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 Posted - January 04 2019 : 11:42:19 AM
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On my way home from Wilton though not needing any found this
DID NOT SEE ANY up and down I-95
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Posted - January 04 2019 : 12:54:33 PM
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neato
I wanna steal the Dino in the Dino Mart sign hehe
Also this a common gas station out here in the West
heck there is a Sinclair, Wyoming too! 
I have a friend who has a restored 1950s era Sinclair gas pump along with lots of Sinclair toys, products & oil cans too!
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Posted - January 04 2019 : 1:31:18 PM
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And this Sinclair is ON THE EAST coast (Knew about Wyoming)
Also put these pics on another site they were taken down
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Posted - January 05 2019 : 10:22:07 PM
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Wow! Interesting gas station....never even heard of it before until now. 
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Posted - January 05 2019 : 11:45:03 PM
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Unfortunately, I remember them from the late 50's early 60's when I was a little kid.
I thought they went out of business years ago.....
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Posted - January 07 2019 : 2:28:09 PM
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quote:Unfortunately, I remember them from the late 50's early 60's when I was a little kid.
I thought they went out of business years ago.....
Originally posted by AF Kid - January 05 2019 : 11:45:03 PM
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hardly!
they been around since May 1st 1916
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 Posted - January 07 2019 : 8:25:54 PM
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went to a friend's house & took a few pix of his Sinclair collection
gas pump his son restored
everything lights up & the gas indicator that shows its flowing even turns!
oops guess I fudged the pic
the top lit up
other collection with oil cans
cans are different
Mellowed after 80 million years
Mellowed after 100 million years
trucks also fixed up by his son
oh yeah Gotta have this rare piece with the gas pump 
yes that is Toothless on it
Also he has 2 unused Sinclair soaps
a late to early 50s White Tanker truck & a brontosaurus
I believe those you got free with fill up
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Posted - January 07 2019 : 9:33:28 PM
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| Amazing collection. I never knew such things existed.
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Posted - January 07 2019 : 10:14:29 PM
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quote:Amazing collection. I never knew such things existed.
Originally posted by Chops124Â -Â January 07 2019Â :Â 9:33:28 PM
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yeah & 10 years ago Sinclair pulled all things related to Sinclair off the market
Such as gas pump signs & repop globe glass Everything!
note the price for 15 1/4 gallons of gas
$4.57!
Which was 29.1 cents a gallon 
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Posted - January 08 2019 : 11:05:13 AM
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| One of my favorite gas station designs, and cheap gas back in the day too!
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Posted - January 09 2019 : 5:26:11 PM
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quote:One of my favorite gas station designs, and cheap gas back in the day too!
Originally posted by RealBnsfIAÂ -Â January 08 2019Â :Â 11:05:13 AM
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actually it wasn't
When you consider the wages, price of a house, new car & groceries back then
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Posted - January 18 2019 : 3:08:19 PM
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Wow, I agree with Chops - I've never heard of Sinclair before. But whoa, those things are treasures!
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Posted - January 18 2019 : 6:10:40 PM
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a popular item on american pickers ,dino is a great character,surprised theres not one on chops layout,in green of course
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Posted - January 18 2019 : 6:51:30 PM
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| That would be a grand idea! Could print this color version on a printer.
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Posted - January 19 2019 : 12:45:15 AM
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There are many gas station chains of yesteryear that barely hang on across the country. Sinclair is one of them, but others include the likes of Amoco and DX. Some have also been reduced to regionals, like Phillips 66, Gulf 76, and Texaco. There's a term coined for chains like this, "Broken Chains".
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Also since they cut track maintaince the trains had huge trouble making over the railroad by the end
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yeah
They did a Rock Island volountarily
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Posted - January 19 2019 : 4:17:49 PM
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Lionel made this gas station
https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/lionel-dino-gas-station-very-rare-sinclair
I do think it would be a Sinclair gas station but It looks like something from the Flintstones
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