My Dad was a Sinclair dealer. He passed in 1965 after years with them. I still have a award of years of service he received from them. And a Silver plate with Dino the Dinosaur standing in the middle of it. Had so much fun helping my Dad at the Service Station. I was 15 when he passed away. God Bless and keep y'all safe.

Our Sinclair station I my hometown in nj would give away a free transistor radio with a gas purchase. They looked like little gas pumps. This was in the mid 60s. I still have mine and it still plays!

As a child, my parents purchased Sinclair Gasoline. They offered for sale, an inflatable dinosaur. We would climb on top of it and float in the pool. I did not realize Sinclair was still in business. Thank you for the nice memories.

Glad to know they are still around.

As a kid, I have fond memories of my green vinyl inflatable Sinclair pool toy. My dino helped me learn to swim.

I remember getting a green dinosaur toy at the gas station. I still think of that toy when I see a Sinclair station. Thanks for the memories.

Had one of those plastic brontosaurus back in the sixties.

I remember as a little kid badgering my parents to stop at a Sinclair station because they had a dino toy promotion. They finally stopped at one and they were all out of the promotional toys. My day was ruined. 😔😔

My dad had his own business and it was Sinclair gasoline and fuel

Sinclair had an exhibit at the grand opening of the Northland Mall (The first in the country) in Detroit MI. They had a plastic injection mold machine on site that produced the 'Dino' as toy souvenirs for the kids. My mom got me one when we attended the opening. It was still warm and smelled funny! 🤣

I never knew the whole story of Sinclair. Thank you for sharing this

My late husband stopped at the local Sinclair on the way home from a night of PBR and burritos. He thought it best that he "empty himself" there rather than at home. The owner became sick walking past the bathroom my late husband just occupied he ran after him and told him NEVER set foot on the station's property ever again !

We would always stop at the Sinclair (in the 70's, 80's, and 90's) off of i-70 on Colfax Av in Denver to get gas before heading up into the mountains. The green Dino was there then and I was just thru there last month (Jan 2022) and he's still there. Lol.

There's still a lot of Sinclair gas stations in Missouri where I live. I also had one of their plastic dinosaurs as a kid back in the day.

Shout out to the Sinclair station in Jordan Valley, Oregon. Probably the remotest station in the whole USA.👍🤘🤙

In the early 1970's I had an AM ("transistor") radio that was made to look like a Sinclair gas pump. As a "gearhead" kid, I loved it.

One of my favorite toys from my youth was a Sinclair transistor radio. Looked like a gas pump!

What a story! We had a Sinclair gas station just two blocks from the house I grew up in back in the 1950's. One of our neigbors even worked there part time to supplement his income from his full time job. He had five children to provide for, so he needed every dollar. Sinclair vacated the building a long time ago but it's still there and I can remember going there to air up the tires on my bicycle. I was very happy to learn that they are still around! Thank You RR for another wonderful history lesson!!!

I as a kid and a teenager always wanted to stop at Sinclair station if I was near one. Though my GTO ran better on Mobil Hi Test as it was 2 Octane points higher. I just liked the fact in the early 70s they still did full service.

2018 was the last time I filled up at a Sinclair. I explained to my wife about Dinosaurs and their name Sinclaires. I thought that was very creative on the writer's part to use that name for the family. I remember as a kid in the 60s going to South Dakota from California, seeing and stopping for fuel at the stations. We got to play with the Dinos that were at the playgrounds. 15 minutes of play and we were on our way with a cold drink. My parents were happy because we were quiet and fell asleep for a nap.

My Uncle owned a Sinclair (Later became ARCO) station in Rocky River, Ohio in the 50's thru the 70's. I remember getting Dino inflatables and miniature Sinclair tanker trucks from him. Also on visits to the station we were treated to 'rides' on the car hoists and pop from the glass doored coke machine in the lobby...great memories!!!

I so wanted that inflatable Dino when I was a kid. I finally got one in my twenties! Go Dino and Sinclar!

My grandpa, who was actually a farmer, owned a Sinclair station in my hometown from the mid 1940s into the mid 1960s. The building still stands but it's now a hair salon of all things! I still have a bunch of the old Sinclair branded equipment from the garage even though he sold the station several years before I was born.

