Motoring in the Twenties, how simple it was

People forget quickly how the previous generation went about in the turn of the century, petrol stations usually sold four or five different brands, so it was possible to buy Plume (Mobil) BP-COR, Shell, at one servo usually pumped up into a huge clear glass container by hand to then be released from the pump into your tank, you saw what you were getting then. Then a quick call to the Swastika Garage & Motorcycle works for a re-paint or repair on your seat, strange to think a place like this being around today as it is as popular a name as being called “gay” now completely different meaning in 21st Century. The last Roadhouse for 750 miles seems to have it priorities in order no mention of food just liquid