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Old 12-28-2020, 11:30 AM   #41
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I can remember my dad sending me to the gas station for a gallon of "white gas" with a quarter.
"white gas" was unleaded and uncoloured, we used it for outboard motors, Coleman stoves and lanterns.
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Old 12-28-2020, 08:07 PM   #42
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Old 12-28-2020, 10:01 PM   #43
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"white gas" was unleaded and uncoloured, we used it for outboard motors, Coleman stoves and lanterns.
I thought we called that “ naphtha “ gas!
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Old 12-29-2020, 10:08 AM   #44
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The "white gas" I used and pumped was AMOCO premium.


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Old 12-29-2020, 10:42 AM   #45
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Old 12-29-2020, 11:23 AM   #46
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I thought we called that “ naphtha “ gas!
That was another name for it. Maybe the proper name?
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Old 12-29-2020, 02:05 PM   #47
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Naptha is taken from farther up in the cooker during the refining process than gasoline. More closely related to lacquer thinner. Doesn't even smell like gas.
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Red Devil lighter fluid label says it's naphtha.
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Old 12-30-2020, 02:11 PM   #50
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In the mid-fifties in northern New Jersey "White Gas" was indeed Amoco Premium at around $.30 per gallon. My dad used it in his lawn mower. I walked 1/2 mile with a glass gallon jug, had it filled, then walked home. Dad wouldn't drive to get it because of safety so I walked on a busy road with a glass grenade!
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Old 12-30-2020, 06:25 PM   #51
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My plumber dad used white gas for his pump-up blow torch. Claimed regular gas harder to light and wouldn't stay lit.

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Street signs were 4x4's, painted white, with the street names running vertically on the sides of the post.

I can remember my dad sending me to the gas station for a gallon of "white gas" with a quarter. Gas was $0.239. I don't know why I remember that.
hello Mr Rutter. I remember my dad complaining bitterly when gas rose from 5 pence a gallon (Imp gal) to 7 pence a gallon. I had only recently moved from nappies (diapers) to short trousers.
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I have a nice old heavy round sign that says "Sound Your Sparton" Heard they were used on the Lincoln Hwy.
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Old 01-03-2021, 02:52 PM   #54
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I have a nice old heavy round sign that says "Sound Your Sparton" Heard they were used on the Lincoln Hwy.
it's not only the spartan which sounds great, but the exhaust on your A and the rumble of the 1340 in cruise or work rpm. I love them all.
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Right Turn on Red...
Do you remember when "Right Turn on Red" was NOT allowed at intersections
Sure do.

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Old 01-05-2021, 02:39 PM   #60
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"Happy Motoring" on the Esso, then Exxon gas stations. Do they still have that?
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