I remember going to a local Sinclair station in the mid 60’s. Got a dinosaur bath soap. We don’t have Sinclair in our city anymore but there’s one Dino out front of a gas station/mini mart here. Dino gets dressed for all the seasons. Since Dino is a few blocks from our NFL stadium he gets dressed for the games too! Popular guy!

My great uncle was a Sinclair fuel oil vendor. Always remember that green tanker he drove around when I was a young child.

There used to be Sinclair stations all over my area in the 50s and 60s and 70s.

I don’t recall Sinclair stations in the east, unless they all became Arco. When little I was fascinated by road maps and had a few from Sinclair that my grandfather gave me.

There was a Sinclair station in my hometown. There was also a Gulf, Sunoco, Philips 66, and a Texaco. Regular and High Test.

I remember Sinclair growing up. They had the dinosaur on the sign, which I thought was neat as a kid. They also had a stop animation commercial with dinosaurs in a primeval setting. It used to come on while my dad was watching the Lawrence Welk show. Thanks again for the memories.

The closest Sinclair to me now is 2 states away and almost 200 miles away. Sinclair I miss you so much.😩😭😫😥

I liked that on the TV show "Dinosaurs", their last name was Sinclair.

My dad used to bring us home all the dinosaur soaps buttons and all different things our basement was full of Things that he brought home

Back in the 50's thru the 70's, my uncle Art and his son Shorty had a Sinclair station in Mt. Prospect Illinois. Sinclair did a lot to help the franchisees promote their business. When ARCO took over, the company's attitude became, "what can you do to help us", meaning promoting the company. The station was sold sometime in the 70's.

Had the pleasure of meeting Harry when I was young. Nice man!

I was the happiest kid in the world when I got my inflatable green brontosaurus from Sinclair in the 60s! Thanks for your stories and the memories!

I'm in California and don't know when Sinclair entered this market, but I do know the company hasn't always been here (or at least in my my area it hasn't). In fact, I would say Sinclair stations started popping up here maybe 10-12 years ago. Now, Sinclair gas stations are all over my city. There's even a Sinclair within a 5-minute walk from my house and it's were I fill up once a week. It's also some of the cheapest gas in town.

We didn't have many Sinclair stations in Georgia, but there was one in my hometown of Decatur. All children love dinosaurs and I did too. I was sad when they closed many years ago.

Great show 🇺🇸 God bless America and the world 🇺🇸 And our Veterans 🇺🇸

I remember Sinclair gas stations, they were my favorite. Guess your right about the kids liking Dino. In the early 70's ARCO bought out the Sinclair stations around our area. My best friend's Dad worked for Sinclair ( some kind of office job ), but with the take over they had to move to Pennsylvania. I was just a kid, but I hated ARCO for taking my best friend & Dino away from me.

My first job was at a Sinclair station in Huntsville Al. In 1967.

As a kid in Chicago in the 60s, I remember Sinclair dino toys. I remember having an inflatable that we played with in the pool and tub. And there was also a green dino, about 5 inches long, that was made of soap. There were other things too but these are the only ones coming to my memory.

When I was a kid, there was one s Sinclair station in my home town. Whit closed in the mid 70`s. It was turned into a body shop. Which still is in business today

Never heard of Sinclair growing up on the east coast until I moved to Arizona

I remember a little trick my brothers played on my mother on a family trip using the Dino inflatable dinosaur. We blew up Dino and put it in the bed with mom sleeping whatever side she turned we turned Dino in the same direction and took pics of it. Later when we got the pics of our trip back there were 4 shots of mom and Dino sleeping in the bed and I always remember the reaction my mother had when she saw them OH MY GOD WHEN AND HOW DID YOU GET THAT THING IN THE BED WITH ME AND I DIDN'T NOTICE THIS we had a riot with that joke she laughed too I still find a Sinclair station around here in Iowa great memories😅🤣😂

Thank you for the story of Sinclair. I had 2 green dinosaurs when I was a kid and I remember being at the 1964-65 World's Fair and walking thru the Sinclair Dinoland both years.

