guy for a while. I’ve always said if I won the Powerball, I’d build a golden era full serve service station. It probably wouldn’t ever make money, but it’d be cool as hell and a great service!

I worked at a full service gas station in the mid to late 90s when i was in highschool and starting college. We did all of this. While we didn't have maps, we did give directions if asked and someone working knew the answer.

and the " DING DING " when car drove up to the gas pump

Actually I get that service everytime I go to the gas station! I live in Baja Mexico, just 15 minutes from the San Diego Ca. border...my friends and family are extremely surprised when they come and visit and go top off their tanks and notice that the attendants approach them courteously and check their fluids,clean their windshield,check and fill their tire pressure and basically everything a car needs...out here only the gas station attendants can fill one's tank,we're blessed in that way at least!!

The showroom/shop is looking ace already!!!

And in the day, most gas stations were privately owned, They did mechanical work on cars like tune ups and brake jobs. You were not able to get snacks beyond the outdoor soda machine.

It’s still full-serve in New Jersey.

I managed a Chevron back in the late 80s we had full service gas and we even had two bays where we did car repairer now all you get is fill your own gas and some junk food.

In my hometown we still have a gas station you pull up to and someone comes out and pumps your gas etc. only place I know of that does it still 😂

I remember gas stations like that with the bell. The price didn’t include the tax, the attendant had to figure that in.

damn Rob..Thanks for bringing back some good memories. Back in the 70's my dad worked at the Shell about a block from our house. From the time I was 9 to about 13 I would work there in the summer. I would pump the gas, add oil, add air, even changed wiper blades. While I was doing that dad and the other mechanics would be working on cars in the 3 bays. Some of the best summers of my life. Sadly that station was sold/torn down in the late 90's. Its just a parking lot now for the medical building across the street. back then gas was like $0.35/gallon. The good ole days.

I am 79 , cheapest gas I remember was 18 cents p/gal. Shady gas station's would "short stick" the dip stick , tell you you need a qt of oil but you really didn't. Then take a used can of oil, push the filler in the bottom to make it look like it was a new can, hold a rag over the previous hole and sell you a qt of oil that they did not really put in. A friend had a Whizzer motor bike, we would find a glass bottle, cash it in for 2 cents, go get 2 cents of gas and ride all day, free.

In the 50's and 60's my Uncle owned several gas stations in Atlanta and Gainesville, GA.. Gas was ,25 to .32 cents per gallon..

They should bring this kind of service back, considering it could prevent a lot of accidents from poor car maintenance. Then again I'm surprised it's not implemented in electric cars, at charging stations as something for the driver to do whilst waiting for their car to charge.

Cool pump! We own a gas station/3 bay shop up in pa. Was flying A when my grandpa started. He bought it from Getty oil in 72. My dad owns it now but my grandpa is there every day but Sunday. We pump the gas wash the windows, add air etc. It’s all i know since a little kid but when you stop and think about having 3 generations there it’s pretty damn cool 🇺🇸 he brought in an album the other day of pics from 70/80/90/2000s neat to see

There was a Sunoco station near my grandpa's company that was full service until about 1988. By then they didn't do everything, but I remember going there with parents in the late 70s and they'd check the oil and clean the windows and check the tire pressure.

My parents had a full service station back in the early 70s. I was a attendant at it. You would meet some of the nicest people. If you took good care of your customers it created customer loyalty and they would come back. You had to learn how to count change back to the customers rather than just handing it back like today. I was 11 at the time and sometimes my parents would go home take a break and I would run the station by myself. I couldn't even imagine leaving a kid alone at that age today. The tire machine was a manual one had to use a handel extender to get enough leverage to break the bead on the tire. Life was alot simpler for sure. Man oh man Rabbit you sure stirred some memories in a gas ⛽️ pump.

My boys great grandmother never pumped gas her entire life. I think she is now 87 and the whole 10 yrs I was with my boys mother I put gas in her car any time it ever got below half a tank. People really loved these old gas stations if your opened one now I bet you could make a killin.

I used to work at a gas station in New Hampshire in the 90s doing the same thing

I like the pumps that you manually pump the fuel you want into top globe then gravity feed to your tank.

My grandparents would make the trip to this one station on the hill even though they were 20¢ more, just for that full service.

Wow, memories of Amoco & Sunoco station's.

We get our gas pumped in new Jersey, sometimes you get extremely lucky the attendee will clean your windshield. Extremely lucky

I worked at the last gas station in my home town (late 80's) with full service pumps. Full service HAD changed by then though. By then we only checked oil if asked. By the time the 90's finished the station existed but there was no more 'full service'. I think there was one or more of the states in the country that didn't allow self service gas stations but I don't remember when or if that ever changed.

Back then people could trust the attendant to perform those services, nowadays I would trust some to clean my windshield

Yah things changed late 60s early 70s 2 self service. Now grocery stores sell gas.

Wish gas stations were like this now and that we were back in the 50’s

Rob. Would love to get one of your ruc plates for the front of my 02 Silverado. I inherited it from my father . I use it daily to run my new automotive paint business. 230,000 miles and going strong.

In bulgaria, they still have attendants and they clean your windows and pump your gas and you give em a couple levs(bgn)

You can trust your car to the man who wears the star

I worked at a 76 station when I was a teen we were required to try and pump wash windows etc

This is still the way it is done in South Africa and Namibia, where we have petrol attendants.

I manage a service station, we've got more than a few older ladies as customers, mainly because we will pump their gas for them, it's proper service, Rj in Oz

My very first job. For tips only Exxon in Colonial Heights Va.

Wish they still had the site glass on the pump…… I always feel like I’m getting f@cked every time I fill up.

I think a lot of it has to do with the gas station paying for the cutesy and labor. Most barely keep themselves running now selling products in store. The money from the gas goes directly to the oil company so they aren't making a dime off the gas you buy. Which reminds me, you should always try to buy something at a gas station even if it's $1, it helps them out a lot.

You're not supposed to pump your own gas in Oregon. This Florida boy found out the hard way.

My favorite coworker's mum owned the last full service station in town. She shut down cuz nobody wanted to do the work. Kinda sad really.

Amen of people checked their tires and oil everytime the filled up warranty work wouldn't be as severe. Maintenance includes checking your fluids once a month at the least. Now its well my tire light didn't tell me it was low. Whats this engine light for? O well ill drive another 10k then figure it out.

Wow.

That is unless you live in New Jersey or Oregon, where it is much to dangerous to pump your own gas and less than happy workers do it. I muss say they didn't check the tires, oil, or wash the windshield. I am glad I live in the one of the other 48 states where I can do it myself! 😁

We're gas stations segregated? And if so did they give better gas to some stations and not to others?

Who keeps changging the thumbnails? 😮

And I got all that service for 19.9 cents. Even less during gas wars. We are not a better nation today than then!

Now it costs 10x more to get 10x less ....The future is a scam

It's still like that in south Africa and I don't understand how you guys do it in USA It just don't make sense.... It's creating jobs for people 🤔

Leaded gas made the world dumber.

Ummm what is this.? 😟