These are great. I find them fascinating. Looking around in the backgrounds etc seem to say so much about what it was like when taken.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
Haasman
These are great. I find them fascinating. Looking around in the backgrounds etc seem to say so much about what it was like when taken.
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
Haasman
Haasman
Registry #2489
R Gruppe #722
65 911 #302580
70 914-6 #9140431874
73 911s #9113300709
That first "bomber" shot is now a restaurant in Portland.
John Thompson
1966 912. My first car. Bought it Nov. 25, 1988. Still have it.
Cool! I used to drive by the remnants of the Cucamonga station every day...
Peter Kane
'72 911S Targa
Message Board Co-Moderator - Early 911S Registry #100
Credit: Courtesy Bob Beck/Gulf Oil Historical Society
In 1913, Gulf Refining Company opened the nation's first drive-in service station at the corner of Baum Boulevard and St. Clair Street in Pittsburgh. The pagoda-style brick facility offered free air, water, crankcase service, and tire and tube installation. On its first day, the station sold 30 gallons of gasoline at 27 cents per gallon. On its first Saturday, Gulf's new service station pumped 350 gallons of gasoline.
Peter Kane
'72 911S Targa
Message Board Co-Moderator - Early 911S Registry #100
That was cool. Thank you.
Cool link... it's interesting that gas station architecture evolution followed local/regional tastes. Examples like the Pittsburg Gulf and the Cucamonga Garage are terrific. That Goodyear service center is epic. The self-serve Gilmore is a surprise, never considered that self-serve wasn't a recent thing. Today's homogenized buildings are bland. There a few old gas stations that have survived down here, like this old Atlantic station near the 5th street bridge in Miami, now a paint store. You can sort of imagine what it was like with pumps out front when the street was two lanes.
Miami_FL_Atlantic_Gas_Station01.jpg
This gem was in Coral Gables... most of the original building is gone, what was left was "restored" for commercial space.
Russ
ESR # 1537
'62 356S Notchback Hotrod
'67 S Das Geburtstagsgeschenk
'68 T Targa Sportomatic
'68 L SW Targa Sportomatic
'70 914/6 GT
Had this posted on the RGruppe site, but though it might also be warranted here...
http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html
My friend's dad owned a couple of Gulf stations in the 60s/70s. One is still there, virtually unchanged, except that it has been a locksmith shop for 30 years or so. This is the station where I got my LeMans McQueen poster
Gulf Station.jpg
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