Re: Speaking of gasolin

[William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>]

Go talk to them.
All they can say is no, but take some 5 gallon cans with you in case they say yes.

--- On Thu, 4/1/10, Derek Fried <mopar383fury@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Derek Fried <mopar383fury@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Speaking of gasolin
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 7:54 PM
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> I live right by a small airport, I wonder if I could get
> high octane gas there also.  Last I checked it was $5 a
> gallon, not too bad considering its socal
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: William Harrison <bbjt3@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 4:06 pm
> Subject: Re: Speaking of gasolin
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> I live in the Indianapolis area and up until about 15 years
> ago we had a 
> arathon refinery.
> t then shut down.
> e now have a Supply depot in the suburbs of Indianapolis
> and my sister lives 3 
> locks from it.
> hell, Speedway, Pilot; you name it, they all pull up to the
> same tank to fill 
> he tankers.
> he gasoline comes via a pipeline from Oklahoma.
>  heard that in the 60's the USA had over 1500 refineries
> and we are now down to 
> ess than 100.
> hanks NAFTA.....
> ill Harrison
> 5 Coronet 2 dr post.
> .S. I can drive 10 miles to a local air port and buy 100
> octane gasoline.
> --- On Thu, 4/1/10, David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > From: David Bailey <bb64d440@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>  Subject: Speaking of gasolin
>  To: 1962to1965mopars@xxxxxxxxxx
>  Date: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 2:02 PM
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>  
>  ...I only buy brand (new) name gasoline for my cars but I
>  will use the off brand (second hand) gas in my lawn
>  equipment. Why? 
>   
>   I put the last 30 years of my working career
> employed by a
>  liquid petroleum pipeline company as a mechanic servicing
>  pumps, motors valves etc all relating to the safe
> movement
>  and handling of liquid petroleum products. This, by no
> means
>  makes me any kind of authority on fossil fuels or the
>  production of gasoline, but over the years I’ve seen
> how
>  petroleum products are handled in a pipeline and at
> storage
>  facilities. I found it absolutely fascinating and my hats
>  off to the people that operate these systems. My point of
>  all this is that all gasoline is transported VIA pipeline
>  from refineries to their respective distribution points
> and
>  then trucked to the sales stations. These pipelines do
> not
>  only carry gasoline but also other similar petroleum
>  products, home heating oil, diesel, etc (yes, in the same
>  pipe at the same time). These liquids do not mix per say
>  while in the pipeline because they are under constant
>  pressure. However, there is a small amount of what’s
> known
>  as “transmix” (the tail end of one batch against the
>  head end of the following batch), which normally does
> occur
>  in the line.  This transmix is cut out of the stream
>  and stored in separate tankage. Eventually you end up with
> a
>  full tank of “accumulated transmix” product, what do
> you
>  with this stuff? It gets pumped separately to a
> refractory,
>  which re-refines or separates the different products back
> to
>  “useable” fuels once again. Hey, this is a good thing
>  right? Well, I agree to a certain extent. I remember
> ‘back
>  in the day’ when brand name gas sold for say .95 per
>  gallon while down the road was a cheap ‘no name’
> station
>  selling gas for .55 or .65 cents a gal. How could they do
>  that? Like I said, I’m no expert but I’d bet they
> were
>  selling refracted gasoline but at an honest price. You
> got
>  what you paid for and it worked. Performance didn’t
> matter
>  and so what if it smoked a little more, it was cheap. So
>  what are these no name gas stations selling today at very
>  nearly the same cost as branded gas? Well, I can’t say
> for
>  sure but that is my opinion of no name fuels and why I
> will
>  only buy brand new gas for my cars. I cringe every time I
>  see a classic muscle car filling up at a no name station!
>  UGH!     
>  Dave
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