Now that's romantic

lol is she was in the same school? because back then you didn't ask her for a phone # so how did you find her again?

Even with the dirty fingernails and oily hands it was LOVE AT 1st site ???

What a great story. Lucky she had such low standards or this story wouldn't be so great.

Why people in comments are mean?

Not a very safe place if you were a black woman who refused to give up her seat to a white passenger on a public bus...

@@angela1984a I don't see public transportation being addressed in this video? Thanks for the comment regardless.

BLAME DEMOCRATS. The mass riots of the summer of 1967 opened the door for Mass Immigration and for The Great Society, which has ruined America. Part 2 of the ruination started with the Marxist-supported race riots all summer long in 2020. Now even more freedoms are gone, unrest everywhere tearing the country apart, and now MASSIVE inflation is going to make the prices of the 1960s sound like a fair tale. It also makes you realize todays prices are due to taking America off the gold standard in the early 1970s and being placed on fiat money. This allows the Federal Govt to "print" money, which increases the cost of living, and it increases all costs and prices.

@@dezznutz3743 After the 2020 election - legally won by President Biden - egged on by former President Trump and some of his loyalists, their cry became “Look what the far-left media and its allies in Big Tech did to us!” All this has been heaped upon their constant complaints about the “disgraceful far-left bias in the media, academia, entertainment” and, of late, “science and medicine.” Since before I entered the Reagan White House in 1987, I have been listening to such incessant whining. “Poor us,” they cry, “We Americans who believe in God, the rule of law, sovereign and protected borders, a strong military, smaller government, lower taxes and personal accountability. What are we to do in the face of such unfairness?” What they generally do is howl at the moon. If Republicans, conservatives and people of traditional faith truly believe the left has come to dominate the media, entertainment, academia, science and medicine, then they should take steps to change that. Almost a quarter-century ago, I sat down with my old boss, former Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, to discuss this reality and the political and power-balancing enigma. Back then, long before tech giants Google, Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and KZfaq came to dominate society, Dole - the former Senate majority leader and Republican presidential and vice presidential nominee - was honestly astounded that more ultrawealthy Republicans and conservatives were not getting into the media and entertainment fields. What we were told then was that those fields either did not fit their “business models” or that they might adversely affect their “bottom lines.” As Dole and I discussed, common sense and pragmatism dictate that not having a voice in the largest megaphones of our nation - the media, entertainment and academia - is a losing strategy destined to create negative consequences for those trying to advance conservative or faith-based thought or arguments. It can most certainly be argued that, for the past few decades, the left has come to dominate these fields, as well as science and medicine. And in some ways, liberals should be congratulated for achieving such dominance. That said, none of it happened in a vacuum or in the dead of night. It was all done with everyone’s eyes wide open - including people who later morphed into complainers about the “unfairness of it all” but who voluntarily chose to do nothing at the time. For whatever reason, they looked away while those on the left went about their business creating amazing high-tech achievements such as Google, Amazon and social media platforms. Now, some on the right want to scream, “How dare those liberal entrepreneurs espouse the political or ideological thoughts they believe in, on sites they created, while blocking some they disagree with!” Ah, but isn’t it basic human nature to exercise control over a private company in which one has invested his or her blood, sweat and tears to create? The last time I checked, there were thousands of Republican, conservative, libertarian and traditional faith-based millionaires, multimillionaires and billionaires who have amassed collective wealth exceeding $1 trillion. Surely that’s enough money to invest in a few newspapers, fund television networks, start a few universities or create some Big Tech sites of their own. It’s time for the right to stop playing victim and put their money where they swear their values lie. If not, those who are complaining should put a cork in it.

@@bedlambikes I was replying to a comment -- not to the video.

Liar.

