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I like seeing vintage ads

This is from 1963 - you get [i]a case[/i] of Coca-Cola for visiting the grand opening (with an oil change and fill-up).

What do you think you’d get today for visiting a grand opening?
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
Grand Opening...

...Of.... (taran -tara and drum-roll)

a filling-station with a small servicing workshop and what is possibly a shop now often called a "convenience store".

Interesting to note the different work needed in routine servicing of cars of that time, compared to now, apart from modern road-cars having no discrete chassis sprouting umpteen grease-nipples anyway.

I owned a Bedford van built only a few years after Phillips' Grand Opening, and typical of its time, it had three separate oil-levels to maintain (four if you also count the steering-box), around six or eight grease-points on the suspension/steering, and various small bits needing a drop of oil occasionally.

I assume that number refers to Route 66 - I gather a lot of the towns along it have since been bypassed, so I wonder if Phillips is still in business, even if only scratching a living from local residents.
ArishMell · 70-79, M
@seeandhear I didn't realise it is a chain. I'd thought it was a single garage in a town along that road.
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ArishMell · 70-79, M
@seeandhear A franchise system? Well, I wish them many more years of successful trading.
FaeLuna · 31-35, F
I went to the grand opening of a Wawa (convenience store chain) a couple years ago, and got a couple coupons for sandwiches and pretzels.
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Peaches · F
I got a t-shirt at one in my town, it was from a grocery store. I don't remember what was on it.
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purplepen · 51-55, F
A free disposable mask, a temperature check, a pair of disposable gloves, a squirt of cheap sanitizer and a 20% off coupon that only applies to $200 purchases.
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SW-User
Yelled at by people trying to grab a sale item out of my hand.
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SW-User
[c=#4C0073]ha! today we would probably get balloons and lots of marketing pamphlets[/c]
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SweetMae · 70-79, F
Wow! That brings back memories.
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SweetMae · 70-79, F
@seeandhear I do remember some of them. Hot Dogs, Soda and Ice cream for everyone.
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