Old gas stations

[Ghostsoldier]

Various.

Rob

 

[Fading Fast]

Is that a candy bar delivery truck I see?

 

[BobHufford]

Is that a candy bar delivery truck I see?

One of my best childhood memories was when Dad took us to Georgia to visit an Army buddy of his (this was in the mid-to-late 1960s). The buddy owned a candy vending route and we got to ride in the back of the truck eating all the candy we could. He was also a wrecker/tow-truck driver and was used to responding to emergencies so we were going pretty fast and sliding around all over the place. I think Dad about had a stroke...

 

[Fading Fast]

One of my best childhood memories was when Dad took us to Georgia to visit an Army buddy of his (this was in the mid-to-late 1960s). The buddy owned a candy vending route and we got to ride in the back of the truck eating all the candy we could. He was also a wrecker/tow-truck driver and was used to responding to emergencies so we were going pretty fast and sliding around all over the place. I think Dad about had a stroke...

Absolutely wonderful memory - thank you for sharing.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

New book on gas station architecture:

https://www.amazon.com/Its-Gas-Allu...bc4a25b866ba5a8db985024c3e0963&language=en_US

Rob

 

[LizzieMaine]

That futuristic Flying Red Horse is absolutely terrifying. Madison Avenue meets H. P. Lovecraft.

 

[Fading Fast]

New book on gas station architecture:

Rob

Re the woman driving the white convertible: I do not want to have to pay the bills coming in from her dressmaker or jeweler. That is one good-looking-as-heck car though. Anyone know what make / model / year it is?

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Jag? MG?

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[BobHufford]

Re the woman driving the white convertible: I do not want to have to pay the bills coming in from her dressmaker or jeweler. That is one good-looking-as-heck car though. Anyone know what make / model / year it is?

1955 (or so) Austin-Healey 100.

 

[Fading Fast]

1955 (or so) Austin-Healey 100.

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Good job sir, and thank you. Beautiful car.

 

[StewartU]

This old Gulf station in Bedford, Pennsylvania. Very Art Deco.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Various...the Quaker State box is nifty.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Unsafe at any speed.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Horse trailer.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Ouch.

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Unsafe at any speed.

Rob

 

[Touchofevil]

Is that a candy bar delivery truck I see?

Your dream vehicle?

 

[Zombie_61]

Is that a candy bar delivery truck I see?

That, or they're advertising the fact they need that panel van to haul a large drunken baseball icon from game to game.

 

[LizzieMaine]

What is it with these slanty-tipping-over Texaco signs, anyway? Did that truck go from town to town running into them? Our sign never slanted like that.