I totally agree with you, and you put it so nicely together.

meh. Image was everything back then. People did gossip and stab each other in the back. Church and society was a lot more demanding and freedom wasn't really a thing in that sense. You just conformed. That has some advantages, but the overall disadvantage was much bigger. A lot of abuse happened and people simply refused to talk about it. Shame was much more of a thing. And entire groups of people would shun you if you did not comply to the rules of a certain group. Racism was another thingie that got shoved under the carpet for a long, long time, like many rights of other minorities (gays, women, etc.). White wealthy man decided what was good. Talking back to upper classes was another thing that just wasn't done (a lot of injustice used to find its root there). My point being: you are very selective. It's sort of like saying that the best part of nazism was that most people got along fine. It was a straightjacket that made it so...

and it's nostalgia, romance that makes you see the world of back then in such a lovely way. It's what people do. 'back in my day'...

Cleaned for the show! Now you see reality. Workers don't stay spotless like on phony old videos.

Because Republicans ruled. Nowadays, Democrats are working for the Devil.

I think Hank Simms is dead.

@@ApartmentKing66 Damnit, Jim

He did so many information films, he probably did, over the years!

That would be v pog

so my young fella, this is cocaine, like snow but happy

It’s up to your generation, Gen Z, to pull your heads out of your a**es and get some class. Gen Z is the most narcissistic, materialistic, trashy, classless, heathenistic, hypocritical, and weak generation to ever be born. Drop the social media clout chasing, obsession with being the biggest victim, and greed.

@@PrimetimeNut ok boomer...

@@PrimetimeNut You raised us.

Ditto. I feel the same sense of peacefulness and a good old days vibe watching these older films. A good way to locate where stand on a time scale.

@@PrimetimeNut its ok man i agree with u too meany people are snowflakes, they changed my school mascot from an indian to an A they could of just kept it and changed the name but no they wana spend thousands of dollars on a mascot change i guess

Paul Neron- I worked at a full service EXXON Station from 1975 to 1977. I was 16 years old when I started working there and and stayed till I was 18 years old and I am now 64 years old….

Paul, In 1976 I was 11 years old. I remember when my dad or mom got gas the gas station man would fill up the car with gas. While he was doing this he would wipe the windows too and check under the hood if car needs more water. They do not do all of this anymore. All the best.

Not in New Jersey - it is still full service and you can't opt out.

@@enuajsifoto Haha, I am from New Jersey. I know that full well. NJ and Oregon are only U.S states that have full attendants for gas.

@@SonnyCorleone-tg1ik Hello - didn't know about Oregon - thank you:)

The words serve and service are no longer part of the American vocabulary. 😢

Ding ding! When you drove in the station

That sounds like a great first job for a kid. Hell, I would mind doing that now!

When you get older the first thing you notice when you reminisce is how different life is nowadays, some call it progress, other don't.

u are lucky guy. i am born in wrong sentury.

Notice the guy made change outta a bill in his head ? I worked at Dominos pizza 20 yrs ago part time and had high school kids that couldn't make change of a charge of $8.49 out of $10 bill . They use calculators too much at school that they never use their brains .

@@speedracer1945 kids today are way smarter than the oldies in the clip

@@aussies_are_white0057 kids back then looked for a job , todays kids either have a parent get a job for them or let them stay at home till they are 35

@@aussies_are_white0057 not at all

@@aussies_are_white0057 kids today might be more book smart but as far As practical knowledge to have some self sufficiency they have almost no knowledge of anything useful

I loved working at a Gas Station but pay was a Bit over minimum wage

respect from Romania!

Thanks for sharing. That generation had real work ethics and family values, unlike today's society.

You have a good chance to be like your grandfather - you will work your ass off and have no time/occasion to deink or smoke ;)

He is a real man and appreciate his hustle. You were blessed to have someone in your life like that. Take his teachings and carry it on 💯

Now there’s a role model to look up to and emulate Jeff, your grandfather was a man’s man of honor, ethics and integrity, things that society is devoid of these days.

You're a good kid

I recently revealed the genders of my two girlfriends. It got a lot of hate and now has 30 times more dislikes than likes. I am really sad that people can be so mean. Sorry for using your comment to talk about my problems, dear pi

Wow, McKinney is now a booming town, such a small world!

