Boeing and Texaco

[Milton Shupe]

That was then ... post any of the same era.

[Milton Shupe]

Go Mobil ... Aircraft are the Aero Commander 520 and the Aero Commander 680S

[Panther_99FS]

:jump::jump::jump:

[Willy]

Great first pic. One of the 5 TWA Stratoliners around 1940.

[srgalahad]

fuel vendor not known...
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http://www.btinternet.com/~air_research/kg55.html (http://www.btinternet.com/%7Eair_research/kg55.html)

and let's not forget Shell...
http://www.britishairways.com/cms/global/assets/images/history_and_heritage/30s_fullsize/1930_39_05.jpg

[Tboomer57]

I hated to see Sinclair dissappear

I liked the Dino Supreme

Nice Aero Commander.............I couldn't find a Sinclair logo plane

[Tboomer57]

More B&W

[Tboomer57]

Not sure if related

[Milton Shupe]

Wow! Great stuff there! Also love the Cadillac and Buick :wiggle:

[brad kaste]

Question: Who can properly name/label the type of dinosaur 'Dino' the Sinclair dinosaur is? No fair lookin',....even though I did. And no,....don't give the generic popular name of brontosaurus.:jump:

[Tboomer57]

Flint stonucus Yaba doo itcus

[brad kaste]

Flint stonucus Yaba doo itcus

Sorry Tboomer,.....good try but no cigar.

[Terry]

I hated to see Sinclair dissappear

I liked the Dino Supreme

Nice Aero Commander.............I couldn't find a Sinclair logo plane

Sinclair isn't gone, there is at least one in North Phoenix, but alas no dino there.

[CG_1976]

Green Bay WI still has a dino standing from a org sinclair station not far from Lambeau field. Nobody moves or damages that Dino as it's protected historical landmark. So now the Dino sports a Shell look.

[beana51]

Dino's Origin??..........How bout "APATOSAURUS?"......The unaggressive, vegetarian apatosaurus , a 40-ton lizard with neck and tail each 30 feet long.

[Bone]

great thread

[Jagdflieger]

Did you know that both Apatosaurus (Deceptive Lizard) and Brontosaurus (Thunder Lizard) were both discovered by Orthinal Marsh? He named Apatosaurus in 1877 and named what he thought was a new species, Brontosaurus in 1879. When the mistake was discovered, the official name, due to the "Principle of Priority" became Apatosaurus. Of course several generations of us grew up calling the most recognized of the Sauropods "Brontosaurus" until the big dinosaur renaissance of the 80s.

I think that one of the reasons for the Apotosaurus/Brontosaurus mix up was that Marsh mistakenly used the skull from a Brachiosaur type Sauropod on the almost complete Brontosaurus (Diplodocid) skeleton.

At any rate Brad, I guess the closest that we can come to answering your question is that the Sinclair dinosaur is a Saurishian > Sauropoda > Diplidocidae > unknown species, but almost anyone of the many Diplodocids should work.

Well, so much for my old college studies in geology, archeology and taxonomy. I need a drink after that.

[brad kaste]

Dino's Origin??..........How bout "APATOSAURUS?"......The unaggressive, vegetarian apatosaurus , a 40-ton lizard with neck and tail each 30 feet long.

That's it beana. You named it correctly,....the apatosaurus! Which I think is an awfully dumb name,...they should have stuck to 'brontosaurus' and left it at that.
Now,.....for your prize,....I have a Kewpie Doll collecting dust somewhere up in the attic,...once I find it I'll be shipping her off to you. Congratulations.:ernae:

Hey Jagd,....from my readings the apatosaurus is the more 'correct' name for brontosaurus. As a kid,....I grew up reading all sorts of things about the Sinclair dinosaur called 'Dino.' The bronto or brontosaurus. Then,.....some smart butt paleontologists types decide the name brontosaurus isn't proper enough. My gut feeling is they were in cahoots with the scientists that decided that Pluto wasn't a planet anymore. Enough of this revisionist nonsense I say!

[Moses03]

How about Gilmore Gasoline? That's the Belcher B.T.1 fueling up in 1924. :cool:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vaultgarage/4666266911/

http://i56.tinypic.com/ririhy.jpg

http://i52.tinypic.com/zk371w.jpg

[Milton Shupe]

Oh man! Love the truck picture, and very interesting wooden flat bed to hold that tank.

The aircraft looks home-made, and the forward visibility must be ... limited. :)

Engine looks like it may be a standard automotive type with crankshaft at the base.

[David_L6]

I love the old pictures in this thread. Thanks for posting them.

[srgalahad]

To start on Gilmore Gasoline is to open a whole range of history and pictures..

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Wedell-Williams, Roscoe Turner (and his pet lion), Thompson trophy races. Start here:
http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/models/Aircraft/Wedell-Williams-Gilmore.html

[norab]

How about some more Texaco


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[norab]

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[EasyEd]

Hey All,

A few more. :bump:

Sinclair Gas
What year is the motorcycle?
What year(s) are the jeeps?

-Ed-

[Willy]

What motorcycle? What jeep?