Do you remember..... hand crank gas pumps?

How the hell old are you?

[Edited on 1-28-2009 by Sharksbaja]

MY first encounter with those was in 64 Puertecitos it was,first run down to Gonzaga,what startled me was the color of the juice that he pumped up out of the tank,dark brown had enough problems on that trip already and could just see everything plugged up
Rob

Colonet....that is the one I'm probably remembering....they finally took the pump down and closed the station but the building remained for many years (may still be there for all I know).....

I am so old my next question will be ...Do you remember ...when they invented electricity?.....

El Rosario gravity pump, 1960

Photo from the Howard Gulick collection... Union Oil station The other station was Baja Cactus (today's name)... a Standard Oil station.



The station 1/2 mile north of Colonet was Bradley's Rancho Grande (it was a Chevron station from the pre-Pemex days)... I think I last got gas there was in 1976... driving out from the coast at San Antonio del Mar.

Do you remember...

My recollection of these is from South Dakota ...

They were state of the art then

CaboRon

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Originally posted by David K Photo from the Howard Gulick collection... Union Oil station The other station was Baja Cactus (today's name)... a Standard Oil station. The station 1/2 mile north of Colonet was Bradley's Rancho Grande (it was a Chevron station from the pre-Pemex days)... I think I last got gas there was in 1976... driving out from the coast at San Antonio del Mar.

The last three gravity-fed pumps I remember:
One was at the military stop about 20 miles north of San Felipe. another one was in Santa Rosalia, and the third one was in Bahia Tortugas. I have photos of them but they are [prints]. I am not as talented as David K and know of a simple way to scan them into my computer and spit out a digital image. SIGGHH
During my Jeeping days (just as Ken is Jeeping now) I used to carry a chamois to strain the gas before it went into my tank.

I believe the original "pump" at BOLA run by Antero Diaz right (east) of the "runway" in front of the Diaz Motel was that type------------but my memory is not the best. That was back when the airplanes tied down right in front of the Motel-------in the "fun" days of BOLA.

Barry

the Pemex in Catavina

hey warrior- i remember that pump as well.used it on a few occassions. they still have them in parts of australia ...

the guys who used to crank the handles lost their jobs to the "new" attendents who could "rig" the pumps to put 6 gallons in a five gallon container

Bradley's Rancho Grande

Pre-Pemex, pre March 18th 1938?

I pulled an old family 8mm film and found the pic below. From the other footage I could tell it was South of Santo Tomas and North of San Pedro Martir, along the Coast 'highway', so this post was great because it confims the location.

Thanks.

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Originally posted by surfer jim the guys who used to crank the handles lost their jobs to the "new" attendents who could "rig" the pumps to put 6 gallons in a five gallon container

Here's one in Calif. It's near Bass Lake in the Sequoia National Forest. We filled up there on an off-road ride just last fall.

Colonet

Dennis that's the one Mike and I remember. Palomar. We called it chocolate gas. That's what it looked like , we were skeptical about putting it in our tank but had no choice. It worked though so we were happy.k

Enterprising Pumping

Perhaps You Are Right

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Originally posted by Keri Dennis that's the one Mike and I remember. Palomar. We called it chocolate gas. That's what it looked like , we were skeptical about putting it in our tank but had no choice. It worked though so we were happy.k [/quote Chocolate gas! That's great! Good stories here on this thread. I didn't make it down there until 1984, so I missed out on all of that stuff. Bob H

Nostalgia at a Price ?

A few of those old pumps....couple of vending machines and a juke box or 2 and you are a .....MILLIONAIRE

Anyone care to guess where these pumps were located?

Circa 1960.

An uncle of mine still uses his on his ranch in North Dakota. Can dispense 20 gallons at a time and sits in his driveway. Pump up the fuel and then gravity takes over. I can remember pumping gas into his Model T pickup many times when I was running amok on his spread.

Norman's place is an antique collector's paradise. At 92, he still forges and creates in his blacksmith shop..charcoal fires, bellows, pulleys, and plowshares everywhere...a place that captured my imagination as a tot. A real peice of history.

Come to think of it, there are still a few scattered around the countryside Up North.

A few have become yuppie aquariums, though.