Old gas stations

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[2jakes]

Joy gas station.
Then:

Now:

 

[Benzadmiral]

View attachment 80129

Rob

Over/under on whether the owners were called Short and Stout?

 

[2jakes]

Bugs crawling at gas stations!

license toppers.
"Safety First" Mobil pegasus & Triple A.

At one time there was a plethora of buggies at the local salvage,
today they have vanished.
I did find complete original rear seats
in great condition for my '63 beetle.

Also available were original chrome bumpers which are super rare.
The repos made today will rust in less
than a year.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

Hmm, what should we do with this retired bomber?

Hey, I have an idea.

No, that's crazy.

Oh, well, what the heck, let's try it.

 

[2jakes]

Oh, well, what the heck, let's try it.

Yes....lets try it!

Btw:
No photoshop required:

 

[LizzieMaine]

That front/roof "pylon" motif was popular with a number of companies from the mid-fifties to the early sixties. Shell was the most prominent advocate of this style.

The pylon was meant as an architectural abstraction of a chimney, intended to make the station seem more "homey." Nearly all Shell stations built in this style that survive today have either had the top piece of the pylon removed, leaving only the slanty wall segment, or were "top hatted" in the late sixties to cover the pylon with fake brickwork to create a "rustic" style. You will very rarely see an intact Shell in this style today, but the presence of that slanty part next to the office door is a definitive giveaway of what a station used to be. Once you start looking for them, you'll see them everywhere.

 

[Fading Fast]

Wow, I don't get a chimney vibe at all and always thought it an awkward architectural design - felt more like a giant axe blade or something fell from the sky and sliced through the building.

 

[2jakes]

First thing that popped up when I saw this.

Elvis and Muffy! (saddle shoes)

 

[2jakes]

Wow, I don't get a chimney vibe at all and always thought it an awkward architectural design - felt more like a giant axe blade or something fell from the sky and sliced through the building.

By gawd....I do believe you’re right!

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[2jakes]

There’s that old jalopy again...reminds me of Bogie flicks.

It’s not the same car or brand, but the over all shape reminds me of it.
Not sure what it is.

Note the gas-ration sticker “B” on the windshield.

I used to know what each letter meant!

 

[Fading Fast]

⇧ Funny as I've always thought there is a simple prettiness to the lines of that Bogie car - they have a nice flow to them. It's an unassuming car but there's more there than first meets the eye.

 

[2jakes]

⇧ Funny as I've always thought there is a simple prettiness to the lines of that Bogie car - they have a nice flow to them. It's an unassuming car but there's more there than first meets the eye.

Yes there is!

Don’t light it sweetie.

 

[LizzieMaine]

The Bogiemobile is a 1935 Ford. A very popular and very common car well into early 1950s, and a lot of them ended up getting hacked up by hot-rod boys in later years.

The other one is a '38 Plymouth, and the owner is entitled to a B card because they have to drive more miles to their job than an A card would allow. But they had to prove it to the ration board, and if their car is spotted outside a roadhouse or a ballpark or a racetrack or anywhere else "nonessential" they'll get a certified letter in the mail telling them their ration has been pulled. Don't mess with the ration board.

The other two stickers are a state inspection sticker and a Federal Use Tax stamp. Starting in 1942, all car owners were required to buy a stamp for $5 a year in order to use any car on any federal highway, and said stamp had to be displayed on the windshield as evidence of tax paid. That requirement continued until the middle of 1946.

 

[Fading Fast]

Yes there is!
View attachment 80459

Don’t light it sweetie.

If I'm going to "date" one woman from that movie - and no slight intended to Bacall - it's going to be Dorothy Malone and I want to have the exact "date" that Bogie has with her in the bookstore. That is, IMHO, one of the best scenes of that type in any movie ever - leaves everything to the imagination but, in truth, it leaves not one thing to the imagination as we all know exactly what happened without seeing it and all because Malone strikes the perfect and very difficult balance of being aggressively alluring without being cheap or tawdry.

The Bogiemobile is a 1935 Ford. A very popular and very common car well into early 1950s, and a lot of them ended up getting hacked up by hot-rod boys in later years.

The other one is a '38 Plymouth, and the owner is entitled to a B card because they have to drive more miles to their job than an A card would allow. But they had to prove it to the ration board, and if their car is spotted outside a roadhouse or a ballpark or a racetrack or anywhere else "nonessential" they'll get a certified letter in the mail telling them their ration has been pulled. Don't mess with the ration board.

The other two stickers are a state inspection sticker and a Federal Use Tax stamp. Starting in 1942, all car owners were required to buy a stamp for $5 a year in order to use any car on any federal highway, and said stamp had to be displayed on the windshield as evidence of tax paid. That requirement continued until the middle of 1946.

As always - thank you Lizzie. The sweep of the lines of the roof, trunk and running boards (over both front and back tires) and the overall proportions of that car are incredible - the more I look, the more impressed I am. Simple, elegant and aesthetically proportionate - kudos to Ford on that one.

 

[2jakes]

If I'm going to "date" one woman from that movie - and no slight intended to Bacall - it's going to be Dorothy Malone and I want to have the exact "date" that Bogie has with her in the bookstore. That is, IMHO, one of the best scenes of that type in any movie ever - leaves everything to the imagination but, in truth, it leaves not one thing to the imagination as we all know exactly what happened without seeing it and all because Malone strikes the perfect and very difficult balance of being aggressively alluring without being cheap or tawdry.

You’ve mentioned this before and you won’t get no argument from me.
I too would rather be there flippin' pages like crazy with Dorothy!

But noticed the dejected look on Malone when Bogie makes his farewell
from the book-shop, she knows she’s not ever going to see him
again.

Bogie might be good with solving cases....but not with how to treat
a doll like Malone.
If it was me, I’d go back to the book-shop to get my book card
punched again and more important show her know how much
I cared for her.