How This Oldgas.com Site Works
Primarily Petroliana, Oldgas.com is an online community for collectors of gas station and auto service memorabilia. While we are not vendors of collectibles or parts, we strive to bring together buyers and sellers.
Look over the For Sale Ads page and browse through our Shop Talk forums to post a question or look for an answer. Use our Site Search Form at the top of this page or our Link Directory to find what you want. We suggest that you post your collecting specialty on our Collectors Roster. Our Petro FAQ has answers to some frequently asked questions.
This site offers these services:
- Listing of specialized swap meet and auction events
- For Sale ads with prices and pictures
- Shop Talk question & answer forum
- Post your wanted items on Shop Talk
- Book store full of gas station and roadside books
- Petro FAQ frequently asked questions with answers
- Collectors Roster - list your specialty, search for others
- Web site directory specializing in gas station memorabilia
- A search page to search this site and the entire Internet
- A linked list of museums, restored gas stations and petro displays
- A list of suppliers offering a catalog of gas pump restoration parts
- Links to Web pages with petroliana images
- Banner advertising to a highly specialized audience
- Experienced Web site design, hosting & consulting
Most of our services are free. Our expenses are funded by commissions from eBay bids from links we provide, banner ads and Web site design and hosting services. You are encouraged to patronize our advertisers to ensure our continued service to the online community.
If you have something of petroliana to sell, you may post an ad for free on our high visibility For Sale forum of Shop Talk. Please read the For Sale Guidelines before posting.
If you want to know the value of something you have, check with PCM Magazine Appraisals or run a search of "completed auctions" on eBay. Also, see our Value Forum, Value FAQ and the price guides in our Book Store.
Ask a question, answer a question or post your thoughts on our Shop Talk forum. Eight categories: For Sale, News, General Discussion, Showcase, Online Auctions, Transportation Bulletin Board, Unmarked Reproductions and Non-petro discussion. We can assist you in posting your image.
Primarily Petroliana came online in February 1996. Today, our server logs well over 100,000 page views per day.