05-15-2016, 03:54 PM
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Location: California
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Remember These?
Remember these?
Saw this in an antique store today and had to buy it. The last time I saw one of these was over 50 years ago.
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05-15-2016, 04:37 PM
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1997 Tip, 2018 Macan
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Location: Upland, CA
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Very cool.
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05-15-2016, 05:33 PM
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Location: Florida
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I thought it was the ones that you could by out of a gas station vending machine that would mold the dinosaur while you waited.
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05-15-2016, 07:09 PM
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Location: North Alabama
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I sure do, and the inflatable ones you got with a full tank of Ethyl
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05-16-2016, 01:02 PM
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2002 Boxster S
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Location: PCA Roadrunner Region, NM
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Found one in the original box in my in-laws' house. Cool item (and one that probably never got used).
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05-16-2016, 07:14 PM
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Jager,
Good find!
My mother's maiden name is Sinclair. Her brother has a basement full of Sinclair signs, lights, old gas pumps, service station uniforms, etc. Everything Sinclair imaginable.
I remember when they were one of the major brands in WI - back in the 60s. So yeah, it's been 50 years. Wikipedia says there are 2,600 stations operating in 20 Western and Midwest states. But I bet they don't carry Dino bath soap. All gas stations had promotional materials through the 60s, but that all pretty much died with the 1973 oil embargo
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05-16-2016, 07:28 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dbear61
Jager,
Good find!
My mother's maiden name is Sinclair. Her brother has a basement full of Sinclair signs, lights, old gas pumps, service station uniforms, etc. Everything Sinclair imaginable.
I remember when they were one of the major brands in WI - back in the 60s. So yeah, it's been 50 years. Wikipedia says there are 2,600 stations operating in 20 Western and Midwest states. But I bet they don't carry Dino bath soap. All gas stations had promotional materials through the 60s, but that all pretty much died with the 1973 oil embargo
DBear
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So it looks like your uncle has a basement full of collectables? :dance:
I grew-up in northern Michigan, there were many Sinclair gas stations back in those days, not so much now.
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05-17-2016, 05:14 AM
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Location: pittsburgh
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I'll be damned - cool find; very obscure memory reactivated by that!
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