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12-28-2020, 11:30 AM | #41 |
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"white gas" was unleaded and uncoloured, we used it for outboard motors, Coleman stoves and lanterns.
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12-28-2020, 08:07 PM | #42 |
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Norfolk: Sailors and dogs keep off the grass.
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12-28-2020, 10:01 PM | #43 |
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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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12-29-2020, 10:42 AM | #45 |
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I thought that I sent this message yesterday, but apparently it didn't work.
My dad had a plumbing business. In the shop he had this sign The man who lends tools is out. |
12-29-2020, 11:23 AM | #46 |
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12-29-2020, 02:05 PM | #47 |
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Somewhere along Route 66 while driving our '29 Phaeton on a cross country trip:
Cattle Crossing means go slow That old bull is some Cow's beau Burma-Shave |
12-29-2020, 04:19 PM | #48 |
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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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12-30-2020, 10:27 AM | #49 |
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Red Devil lighter fluid label says it's naphtha.
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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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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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01-02-2021, 10:09 AM | #53 |
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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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01-03-2021, 02:52 PM | #54 |
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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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01-03-2021, 07:17 PM | #55 |
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Right Turn on Red...
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01-03-2021, 07:40 PM | #56 |
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On a radiator shop, "A good place to take a leak"
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01-03-2021, 07:54 PM | #57 |
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What happens if you get scared 1/2 to death twice ?
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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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