In 1976 I went to Ashtabula, Ohio to see my friend's lounge band perform, and on the way home the next day I drove past the flying saucer gas station on route 20. I picked up my Super 8 camera and filmed the scene as we sat at the light. I think this was torn down in 1999.
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unfortunately this ... unfortunately this is no longer there.? I do not remember when they tore it down but I wish they hadn't. I remember from when I was a kid growing up there.
I wonder what the ... I wonder what the price of? gas was then?
wow? nice footage ... wow? nice footage brings back memories
wow thats crazy.i ... wow thats crazy.i remember that but it was never open i dont think. first? time i ever seen it lit up.
Man I had forgotten ... Man I had forgotten all about that thing, I used to drive past it all the time. Thanks for sharing this vid.?
I remember my mom ... I remember my mom buying gas there when we would go shopping on weekends!? ;P
anyone remember the ... anyone remember the saying "turn right at the flying saucer?" my gf is not from here and would look at me as if i were? nuts if i tried to explain this, thanks for the video
Thanks for ... Thanks for uploading this.? I remember being very young and my parents stopping here to get gas. Too bad they tore it down. It seems in our disposable world anything that is unique or has character is thrown to the wayside.
omg I remember this ... omg I remember this thing!! I don't remember it ever being opened (I was born in '78) but it stood for many a year and my great grandparents, grandmother and mother always told stories about it!! great video!?
A Wallgreens now ... A Wallgreens now sits at the exact spot where that used to be!? I live in bula! I miss that saucer!
i live there now ... i live there now nothing there its a sad? pathetic town
I DO MISS BULA..... ... I DO MISS BULA.....ALOT OF GREAT CHILDHOOD MEMORIES,AND? FRIENDS THERE....I WILL REVISIT SOON....MUCH LOVE....
I miss driving by ... I miss driving by this although I never seen it in use like it is here in the video. I just liked seeing the structure as we passed by. Now they built a? darm Drug store in its place. Great memories for sure!
@imacountrygirl29 ... @imacountrygirl29 they took it down because it cost alot to power the old sign..
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nice? nice?
Awesome, this video ... Awesome, this video brings back? some memories!!!
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... @Hillbilly8904
The Arby's hat was taken down this past spring and they put a regular sign up just like all the other Arby's, not sure why they took it? down, it was so cool, cause it was the only one around like it.
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... @Hillbilly8904
The arby's hat was takin down this past spring, it was cool cause it was the only one like it still up, now its just a normal arby's sign :-(?
@ldames2 - This was ... @ldames2 - This was at Five Points. Rt 20, Lake Ave, Park Ave and Main Ave meet. The? BP is still there. The old Garfield's Restaurant is a Mexican place last I knew. Where the Walgreens now is, that's where the flying saucer was. I used to work at that Sohio/BP -- Gas-n-Go (the saucer) was closed then, but still standing.
It was taken down ... It was taken down and put into storage for a travel themed museum to be built in Ohio. They didn't pay on the warehouse space and all the contents got? scrapped. The only part left was the center where the cashier sat. It was down off of North bend road but I think it's gone now too.
Man, that brings? ... Man, that brings? back some memories.... Now, Walgreens is where the spaceship used to be.
I remember a ... I remember a plastic Santa being in the seat during the? holidays hahah.
Now it's a Walgreens. Awesome :|
where exactly in? ... where exactly in? ashtabula was this?
well the saucer is ... well the saucer is long gone, but we? still have one of the few remaining Arby's hats!!
i live? right down ... i live? right down the street from this...or where it used to be, I was never old enough to see it (or remember seeing it) open. My mum worked there.
I miss it. lol
i grew up in bula, ... i grew up in bula, and i remember the saucer well, they didny scrap it they actually moved it in hopes? of preserving it
Great footage! ... Great footage! That was one of the first places I? bought gas when I was able to drive. ($0.89 per gallon!)
The memories, they ... The memories, they come flooding back to me, well, like? memories.
good time memorries ... good time memorries hated seeing that go but it seems like yester day thay took it down ., where? did it go by the way?
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