We used to ride our horses into town too. What a different world

@@AxxLAfriku wtf is this lol

It was great in most countries across the Americas. What the victors did after World War II changed all of that.

Sad but true.

Funny bloke!

I know you're joking, but my grandfather got into the Model T hobby back in the '50's. He also ran a full service gas station/tire shop. They did the Glidden Tour from St. Louis to Detroit and one driving to the AACA National meet at Hershey in a 1916 T.

Wow, a comedian.

Dean PD they weren’t classic then they were late model cars.

They weren't CLASSICS Yet (20 to 25 years to be Classics) They were LATE MODEL CARS

That is one thing in certainly thankful that had changed lol

I worked at a Phillips 66 station in 1969 that sold bulk bottled oil. Had a built in spout and was then refilled by the station. Saved a TON of waste. So much for saving anything...

Then they switched to those awful cardboard cans that always leaked because of those stupid spouts you had to shove in.. too hard and the can crushed.. not hard enough and it ran out of the side....

i still have some Sinclair oil in the can

@@trevorwylie5882 ...good one!

You are so right!!! I used to collect the 76 balls for the anttenae!!!! Wow. You are so cool cuz we both recall that!!

Remember "Put a Tiger in your Tank"? They used to give away a plush Tiger Tail free with a fill-up that hooked onto your gas cap and hung out of the gas filler door. "Put a Tiger in your Tank" was the Humble Oil Company's ongoing ad campaign, (although the tiger tails we're just available for a while.) Their stations were Esso stations in parts of the country and Enco stations in other parts as well as other names domestically and internationally. That is the company that became Exxon, (now Exxon Mobil.)

These times are fine. Live ya life and don’t watch the news.

Stormsolid - If we were in a pandemic, we wouldn't have to constantly be reminded we are in one.

@@billyshead1339 fine for white people...for minority not so much

@@billyshead1339 these times are NOT fine

@@camlee2341 way to make it about race and please tell me what is fine for a “white person” because I have 0 privileges I have no more than the any other race before me or after me we are all gonna die in life and nobody not a single person gives a shit about you or me

You mean, "A long time ago"?

It's Hank Simms

yeah know it just shit know adays

@@bearbear8693 probably because you don't know proper grammar

You're right. When I was in school in the 1950s, hearing this narrator's first few words was a signal that we were going to be shown a boring movie. You youngsters have no idea how boring the 50s could be. On the other hand, the movies that were made during the Depression in the 1930s were often very good.

Isn't the cooling system supposed to be a sealed system . . . or is that just a newfangled idea where coolant doesn't actively escape . . .? AND I bet tap water did wonders for the life of that radiator . . . SMH

Without gloves too

I worked in a station in the 60's and we did that often. The trick was to squeeze the upper radiator hose first, if it was hard then you knew there was enough pressure that you shouldn't open it, otherwise it was safe.

Some radiator caps have a vent lever but that one doesn't seem to have one.

Because back then, cars ran the cooling system at 4 PSI, not the modern 14 PSI. Pre-war they were mostly unpressurized. Post-war was 4 PSI, going up to 7 shortly after this, then 14 PSI by the 70's. The lower system pressure is why they could get away with leaky head gaskets and casting porosity; that's one reason why they're regularly adding water.

Pretty crazy considering what the used car market is like now. 247 bucks then is roughly just under 2,000$. In 2021, we don’t have Pontiac to compare to, but a common GM luxury sedan, a 2009 Cadillac CTS with 43,000 miles which is far below the avg, would be about 17,000$.

just googled that car what a beaut!!!

@@DayoftheJakeL In 1965 a Brand Corvette could be had for about $4000 and that was a luxury sports car in that era. A Mustang in 1965 could be had for about $2500. A 1960s Ford car was on a par with BMW cars yet was a car that every American could afford.

@@DayoftheJakeL 55-57 gen average brand new price was 2600$ back then

Boomer

Today i keep on asking myself if people also considered life to be calmer which i doubt.

