Service Station - October 2024

healey36 · Post by **healey36** » Sun Dec 22, 2024 3:35 pm

A little project completed during the outage:

Loosely inspired by a 1950s-era Distler tin toy. The base dimensions are roughly 5" x 5" x .75".

Post by **Howard** » Mon Dec 23, 2024 11:36 am

Paul I…

The “filling station” is spot on…only the older generation will remember that name…you didn’t miss a detail…how much is the gasoline?…

I’m pretty sure there are a few more projects on your workbench…keep posting them…

Howard…

Post by **maria** » Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:26 am

This is truly wonderful. I will feature a link back at my blog.

Post by **maria** » Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:27 am

I think the use of the dinosaur by Sinclair was the most clever bit of marketing.

healey36 · Post by **healey36** » Tue Apr 14, 2026 11:17 am

maria wrote: Tue Feb 25, 2025 6:27 am I think the use of the dinosaur by Sinclair was the most clever bit of marketing.

I think it wasn't until high school biology before I understood the association of dinosaurs and the petroleum industry. When I was a boy, the garage down the road was a Sinclair dealer...always loved seeing the brontosaurus up on the sign. Sinclair was one of the largest privately-held corporations back in the day; I think they still exist today in some form.