I just love this channel! Thank you so much 😊

We used to call it Dinosaur Gas. Their gasoline smelled really good back in the 1950's. And they had balls whirling around in a glass bubble on the side of the pump. I loved the smell of Sinclair gasoline when I poured it into the gas tank of our boat motor way back then.

My dad was the youngest maintenance man hired out of the Chicago district he worked out of GrandRapids Michigan

I remember the big dinosaur outside our Sinclair station. It was a fixture on Central Avenue in Yonkers, NY

On the comedy TV show Dinosaurs, the dinosaur dad Earl's boss's ( who too was a dinosaur) name was Mr. Sinclair.🦕🦕🦕🦕

This was back when gas stations offered full service to customers. They would check your oil, tire pressure, clean your windshield, and fill your gas tank, all with a smile & thank you. This was a different time in America. 🚗

My dad grew up in St. Clair PA. He worked at the Sinclair gas station there in the 50's. Must have been a blast, he talked about working there his whole life.

My aunt and uncle bought me the inflatable Dino. I loved it

Sinclair has been popping up here in the PNW. I think they’re charging less for a franchise, so owners are switching from other brands.

Great video! Would love to see a gulf oil history video or history of Chevrolet!

I remember the general store in my hometown sold Sinclair gas until it was sold in the mid sixties then it started selling Sohio gas (Standard Oil of Ohio)

I saw the Sinclair dinosaurs at the World's Fair in Queen's, New York, the summer of 1965.

When we travel to Reno nv on our way to Virginia City, we always stop at Gold Ranch Casino which has a Sinclair Gas Station with to green Dinos at they're place

Thanks for the memories.

My dad went to that new York world's fair...brought me back several Sinclair dino toys...

The first gas station I was aware of was a Sinclair. That was 1948 as a 5 yr old. Later, we moved to town and we became a neighbor of Mr Bennet. He became a good friend & his son worked part time jobs with me. I bought my first coke there. A six ounce bottled coke for 5 cents. As a teen I bought all my gas there and, they also provide car repair services for me many time. Mr Bennett expanded his business to make the first auto parts store in town. Later on my step father worked at that store. Mr Bennet went on from that Sinclair station to create a big chain of Bennett Auto Supply stores in sout east Florida. Last I knew, over 50 stores. Great memories with that family. richard roddenberry

I remember Sinclair 's exhibit at the 1964/65 World's Fair in Flushing Meadows Park in Queens,N.Y. I loved the green brontosaurus.

I had some of the plastic dinosaur models growing up and even got to see the traveling animatronic dinosaur exhibit once. The were so huge to me! It was one of the highlights of my childhood.

Although I don’t see as many Sinclair stations these days in my part of the Great Lakes region, whenever I do I’m reminded of my childhood in the ‘60s.

We all loved Dinosaurs as children so seeing the green Brontosaurus always made me yell "We need Dinosaur gas!!!"

I live in Detroit, Michigan and I remember Sinclair Gas Stations in Detroit, Michigan. I also remember ARCO, Boron, Gulf, Phillips 66,Standard, and Texaco Gas Stations from back in the day.

I saw a Sinclair station on US 322 in NJ in 2021. It had been 20 years since I saw my last Sinclair in NE in 2001. They used to be commonplace in the Philadelphia area in the early '70s.

Dino the Dinosaur We had a Sinclair back in my neighborhood when I was a Little Zero. It was on Milwaukee at the foot of Stanley street It was in a neighborhood and there was a Phillips 66 at Morell st then a block away at Mitchell st there was a Mobile/Freys store which is still there and the another block to the Sinclair station. Gas was generally 30 cents a gallon and they would fill up your tank and wash your windows then give you gift stamps. S&H Green Stamps and we had a store where you could order stuff with your stamps, which included a small car and a house.

Great things come from a great places.

When my Dad graduated from high school he leased the Sinclair station in Algona Iowa around 1940.

Wow. Grew up in Pittsburgh, now live in Williamsport. Never seen or heard of Sinclair. Am I nuts?

I always enjoy your videos. Thank you for making them.

Our Sinclair station owner had a nail barrel full of marbles and we kids could do a onetime handful grab. NE Ohio 1950's.

Little fun fact... In the 1990's there was a famous family sit-com called Dinosaurs. The main family was known as...the Sinclairs.

