Hemmings Muscle Machines

What’s a Service Station?

“Except for a few independent holdouts around the country, they’re history…”

I took my grandson for a ride in my ’65 GTO a few weeks ago. It was a nice day, so I put the top down, which, being 12, he loves. I needed some fuel so I told him we would make a quick stop at the service station, prompting him to ask, “What’s that Grandpa?”

I recognized the disconnect and said, “Sorry, I meant gas station.” He simply

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