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I want to know what everybody's favorite gas/oil company is and why? Mine is polly gas just because its unique, but texaco and signal are a close 2nd!!! I want to hear from everyone.

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~Jason

Jason:

I'm partial to Richfield. I like the eagle. I also like Pennzoil stuff & the Polarine pieces. I really don't have a favorite brand - I just like the gas-n-oil collectables.

Later . . .

Jim

Well Mr. T-way, which Richfield do you like the best???

Think of the question like this. If you were able tp pick a gas pump as your tomb stone which pump and brand would you pick?

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~Jason

I would want one of the wilshire brands.

Radio or Economy. Sunset is a very close 3rd though.

Hey, didn't Wilshire buy out Polly sometime in the 50's?

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~Jason

No, just changed the LOGO

VELTEX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS A LOCAL FAVORITE BACK IN THE DAY....

I like the companies listed cause they have neat logos and mean a lot to me cause of family ties. Have to be A-38 pump with Signal add glass as the tombstone and a Richfield visible at the gate to the tomb and Texaco Tokheim 850 to the side. I guess all three are favorites and just like my 3 kids not going to choose a favorite as they are all different. Ted

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Sounds like you really thought about this Dad. Make sure you put it in your will so us kids know what to do. HAHA

And leave the Corvette to the fat friend that gives you good deals and finds stuff for you.

Hey DB, He will have to leave a box [or a couple of L.A. phone books]on the seat for you to sit on to see over the steer'n wheel !!!!! Maybe Elvis will let you use his box to git in the car !!!!!

HESSELBEIN OIL COMPANY. Here in Memphis and only had one station. It is where Elvis did buy his gasoline and tires! Long live the King!!!!!!

Gilmore or the elusive Clipper.
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Hubba

Home Oil for Me !!

Sinclair is first for me. Basically because of my Great Aunt & Uncle. They gave me a DINO...the kind that you had to blow up...and for a little kid, that took some effort. Poor DINO only made it a few days...I tried riding him like the dime store horse! Anyway, years later I met other
collectors in the Hobby including Scott Benjamin who collects Sinclair. Then about
10 years ago, I got into an old local garage
that was an auto repair/wrecking yard business. The man that owned the garage was
named "Joe" and he was an old Sinclair dealer. Joe passed on in early 1997, and I still miss him to this day. He was full of stories and he was one of what many here would refer to as a true American Hero. Joe worked hard and served his country in WWII. I use the UserName "Sinclair Joe" in his memory. I'm sure if you had all had the chance to have met him, most everyone on this board would have got a big kick out of it...
Other brands I like are Pennzoil, Wolf's Head, And most anything here locally in Werstern Pennsylvania....after all....it's where it "oil" began!

That's an awesome story. Its good to see your keeping his name alive. Thanks for sharing.

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~Jason

Standard Oil Of Kentucky (KYSO)-Lived it!!
Mobil-Living it!
Pure & Atlantic-Worked it.
Now that I live in Kentucky I have become more interested in the local companies:Atena,Ashland,Stoll,Tresler & Tower to name a few.How sweet it is.
Rex

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I'm retired now but when I was in my 20's
got my daughter a "dino". A year and a half ago she got together with my wife and got
me my first pump.She said dad you got to
do it in SINCLAIR .Well I'm finally putting the finishing touches on it. Got a bunch of other SINCLAIR stuff.This brand will always be my favorite.
---JERRY

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Sinclair all the way!!!

Mobil for me, love the Pegasus and Gargoyle, and second it is Koppartrans, a company you probably never heard of. Those were the gas stations in my neighborhood when I was a kid.
Their decals covered my bike.
Koppartrans bougt an American refinery after WWII and built it in Gothenburg on the Swedish west coast. They sold gas i Sweden for ten years 54-64 and then were bought out by Shell. Look at this logotype!


//Claes

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Cool logo. Haven't seen it before.

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~Jason

I love all the brands, but if one had to be a tomb stone it would have to be a big red crown, well maybe a blue crown ,no wait make it a gold crown , hold it I mean an orange crown , no no I mean a green crown, purple yeah thats it purple yup put a purple on top of me....maybe switch um around a little.. yeah thats it!!!!

For me it will always be Mobilgas/Mobiloil/
Gargoyle/Socony. Here in New England these brands have been king for a long time, and I have been lucky enough to find and buy some
cool Mobil stuff.

Phillips 66 is number 1 for me.

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My favorite is CONOCO! My grandpa had a Conoco station back in the 50's. I remember that one. He also had a Ford dealership in the 30's that sold Texaco!
Ric

Sinclair! My late son Jeff collected Sinclair. When I find Sinclair stuff it brings back fond memories of collecting petro stuff with my boys.
I also like anything wiith the "torch and oval" logo (Standard Ind, Pan-Am,Utoco,Amoco,American)
My younger son, Darrel, collected Shell stuff until he discovered girls

GULF... No particular reason except I like orange.

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I'd have to go with Union Oil co. Love that "Speedy" Minute Man character (especially the earlier version!!) My folks took their cars to a Union station by my grandparents' house for years. The gentleman that owned the station was a great guy & would let me stay in the car when he put it up in the air for a lube & oil change. (Good place for a hyper little guy!) I remember trips up & down the west coast & I'd always look for Union 76 signs & stations. Tombstone would be either a Wayne 60, Tokheim 850 or an A-38 in a Union scheme. (I'd also like a picture of the 3 stooges as gas attendants!!!) Nyuk Nyuk Nuk

Shamrock....anybody who knows me can figure out why.

Cities Service...........worked in a Cities Service station when I was a high school kid in the late 50s. When I got out of the service dad bought the local Cities Service bulk plant route etc, and I became the truck driver up until they became Citgo about 1969.When I started collecting about 15 years ago I went after Cities Service stuff and now have a mock station crammed full of it and lots of other companies too.No favorite pump but have a 2 Bennett 150s on my station island, a Milwaukee 810B clockface and now putting together a Wayne 60showcase that will be Cities Service Premium. I think the Milwaukee is the coolest.

H. Earl Clack and Husky..... I'm always for the underdog...... go cougs.
bob

Without a doubt, GILMORE! I remember getting Check the Oil by Scott Anderson when it first came out in 1986, it was my first glimpse into Gas and Oil collecting. I've dreamt about owning a Blu-Green globe ever since! I've tried my hand at collecting different Canadian brands or different products, I've had my fill of Red Indian, White Rose, Quart cans, Canadian globes, and have sold everything I ever collected, except my cherished clockface pumps. I am still trying to convince my wife we need to invest in some good Gilmore items via a second on our house, unfortunately she's not on board quite yet.........



Roar with Pogomore..........

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I like the home state favorite......SOHIO
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Later,Bill


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64 Chevy Pick up,65 Sportvan custom, 66 Nova wagon, and collector of motor oil cans. Bill

Marathon , because I have been moving that juice since 1968. Starting with double bottom wiggle wagons (Tankers). Started collecting only the free stuff at first.

#1 - INDIAN REFINING COMPANY, Incorporated

#2 - HAVOLINE Oil Company (The Havemeyer Oil Company, if I could ever find anything with their name on it.)

#3 - The Texas Company

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Jim Hinds
Columbus, Indiana

Wow, There are a lot of favorites out there. I guess I'm the only one who likes polly gas the best.

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~Jason
http://www.galtsmiles.com/Jason's%20Antiques.html

My favorite is Skelly, but I'm thinking that I should be leaning more towards Zephyr. There is more than one Zephyr. I mean the one that was run by J.D. Streett of St. Louis. Their logo looked like this: