Do any of you remember the old "globe" gas pumps?

I do, but by the time I started driving that had all been replaced by more modern looking pumps.

Do you remember when a friendly guy in a uniform would pump your gas, wash your windows and headlights, and check tire pressure, oil and radiator? All for the price of gas, which I can recall being as low as 17 cents a gallon.

@Pachy Yup, I was a little kid but I sure do. You could trust your car to the man who wore the Texaco star.

Right you are.

I don’t think I do. I DO remember when there were gas station attendants who came out and filled your car and checked all your fluids.

Yes globes but I remember my uncle getting gas at a station with a visible glass tank and a globe on top, might have been 1951.

@Tropical_Willie Interesting. Never saw any pumps like that, but I know what you’re talking about. Must have been around since the 30s anyway.

@NomoreY_A they were made in the 1920’s I think.

The closest thing to it I saw in action when I was young was something like this. The globe at the top was a lighted brand name. The round glass at the top of the display had a spinner on it, and instructons that “Glass Must Be Full Before & After Delivery. Note that the “Amount of Sale” numbers only went up to $9.99. The price per gallon on this specimen was a little high compared to what I remember. It was usually $0.23—$0.25 per gallon.

I remember a really OLD gas pump my great uncle had on his ranch. You opened a side door, pulled out a handle and pumped gas up into a glass cylinder on top where the marks were to show how much gas was going to be dispensed. Then you stuck the nozzle into your tank and gravity fed the gas into the car’s tank.
I always liked the little glass spinning doo-dads on electric pumps (just above the price display) that did their thing when the gas was being pumped. So many different ones!