I remember having a blow-up Sinclair Dino toy, might still have it, I got on one of the cross country trips my parent took me on every other year from 1956 to the early 70ies. Also ALWAYS had to get a few Free Maps from the gas stations we filled up at along the way!

My first, and only, experience with Sinclair was at the Little America Truck Stop. I had seen their billboards for years, but never stopped in until I became a truck driver. Now, I stop in whenever I can, which is unfortunately irregularly. A truckers path is wide and varied, to say the least.

I used to see a few Sinclair service stations and gas stations when I was a little boy from Salisbury to concord NC

I still have my Sinclair transistor radio ,shaped like a gas pump ,you received one when you purchased a said amount of gas

I'm nearing completion of a one-off Sinclair gas station diorama. Always have been a fan of the legendary livery.

My dad sold Sinclair products in western SC, mostly heating oil, diesel, and lubricants. Gasoline was sold to a few mom & pop grocery stores outside of town. He wanted to set up some self serve gas stations, but upper management wouldn’t go for it. Plastic wasn’t yet the standard form of payment and pumps that took cash weren’t trusted.

I had been to the 1964-65 New York World's Fair and seen the Sinclair dino exhibit there. The Ford Motor Company also had a theme-park type ride featuring dinosaurs.

Very well done. I loved it.

Nice collection of pictures 👍

In the 60s there was a Sinclair station in Massachusetts right before the bridge between Beverly & Salem. It was a "rite of passage" for high school kids to steal the green brontosaurus that sat above the sign.

A Sinclair service station was the last one in my area that still would come out when your car ran over that hose that would cause a ringing in the building. Men would run out and wash your windows and check your oil and fill your tank. That would all pass when the 1970's oil crisis hit. I loved my Sinclair Dino bank.

My dad and mom own a Sinclair in Derby Kansas Back during the 70 I remember my mom pumping gas and my dad working the service bay Between the both of them they worked a lot of hours

I remember as a kid seeing Sinclair stations around but not anymore. At least not in my travels. But I stay mainly on the west or east coast. Rarely do I get into central America.

My Sinclair dinosaur was from the early "70's and inflated. It was my car buddy for years.

Nice video, a Sinclair gas station was recently put in my home town. Nice to see them still expanding

growing up in detroit we lived next door to a sinclair station built in the 20s. poor guy worked outside on the cars bitter cold, rain, heat. remember the bars of dino soap in the shape of a dino. still have the transistor radio that looks like a gas pump. the holden red stamps with gas purchase. or an inflatable dino. great memories. it changed over to an arco station but never seemed the same.

Nice. Don’t see these out west. Of course Cars movies played homage to Dino fuel. 🦕

Wished we still had a Sinclair gas station in Chicago, instead of the seedy Valero station near where I live. 🦕

I only saw one station, it was near Racine Wisconsin. It has since changed brands.

We had one in Pueblo, Colorado until about 5 or 6 years ago. It was the only Full Service station in town. I was sad to see it turned into a Tire Store.

The now LYONDELL BASELL refinery in Houston, Texas is up for sale. It started off as a Sinclair refinery.

As a kid I always enjoyed going to Don Hunicutt's Sinclair station. He was a nice older man with a sweet elderly wife, and he has a grease pit in his station which I was fascinated by. Almost all kids go through a dinosaur phase I their life so they automatically like Sinclair for a portion of their life. Living I a small town in the 60s and 70s the various teams were sponsored by local businesses that provided the uniforms and team names. I wanted to play on the Sinclair Dinos but playing for the MFA milling company instead. Even though we were champions it wasn't as cool as being a Dino. LoL

Another very interesting video!

My Dads friend ran the Sinclairs gas station in Montgomery Alabama

I remember living in Hanna Wyoming back in the 80’s. Growing up we need to drive to Rawlings which was a 40 mile drive on way. Close to Rawlings was the Sinclair oil refinery. Every time we got even close to the town of Sinclair we had to quickly roll up our windows on the truck. Oh the smell was awful! I felt so bad for those folks that actually lived in the town of Sinclair. It was that bad!

I have a nice collection of Sinclair signs. Good video