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well... we are all pretty much on this site because we collect "gas stuff"... anyone have other collections either related or not...hey dwaine... i don't mean collecting bills either.... HA.....

I collect bass fishing tackle, new or old, it doesn't matter.

Petroliana wise, service station literature consisting of everything from gas pumps, air meters and everything from lifts to battery chargers, a collection of about 20 different air meters, and a collection of service station giveaway glasses, estimated at over 500 different ones.
I have one of the largest known collections of Volkswagen models. These are mostly the air-cooled versions and measure from 1/2" up to one a child can sit in and drive. No known count but I estimate well over 3000. Every few years I display the collection at the local VW Club show. It is held at a local VW dealership and they remove the new cars from the showroom floor and give me the space. At the last show it took ten 8' tables to display all the items.

I collect old beer cans, you know the ones that you have to have an opener and punch holes in the top to get the beer out, also the cone top kind s well.

Well...who can only collect 1 thing? Gas & Oil wise I collect Colorado oil company stuff...but, I also like old bathroom scales from 1920's to 1960's..ok, ok, I can hear the laughing already. Usually, I'm the only one bidding on them on Ebay..I wonder why?

Speedway, you know what they say, one mans nightmare is another mans wet dream, I am sure there is a few others collect those scales, we had an old boy (recently went to the big estate sale in the sky) had a real hard time turning away a scale he didnt have. He would never sell ANYTHING for any kind of Cash but if you took something he wanted he might trade, I traded a late Gulf sign and a cig sign to him for a porcelain oil rack, a 20's motorcycle plate And a 29 Wrangell Alaska town plate. Go there with cash you only got the show'n'tell.
Anyway, i collect motorcycle and bicycle memorabilia, balloon & motorized bikes, Bicycle license plates among other things, and oh yeah gas'n'oil too.
Maybe we should have a new category for Other Stuff We Collect we could show or finds on there, think about it...Frank

Well I collect soft drink items especially if its Royal Crown cola and I don't have it. It goes along with gas and oil, use to go to the gas station all the time to buy a soda when I was
a kid and they usually had advertising for soft
drinks on the station. Also collect a little
arden stuff and looking for coffee signs for
the dining room.

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In addition to petroliana, I collect vintage jukeboxes, slot machines, pinball machines, 50's soda fountain items, Pepsi soda machines and advertising. I also have a restored 1930 Model A Ford, a 1934 Ford street rod and a 1970 454 LS-5 Corvette roadster. Also Aurora HO slot cars and track. "Too many toys and too little time".

Jim Winter

Believe it or not - I collect vintage roller rink labels - I have thousands of them from all over the USA and the World. Dating from the 1930's to the 80's. I want to put out collectors book on them because there isnt any yet.

hubba

In addition to pumps, globes, signs, air meters & antique cars I collect cigarette lighter fluid dispensers shaped like old gas pumps. (I don't smoke.) Ron

In addition to gas stuff my wife and I collect Coke machines , milk bottles, teapots, pyrex wear,casino ashtrays, snowshoes,skis,fly fishing poles, juke boxes, pinball machines, slot machines, barber poles and signs, beer signs neons motions anything beer related, oak furniture from 30's, old cars, and just about anything that comes along from the 30's to the 60's that catches the eye. I hate shopping at malls but we both like garage sales, flea markets junk shops. A Happy marriage and a big shop to throw it all in. Ted

Other than Mobil signs, cans, and pumps. I also collect Safticycles these were made in La Crosse Wisconsin in the 30's and 40's. Thanks to this site I met Ryan Underthun who has painted on for me and will most likely do more, (right Ryan). He did a great job. Here is a link to a photo of a 1948 Safticycle. Check it out.
http://webpages.charter.net/safticycle/ssingar.jpg

Other than that I also have a few Jeeps.

THIS IS GREAT!! WE NEED TO POST OUR OTHER OBSESSIONS!! THE STUFF WE WOULD TURN OUR NOSES UP AT MIGHT BE WORTH GETTING FOR GIVE AWAY/TRADING MATERIAL.. THE SCALES HA HA,, HOMER SIMPSON GOT ON ONE AND IT WAS A TALKING SCALE,, IT SAID, "ONE AT A TIME PLEASE" I COLLECT ROAD MAPS, I WOULD GIVE A GOOD PRICE FOR VELTEX MAPS.. MY WIFE SARAH COLLECTS OLD KITCHEN STUFF, LIKE ICE CRUSHERS, HAND BLENDERS AND WHAT NOT.. I WILL KEEP A MENTAL LIST OF THIS STUFF AND KEEP MY EYES OPEN.. FRANK..

You mean there's other stuff to collect besides gas station stuff?

There's lots of stuff I like, but collecting globes pretty much uses up all time and money.
Bob

My wife collects M&M dispensers and Coca cola stuff. I collect butter churns, mainly DAZEY brand. I like restoring old furniture and am also slowly restoring a 1930 Dodge Bros. coupe. Talk about an expensive toy! We both like to browse the flea/antique marts just to remember the good old days and all that stuff that we tossed out.

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