I worked for the AMOCO Terminal  in Tampa, Florida from 1990-1993.

 

Gas Prices for Regular Unleaded were 99 cents a gallon.

 

Now  in the 21st Century, Big Oil is getting away with first degree murder.

 

 

One of the big icons that went down this year was Encyclopedia Britannica.

Does anyone remember Oxydol Detergent?

 

amaco gas i would like to have a penny for every gallon i pumped at my dads station all kinds of weather i cold new england starting at 19 cents a gallon checked the oil the air in the tires washed the windows and smiled went to woollworths for a shake  those were the days

who wrote this? there are better icon's than this, such as: Montgomery Wards, Woolworth's, McCrory's, Zayre's, K&B, T.G.& Y., HR Fish & Chips, Falstaff, S&H Green Stamps, Gibsons Discount City, KayBee Toy's & Hobbies, Childrens Palace, Lionel Playworld, Just to name a few, there is so many......

 

What about A M C Motors

Hummer?  That brand didn't even last 20 years?  Replace Hummer with Pontiac and/or Plymouth.  The names Hemi-Cuda, Roadrunner, GTX, Voyager, Fury and even the K-car are well known as Plymouths.  GTO, Firebird, TransAm, Grand Am, Bonneville etc for Pontiac are just as well known.

 

Or you could replace those regional brands listed that many have never heard of.

Western Auto was not on this list. Orignally founded in 1909 by George Pepperdine as a mail-order auto parts company enabling access to automobile parts to anyone with mail carrier service, and competed with dealerships to ultimately bring down parts and repair prices. They were the first national auto parts store, and later the first national auto service center, with lower prices and leeping costs down.In the 1980s, Western Auto was an $85B/yr revenue company, which is still a respectable number today, however substandard suppliers and selling out to Sears resulted in a diminished image and the closing of their own service locations (presumably closed by Sears to drive traffic back into theopir Auto Centers). Western Auto was sold to Advance Auto in 1999, which resulted in stores being rebranded or closed. Many brands got their start in Western Auto stores such as Western Flyer, Altec Lansing (then Sparkomatic), and many more. Auto labor prices skyrocketed when Western Auto closed, going from $25/hr to $70/hr in mere weeks.