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Old gas stations

Ghostsoldier

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2jakes

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Scoota car!
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Taking a cue from the side panel lettering, I found the following in the search engine:

"The Rytecraft Scootacar was a British microcar built by the British Motorboat Manufacturing Company in London between 1934 and 1940. The company later changed its name to BMB Engineering. It is possible that some might have been assembled after 1945.”
Rytecraft - Wikipedia
 

3fingers

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There are still two or three of these around town. One is an insurance office and the others are used car lots.

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Excuse the jaggy photo crop from Google Street View.
Our remaining example was a car lot, but has just reopened as a jerk shop. My wife was kind enough to explain to me what that was.
It is Jamaican food, not a place to rent a rude companion. :oops:
 
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2jakes

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Most photos of gas stations where mechanics are at work are promotional.
Some do capture "on the job" activity.

Photos of customers by the gas pumps
can be promo shots and also they are
photos taken by the customer.

I love the photos of folks posing with their cars whether at the gas stations
at home in the driveway or at a favorite
location.
They are mostly dressed in their Sunday's best going to some special
event or vacation.
They took pride posing next to their
cars.
My folks used to do that.

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