Rescued After Sitting Over 40 Years! Old Shell Gas Station Signs , Gas Pump Treasures!
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- čas přidán 30. 09. 2023
- I got a contact from a out of state collector friend for a opportunity to possibly purchase a few vintage gas station , soda signs , and old gas station pumps out of an old abandoned building in Central California. After weeks of negotiations I finally decided to drive up and buy some cool Shell gas station signs and vintage gas pumps from the original owners of a 1920s gas station in a small town off the main highway.
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What a fantastic haul Rob. I bet you were smiling for days !
Thank you Tom!!! I am still smiling!
LOL...when you asked ''Did you ever pump gas outta this Wendell..?" I thought you were talking to me at first !! Awesome haul Rob !!
Haha yeah!!! 😁😁😁
What a cool score.
Watching from Santa Monica
Very cool!!!! Santa Monica is a beautiful town! Route 66 ends at the Santa Monica pier !!!
Great signs, I like the long strip sign. 🇦🇺🇦🇺
Thank you Robert ! I appreciate you visiting again and leaving feedback. Those long strip signs have such deep colors.
Looking forward to it. And thank you for shelling out and buy the fuel for your vehicle to bring us these great videos packed full of information as well.
Thank you - I appreciate you watching , commenting , and following me along the way. Yes on this trip I had to Shell out over $6.25 a gallon every fill up and that was at the lower cost stations . At Shell station it was almost $6.75 a gallon! As you will see it was well worth the cost being able to get in and buy some interesting gas , soda , and old tire advertising signs. The only unfortunate thing was the owners wouldn’t allow me to shoot video footage in the old buildings as we dragged out stuff buried under dust and dirt. One friend told me don’t worry about the video just be grateful that you had a chance to get in and buy. ⛽️⛽️⛽️😁😁😁
@@gaspumprobI'd say your friend was right. I featured a little bit of a more modern gas station ⛽ on tonight's posting that I put up. I've got a few more segments. Honestly I think that the one with all the young ladies who seem to be running around and not having a bunch of clothes on probably would get a lot of views. Although I think the vehicles should varnish reviews. As far as fuel find out what the poorest county in California is. I've noticed a trend that they are definitely gouging everybody because the poorest county which will buy the least amount of gas has the cheapest price in many states. $3.19 for regular unleaded. Diesel $3.45. you folks in California need get on them about lowering the prices because although California has the highest per gallon tax on gasoline it ain't that much more than any other places, it would not cause fuel to double in price. By-the-way 359 389 for a gallon of gas is about where everybody's was fitting in on my latest couple of trips. So I drive into a major metropolitan area and estate and it's 3:59 to 369 a gallon. When roughly an hour prior I bought for $3.19 a gallon and that wasn't at the wholesale club. They're too poor to have one of them and the wholesale club the cheapest I can find a car was in a very rich area and it's $3.23. used GasBuddy. Simply Google cheapest gas in California. 🧰🧰🧰😎
@CAROLDDISCOVER-FINDER2525 Thanks for the tip on finding the lowest cost ⛽️ fuel!!! I will check out GasBuddy!!! I am still thinking about the eight pumps you let go!!! I missed out. 🥲🥲🥲
@@gaspumprobsomehow I just don't think you were seeing what I was saying back then. And I probably just didn't know enough about these pumps to begin with. But I didn't pay scrap price I just picked them up. But it might remember I was picking up some other phones and we had a few locations but principally majority was at one location. If you feel like you missed out then I must have sold them too cheap. 8 *500 is a tidy sum and all I had was time and gas money. The torn-out walk-in freezers and some of the other stuff was a little more difficult to load. But I had a couple of guys to help me. Wow that stuff got loaded on their trailers and they just paid me 40% of what they expected to get at the recycling yard. I got a few signs in the deal too. And it's not area that I hunt. I'm trying some new areas and I and finding exactly what I always said I would find zilch,! I kind of like the newer pumps. They're still rotary-dial type things. Because that's why the owner took him out he's switch them out or she did actually to digital up-to-date. One guy got back with me and thank me because some of the coolers that you bought off me for 40% of scrap. They actually worked. You know I'm just a little too old do that crap anymore as far as I'm concerned but it paid off
