Vintage Gas Stations

[HarleyEarl]

I love vintage garage and dealership photos, I don't know why exactly, just do. The smell of gas and oil and tires...love it. Do any of you have old GM dealership photos to share?

[Sixty8panther]

Harley: Sometimes I think we might have been twins in another life... I too love this kind of stuff...
















too big to post:

http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~gary...232WalnutSt.jpg

[knightfan26917]

Maybe all 3 of us were brothers in a former life...?

I love these types of photos, too.

But, I tell ya what ... I know of 2 people that have a "mini collection" of sorts.

One of them is a former co-worker of my Dad's from Unocal (formerly Union 76). We went to see him near here (Sycamore IL) about a year ago or so. Originally, we were told that he wanted to show us his model train layout. He did. But, then he also showed us his collections ... a TON of model cars along with old Union 76 and Unocal signs, among other memorabilia. It was awesome.

The second is the father of one of my friends in Indiana. When I visited him in August, he took me for a drive, stopping at his Dad's place. He took me out to the garage where several older cars were, along with a bunch of gasoline memorabilia, including a couple pumps and a vending machine. It, too, was quite awesome!


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[HarleyEarl]

You know, we might be triplets lol. Thanks sixty8 for the incredible photos....I will add to my collection.

[HarleyEarl]

[mustang84]

Here's some photos of my hometown in the first half of the 20th century.

Dramatic mid-1920s picture of a fire at a Mobil station.


Skelly gas station downtown


1915 Ford dealership


Some type of auto show or race? 1910s


Christensen Chevrolet-Buick

[HarleyEarl]

mustang84!.....those are great!...love em.

Edited December 15, 2005 by HarleyEarl