Actually I prefer life in 2024.

@@freeman10000yeah I'm pretty happy with my job. It's plenty calm and modern times are so much better than past times in so many ways.

She has an Ingrid Bergman thing happening

@@ftroop8462 Ah, yes. Very insightful observation. Ingrid is another favorite of mine.

That was what they called , "remote control", back then.

Back then, the kids learned early what hard work was.

@@davidgagliardo3258 I started working part time when I was 10, after school at the gas station. Then on weekends I had two p/t gigs, A paper route and then on to the gas station. I was using a tire machine and fixing flats at 10 years old!! Kids these days would get there hand caught because they were too busy on their phone and then sue the station owner. Sad times these days.

@@davidgagliardo3258 Child labor. Ah, the good old days.

You can still buy a tire changer like in this video at Harbor Freight for under $50 to do tires at home.

Sign me up FIRST SECOND AND THIRD

Sadly, you'd be paying $5/gallon for the privilege though. (Edit, in 2020. Now in 2021, that's just self-serve in some places)

@@RickJohnson you get what you pay for.

Damn right. I wish I had enough money I'd dedicate a town strictly to this time era

Yes, but gas would be 6 bucks a gallon.

Ok boomer

@@sash0047 you're welcome child

You just miss your youth

@@60zeller I do... they were good times

@@evilborg I agree with ya

did he walk 10 miles to school with no shoes or socks too in the middle of the winter?

That is awesome!

I live in Pennsylvania. There are a couple of "full service" gas stations near me. They put gas in your car. That's it. That is their "full service". I know what full service is. I did that work!

@@johndough65 up hill going to school and up hill going home!

Where was this if I may ask?

how much were you paid for that?

Good work Pappy.

@@BFP2021 Top comment is lying, if that is what you are asking. I mean....Why would you have 2 cars, even if it was normal back then. (Which it was not 🤣) People fall for the dumbest sh*t these days. But great video to see how far we have come, and I do love the stories being told here

You da man !

Know that your history isn’t going completely unnoticed by younger generations. I love watching these videos and hearing stories from old timers, there’s a lot to learn from history.

Thought I recognized that voice.

@@emeyer6963 Even i recognized it. And i´m from Germany and was born in 1981.

Yes, I recognize the voice!

I thought all narrators spoke like that in the 1940, 50's 1960's. So it is one guy with that voice.

Yes, "POLICE SQUAD", too! 😃

So you can learn what the real world is like while in school. The college snowflakes these days lack that big time.

Nice to see it set up when you come to class

You'd know me... I was the one with a puddle of drool when I awoke.

I was a high school kid from 1974 to 1977..I remember my Drivers Education / Health classes..we saw lots of car death bloody movies & health movies about diseases & social personal hygiene practices

Loved seeing a Full reel of film on the projector.Teacher'd turn it on & head for the hall to bs all class👍

@@jomon723 It was the same way, even in the early 80's. As kids, we laughed at most of the old films - we were idiots. But, they had their fears too. Fear of being nuked by Russia, commies around every corner. Still, if only we could go back and experience it just for one day.

Loved those Stamps... my Mom let me have them, but I had to do all the licking and stick them in those books. Then I would spend hours looking through the stamp catalogs ... I remember buying a COX gas powered little model dune buggy..that thing cost a LOT of stamp books!!

I remember Top Value Stamps as well as S&H Green Stamps. My mom saved up Top Value Stamps for a great RCA console stereo system. I spent hours listening to my parents' record collection on that stereo...

Virtual Reality probably. But they need good source material like this to make it work.

I wish we were in the 50s. What an amazing time.

@@cforte0423 That was the peak of western civilization, then diversity was invented and everything was ruined.

@@pukalo Ah yes, blantant racism, sexism and homophobism, truly the peak western civilization lol.