@@gaspumprob $4.49 in San Pablo California is the cheapest according to GasBuddy for gasoline and that's ridiculous. The other five or six whatever number stations were listed all the way up to $4.99 a gallon for gasoline. I DID THE SAME THING FOR DIESEL FUEL AND PLACERVILLE CALIFORNIA HAS CHEAPEST $4.89 per gallon for diesel and it goes up to 5:49. But I see that AAA has the average had over $6. That's all California prices. You can simply use to town that you're in or planning go to. Search that town for your fuel prices. And after a while you'll figure out who consistently prices lower. Also Sam's club and Costco have the cheapest prices normally for gasoline. I have not had a need to buy diesel for the highway use I sometime. You go down right below where it says GasBuddy and bold prints and it says regular fuel and has a little arrow to write you tap it and you switch over to diesel or e85 premium gas whatever you looking for. I've heard about something called mud flap app . Shell has a club whatever they want to call it I don't think cost anything to join but you save a few cents per gallon. Also some other stores but I don't think they have locations in California. Anyway I just thought I'd mention that. You can always start burning that high pollution and getting tickets. Restaurant Grease. Okay hey if you don't see where you switch it over from gas prices to do so let me know. I did not join GasBuddy I just use their service on Google. So I do not report prices either. That's how they get the prices and it give you how many minutes or hours it's been since I've price was reported. Now I have reported erroneous prices and if the gas station was closed down. Okay hope that helps you every cuz if you're getting 15 mi to the gallon and you can save a buck a gallon and It will add up 🧰🧰😎 yes there's other gas price tracking items out there but they've none of them are pork for me as well as GasBuddy for glass I don't know five or six years. I had a credit card but I let it go cuz I just had too many and I didn't think about it at the time. But when you build up a certain number of points you could trade I think it was 2,000 points for fifty cents a gallon discount and that was on gasoline for me. I live they end up paying $0.12 a gallon for 40 gallons of gasoline when President Trump was still in office and covid result in a rampage. Also because the price was $0.62 a gallon. Anyway I have pictures to prove it. 🧰🧰🧰😎
I used to run a Texaco station on the Oregon coast in the early 80s and most people don’t know that Texaco sold Super Chief which was a leaded supreme. This was during the time they were eliminating lead from gas. I keep looking for a Super Chief sign. Thanks, Rob for these videos!
Hello and thanks for visiting. Thanks for sharing about the Texaco station you ran! I have Texaco Sky Chief and Fire Chief pump signs but never heard about Super Chief. Very interesting information! Thanks
@@gaspumprobremember to havilan brand of oil from Texaco? I may have misspelled it
Yes, I have some cans of Havoline Texaco motor oil in my collection that are still full!
My friend Allen Vanderpoole owned Vandy’s Texaco on the Oregon coast in North Bend up until the 1980’s. Very cool old building where the North Bend Piblic Library now stands.
Awesome Work Rob ..... Awesome that Oil Lease Signs are getting mentioned..... Awesome Shell History...... Appreciate you bringing this to our Door Step ⛽👍🏻💯🔥
Thank you very much Mark!!! You are the oil field sign expert and employee!!! What year would you think that Shell wellhead sign be dated? Thanks for your continued support and interest . Your friend Rob
Another great video! I’m always amazed with the cool stuff you find! Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks Brian!!! I appreciate you watching my videos.
I like the welcome viewers that you put down for a comment. I like to Kelly Springfield tires signed I remember them. I had number does BFGoodrich signs sold them sometime back. I still have some BF Goodrich stuff that we got 45 years ago. Those gas pumps on the side of your trailer I thought you didn't like them they're nothing special. I picked them up for scrap and some guy asked me if I take $500 a piece and I said sure. I sold all eight of them. Now there was some other gas pumps that were living there probably from the 70s. Nothing digital and they just wanted out of there. It was just there for making up for scrap. I could get them to pay me to haul it off I didn't try very hard I think 🤔 they were just okay with giving it away so that did not have to pay anything to have a junk hauled off. Those newer machines lit up. I think I told you about it 3 months ago. Maybe a little longer than that. After all you're the one that motivate me to go pick the stuff up because gas pumps are worth something I thought. And when the guy offered to buy them off my trailer for that amount. I said sir that'll be cash won't it. Hector everything it was Cash. Plus he's so half the other stuff I had for me. I've got Fair number of Purina dog Chow signs that are 40 years old I believe. They could be older.
Thanks for the positive comments. As far as those other two pumps on the side of the trailer- please find me a few and sell them to me at $500.00 . I actually like them if they are clean like these with old paint still remaining. Yes not what I tend to collect but at $500.00 I could make enough to pay for a couple of tanks of fuel and that is a big deal when your out on the road. I wish you still had the BF signs too- I like buying signs. Well maybe just maybe next time you will save something cool for me to pick up. 😎😎😎⛽️⛽️⛽️🪧🪧🪧
Kelly Springfield sign is neat because it is convex ! It is a bit faded but with my secret mechanics non abrasive hand cleaner it will be revitalized in color and sheen!
Welcome viewers 🍿🍿⛽️⛽️⛽️
Wow what a great video and even better score Rob! The ranch is looking very well stocked with pumps, I will have to visit you soon and get a truck load! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Jeff!!! Yes I figured I would shoot a current update video of how the ranch looks after this load came in. Bring the Dodge Brothers Truck that way not many pumps leave the ranch 😂😂😂😂
@@gaspumprob I guess I will have to tow a trailer with it then! 😂
@@jeffs_garage 🤣🤣🤣🤗🤗🤗🙌🙌🙌⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️⛽️💪💪💪💪 You are always thinking and come back with great comments!!! I am laughing right now!
