Pnumatic Remote Control!!

[Eric H]

At first glance I thought this was just another Philco Seventeener, but look closer, it has the "New Matic" remote control.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=3638

I had heard about this but have never seen one.

[Rob]

Yeah, you stomp it and three attendants in uniform come out from behind the set to fill you up, wash your windshield and check your oil.

[Steve D.]

Hey Rob,
Don't ya miss that little bell when you drive in for gas. DING! and there they are checking everything for .25.9 a gallon

[Rob]

Steve,

I do remember buying gas as a teenager for 27 cents a Canadian gallon in Vancouver, BC. Yeah, I miss cheap gas. One of the back to the future movies, One or Two (I have them on laserdisc) shows the attendants running out to service a customer like they used to do. Customer service is a lost art.