In 1951, I wouldn't have gassed up at Conti's Sun station. I was a new teenage driver and the wallet was very thin. I and my fellow neighborhood teens reveled in the South Broad Street "Gas War" where pennies were shave off of competing stations every day. The winner always seemed to be the "PREMIUM" station where we could buy a gallon for 19.9 per. Wow, am I showing my age or what? I would love to have that 1940 Nash sedan. It was the same as my brother Bud's 1940 business coupe. That car was built like a tank with real steel fenders, and real steel, chrome plated bumpers, and the fabled Nash exclusive "WEATHER EYE" system.
- I think the sign is advertising a "Polar Party" for the gala opening of Corti's Sunoco. The "wolf pack" of the 5 kids on bikes must have shown up for the free gift. That is indeed a fellow in a polar bear suit on the corner. Remember when they came in with the "custom" blending in a single pump? You had to be careful to pull up behind a car getting the "good stuff" since a car getting economy would "dilute" your high octane "260".
Ed M. - Thursday, August 23, 2012
- Ron Bound said...
- Remember that. I hung out at the station on Chambers and Franklin. When I got first car in '56, a '47 Plymouth, I would use drain oil to fill the Plymouth up. Took a lot. Episcopo's Drug store was on the SE corner.
- Thursday, August 23, 2012
I think the sign is advertising a "Polar Party" for the gala opening of Corti's Sunoco. The "wolf pack" of the 5 kids on bikes must have shown up for the free gift. That is indeed a fellow in a polar bear suit on the corner. Remember when they came in with the "custom" blending in a single pump? You had to be careful to pull up behind a car getting the "good stuff" since a car getting economy would "dilute" your high octane "260".
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Remember that. I hung out at the station on Chambers and Franklin. When I got first car in '56, a '47 Plymouth, I would use drain oil to fill the Plymouth up. Took a lot. Episcopo's Drug store was on the SE corner.
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