Wow, great score. I remember one of my friends dad owned a full service Texaco station downtown Grand Rapids, I used to hang out there after school, 1976 to 1980 I think.
Amazing!!! Thanks for sharing memories
Hi rob great score on all items i love the shell pump an clam sign . Cheers mate🇦🇺
Hello Peter - thanks for visiting again! I also like those two things the most . 😊Cheers from 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
Awesome video. That shell pump is in spectacular condition as well as the signs you found. I bet that was a fun day. I have two trips planned this fall and hoping to find treasures. Thanks for sharing
Hello Chris, Thanks for the comment and for watching. What are your travel plans? Will you be in Southern California at all?
@@gaspumprob I would love to go southern California so much good stuff out there. Will be traveling to Central Texas and then up to Dallas
@@chrisf4948 Ok 👍 If you ever travel this way let me know in advance. Thanks
@@chrisf4948 Texas oil field memorabilia capital of the United States!!! Maybe you can bring home some well head oil field signs .
Do you also restore gas pumps? Would be pretty cool to see a restoration of one? You really have a nice collection
Greetings- Thank you for leaving a comment here and I appreciate your compliment on my collection. When I first started collecting in 1993 I restored several pumps in fact I still own the first pump I bought and restored. I no longer restore them because these days the trend is to clean them up , install any missing parts, and maybe add a advertising globe to the top and enjoy the vintage look. I use to want them to be restored and shiny and respect anyone who still likes them looking better than when they left the factory but I prefer them to stay original especially the ones I find in California that have great layers of multiple colors of old paint. As you will see in this video a simple power wash will sometimes remove old paint and reveal old original decals underneath making the pump even more desirable. In the video I spent only a few minutes on the old Shell pump to remove one layer of old paint bringing back the original color underneath. Now that the pump is home I will take my time detailing it and adding a globe , hose , and nozzle.
Have a blessed day,
Gas Pump Rob
@@gaspumprob awesome. I really respect keeping the pumps in patina looks. And just making them complete. It really has a nice look them. Especially if they are from California. I imagine no rust and cool patina is a cool look🤩
@@johannesmikkelsen0910 Yes 👍 thank you 😊. If they are just plain rust colored they are great candidates for a full restoration imo . Hope you visit and watch the video tonight. Thank you
@@gaspumprob Yes. I cant wait to watch it. I get really inspired from your videos. They are so cool
Such a cool building ..main would love to make my shop out of that..
I'm still looking for a gas pump shell to use as a ev charging station for my rat rod ev
Thanks for visiting the channel again! I remember you wanted a pump for a charge station. Such a cool idea 💡
@@gaspumprob Finally found a base for my gas pump..got a great deal on it and am starting the project..thanks for all your inspiration... have to figure out a globe if you have any old shells? rusty the better...
You are lucky to have your health. I'm young, but have had too many back surgeries to go on hunts like you do. Its pretty depressing because i cant afford these signs once an initial finder gets them and they get sold up the line. I'd hang that Shell up in my great room over my TV right now!
I’m sorry your back is not strong enough to go out and hunt stuff down. I agree that buying from a show or collector you will have to pay retail or over and that is difficult for most. Sometimes guys find stuff like this and it changes hands three or four times every time a higher price. I plan on keeping and decorating with the Shell signs. Thanks for visiting again!
Hello there here in Australia I have a 1990 xf ford falcon ute factory red the one hit night kangaroo so it ended with white front so painted it red white and blue the colours are above each other so then added petrol logos to door s and bonnet ampol is an Australian owned company bib logos with brush then lightly sanded for old look the company is going i used older logo than now
That sounds very interesting!!! Thanks for sharing
Great video😊 wonder how many collectors have past the station with out knowing all those items were inside?
You just don’t know what’s out there to be found
Thank you
I was thinking the same thing!!! I have driven back roads into small towns and it’s very difficult to find anything that way these days. I appreciate you visiting and leaving a comment. Have a great day.
You ever sell anything? I like rusty crusty signs.
Hello , I do sometimes sell but mostly collect. Sometimes I sell when I find an upgrade. What do you like to collect?
@@gaspumprob I like rusty beat up old gas station and oddball none Coca Cola soda signs. As long as you can stilI read them that’s good enough for me.
Hey Brother , how much would you sell me that Pepsi sign for ?
Hello brother- I already hung it up and enjoying it. If I decide to sell it later I will contact you. Thank you for watching another video and for asking. Have a great day
@@gaspumprob Thank you !!