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Driveway bells - When did they originate? #154827 Mon Oct 05 2009 04:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,064 Likes: 2 northwestern Pa. S Savinsam OP Veteran Member
OP Savinsam Veteran Member S Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,064 Likes: 2 northwestern Pa.	Does anyone know when gas stations started using driveway bells? Also, were there very many manufacturers? I have two SIGNAL-U units from 1960s'. What do you have? Sam Last edited by Savinsam; Mon Oct 05 2009 04:21 PM.

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Re: Driveway bells - When did they originate? Savinsam #154835 Mon Oct 05 2009 05:12 PM
Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 83 Alberta C cdc1960 Active Member
cdc1960 Active Member C Joined: Jun 2009 Posts: 83 Alberta	one milton bell here.... don't know when the originated, but the purpose was to alert the one-man shop employee to get his head out from under the hood in the bay to go pump gas...

Re: Driveway bells - When did they originate? cdc1960 #154849 Mon Oct 05 2009 06:16 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,139 Likes: 48 Northwest Ohio Ohio Oil Veteran Member
Ohio Oil Veteran Member Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,139 Likes: 48 Northwest Ohio	All I know is that it always seemed to go off when I had just maneuvered my hand in a tight spot to get a nut/bolt started on a hard to reach part.

Re: Driveway bells - When did they originate? Ohio Oil #154900 Tue Oct 06 2009 08:32 AM
Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 639 So. Illinois O oldgoaly Petro Enthusiast
oldgoaly Petro Enthusiast O Joined: Jul 2009 Posts: 639 So. Illinois	I have a couple of Miltons, don't know when they started, but old movies and 3 Stooges shorts you can hear them, so my guess they were common in the 30's. tt

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