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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 2:51 am Post subject: Oldest Petrol Pumps Still in Operation? |
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Am currently in Sequoias National Park in California and came across this pair. The station was not open when we passed but is still in regular use.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Sun May 26, 2019 3:05 am Post subject: |
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About 5 years ago , I did see an old petrol pump still in use at the Middleton Pub north west Queensland . I will take a photo if I go passed again . I avoid getting fuel from old tanks that are not used very often . |
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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22439 Location: UK
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peter scott
Joined: 18 Dec 2007 Posts: 7118 Location: Edinburgh
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Posted: Sat Jun 01, 2019 5:03 pm Post subject: |
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Sorry Rick, the rental company didn't have any Model As available so we had to put up with a Fusion from the same manufacturer.
Peter _________________ http://www.nostalgiatech.co.uk
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 7:02 am Post subject: |
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If you Google up Middleton Hotel , Queensland you can see the petrol pump but it is not very clear . There is also a stage coach parked out the front . It was aplace for over night stops and change of horses . [ 4 legged ones ! ] |
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roverdriver
Joined: 18 Oct 2008 Posts: 1210 Location: 100 miles from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Posted: Wed Jun 05, 2019 8:25 am Post subject: |
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I can show a Model A, but I don't know if the pump still exists. Photo was taken at Nullarbor Homestead, 1972, part way across the famous Nullarbor Plane in Western Australia. It was about half way across a (then ) 248 mile section of unsealed road. The fuel stop has now been built about a mile to the South as a new road, all sealed, took a slightly different route.
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Mog
Joined: 30 Dec 2007 Posts: 661 Location: Sydney
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Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2019 6:04 am Post subject: |
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Some were just hand pumps , others were electric with an option to hand pump , if the generator had failed . |
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