Gas station pics

[1970cst/10]

Was driving through cassopolis Mi today and saw this old station someone has bought and made into a sinclair gas station. The inside is full of gas station items. Pretty cool.

[S10Fan]

Thanks for posting those. I grew up in my Dad's American, later Amoco, gas station. Some of my best childhood memories were created at the gas station.

[1970cst/10]

Mine as well. My grandfather ran a little mobil station and I spent alot of time there as a kid. I recently aquired one of his old gas pumps and pop machine and plan on restoring them and putting them outside my shop.

[G&R's57GMC]

Here's a few from the 20's

[G&R's57GMC]

a few more

[G&R's57GMC]

and

[67swb72klb]

cool thread
found this the other day

[Denee007]

It's hard to think that the photos weren't that long ago! Relatively speaking. We've advanced too quickly. The only photo I have is from Back to the Future! Lol



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[63 & 64 Bowties]

Originally Posted by 1970cst/10

Was driving through cassopolis Mi today and saw this old station someone has bought and made into a sinclair gas station. The inside is full of gas station items. Pretty cool.

Somebody took a lot of time restoring that place. Any idea what it's used for? I saw an episode of "American Pickers" a while back where a guy had a similar place that he basically used as his man-cave.

[1970cst/10]

Your right, He did take alot of time restoring it. His collection inside is unreal. He did not leave out any details. There was even a driveway bell that rang when we pulled up. I live about 20 minutes from there so I hope to catch him there someday so I can look inside. I saw a card table and chairs in one of the service bays and was told by a neighbor he gets together with friends there and they sit around and shoot the bull.

[lunati397]

Originally Posted by 67swb72klb

cool thread
found this the other day

World War II Bomber Gas Station

Milwaukie, Oregon


Gas up under the wings of Victory! Bomber Gas has been a landmark in the Portland area since 1947, when it arrived and became the region's most unusual filling station. It stopped operating as a gas station in 1991, and has since been associated with the adjacent restaurant, where visitors could grab a bite and a souvenir Bomber place mat.

A serious restoration effort on the B-17G, aka "Lady Lacey" (after Art Lacey's British wife), has been underway at times. In 2012, the nose and cockpit had been removed.

Tipster Blair Shorney sent us this account of how the plane ended up in Milwaukie:

Shortly after WWII a guy named Art Lacey wentto Kansas to buy a surplus B-17. His idea was to fly it back to Oregon,jack it up in the air and make a gas station out of it. He paid $15,000for it. He asked which one was his and they said take whichever you wantbecause there were miles of them. He didn't know how to fly a 4 engineairplane so he read the manual while he taxied around by himself. Theysaid he couldn't take off alone so he put a mannequin in the co-pilot'sseat and off he went.

He flew around a bit to get the feel of it and when he went to land herealized he needed a co-pilot to lower the landing gear. He crashed andtotaled his plane and another on the ground. They wrote them both off as"wind damaged" and told him to pick out another. He talked a friend intobeing his co-pilot and off they went.

They flew to Palm Springs where Lacey wrote a hot check for gas thenthey headed for Oregon. They hit a snow storm and couldn't find their wayso they went down below 1,000 feet and followed the railroad tracks. Hispartner sat in the nose section and would yell, "TUNNEL" when he saw oneand Lacey would climb over the mountain.

They landed safely, he made good the hot check he wrote, and theystarted getting permits to move a B-17 on the state highway. The highwaydepartment repeatedly denied his permit and fought him tooth and nail fora long time so late one Saturday night he just moved it himself. He got a$10 ticket from the police for having too wide a load.

[maxdog51]

This is a photo of Bryan Austins gas station in Herrick, Illinois. The photo was taken in 1947.

[special-K]

Nice pictures. Here's one I have:

[roger55]

Here's the workshop in my backyard:

[roger55]

Here's a nice one in Gonzalez, Texas that I shot while passing through.



It was this station that gave me the idea to build my workshop with an old gas station theme. I saw the painting in a calendar a friend of mine had on his wall back in 2007. It is by George Boutwell.

http://www.gboutwell.com/paintingdetails.aspx?id=546

[Russell Ashley]

Originally Posted by maxdog51

This is a photo of Bryan Austins gas station in Herrick, Illinois. The photo was taken in 1947.

That's a 1954 ford truck and a 1953 Chevy is the pic so it would have to have been taken in 54 or later. Neat pic so I guess a few years doesn't matter. I wish I had a pic of the Pure station that I worked at in the late fifties.

[oldgoalie]

Not a gas station but kinda cool. Hiway 2 waterville, Washington
By kanuter at 2009-07-11

[G&R's57GMC]

Originally Posted by maxdog51

This is a photo of Bryan Austins gas station in Herrick, Illinois. The photo was taken in 1947.

Great photo ! BUT it had to be taken in at least 1953, thats the newest car in it.

Russel, you beat me to it while I was typing, Good call.

[G&R's57GMC]

Roger55, You lucky dog!

That is what I would have done if I didn't already have a finished 4 car garage when I built my Shop.

Pic # 1 : 2003 when I bought the place.

#2 : 2011

#3 : The shop as seen from the backyard. I scored the pumps at an antique store while driving through Hood along the Sacramento River. They even had rotten gas in them. They had put them out the day before.

#4 : Excuse the mess, My sister in law decked out the rest room in the front garage. I commissioned the Gas pump while in escrow. I had one side done as a Sky Chief the bad done as Fire Chief and the side opposite the hose done as a Vendo Coke machine.

[Russell Ashley]

Stop it you guys, my "garage envy" is going through the roof, LOL.

Seriously, you guys have some over the top garages.

[Clay54]

To satisfy my "garage envy", I just walk across the street and go right into Roger55's shop(when he is there). He is my neighbor.