@@AndreasFunnell this but unironically

I've noticed that's part n parcel for friggin American cars. 1 Challenger (2009) and a Sable (2008). Both have rattles. The former also had 2 recalls (Takata air bags and drive belt). Had to go back. They didn't have parts for both front air bags. Honda Accord? 15 years. Nothing. No rust, either!

Yes, I too loved the smell of gasoline. I used to ride in the bed of my Granddaddy's truck and would stand in the rising fumes as he pumped.

Yeah 1957,me too!!

And lung cancer followed.

I had the same thought. A lot has changed, but it surprised me how much is still the same.

Yup. And he made change without a computer.

No BLM.

yeah, people were good and honest and could be trusted......

@@PeterLawton There were no calculators then and students had to do the math in their heads. No such thing now.....nothing but idiots.

Not many looters around.

A gallon is about 3.79 liters.

Thank you for your story!

Could also get a Payday candy bar for 10 cents, and a Mountain Dew for 15 cents.

Interesting stories, thanks for sharing!

Sounds like a greater time to be alive than now. I'm 32 and heck even my childhood memories are just as good, especially in comparison to what my kids will grow up with. Take care.

Many of the above were true in the late 80's albeit not #2, #5, #6 and #7.

Which is a terrible business motto perhaps. Would you want extra shit t work with no pay? This must be why there are so many successful service stations aro-.......

I'm a little disappointed. I was told those were the good ol' days, yet they show a woman driving a car.

I went to a full service gas stations once and I was R@@@@P3D

I'm a college educated kid and learned so much about car maintenance just from this video LOL

Boy I'd like to be seated next to her. What a doll!

I was held up in the late sixties and stupidly said 'You must be fucking joking!' How I'm still alive I don't know.

My boss left his .45 for me, always put on counter after locking door to count the proceeds, then to the car with it, and drop off at his house with the money.

I would have added a bit more to your polite comment: “And that, sir is why one has business insurance.” Gawdloveya, for minimum wage you were expected to take a bullet for your boss aka “Lead Head.”

The reason there's no money in pumping gas is because you're not allowed to make a profit on the gas. The extra that you get to add to the price of a gallon, if you get to do that, is barely enough to cover the cost of pumping it. That's why service stations and gas stations have always had to rely on other things for the bulk of their income. I always felt like it was wrong, and that the oil companies should not be allowed to do that. But then I don't know if it's the oil company's responsibility that it happens or if it's the government's.

Yeah upselling was what kept those stations running. Personally, I would get annoyed with that happy crap.

So she's helping with the windows while you're looking after her headlights...?

Hey junior, I'm 73 years and I can attest to the fact that it was often done that way. People felt assured and knew you weren't getting that extra 30¢ by slightly overfilling their crankcase.

And smiles with appreciation.

@pete smyth . Now I'm embarrassed. I totally missed that, thanks

She's hottt

Now days you have to keep your long rod in your pants

Sadly the last remnants of this period of American life died out in the 80's. When I was a kid these type of service stations were everywhere and by the 90's most were gone. 😟

@@theweakestlink2278 I was there to see it's death, I was one of the last Full Service Attendants. It worked out okay for me though as I went into the Marine Corps anyway. But, I truly miss being able to just let someone else take care of my car care needs, it was truly a better America!

unfortunately

Move to Venezuela!

You wouldn't want to live there if it did.

I had a 65 mustang with a 289. I cold fill it with 76 Supreme for under 5 bucks get an ice cold coke out of the machine for a dime. Oh man.

@@dgd2477 An then the oil crisis showed up.

Now think why it was…then look around …there now you know the answer

@@ugaais those damn apartments

You think they would show the ill mannered people in their movie?

@@tubaraofeio1053 more like the new inhabitants

@@ugaais oh oh I know why! I can't say it on KZfaq though... or anything left wing controlled... which is 90% of media.

I dunno. I'm glad to not have to gap spark plugs or set timing...lol

Where is it, I want to go there!

Count me in!

Amazing. I haven't seen one for maybe 40 or 50 years.

Go there!

Is it called 'Dinosaur Station'?