FATW -- Found Along The Way -- December 2008 - Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk

Hey Guys & Gals,

It's time to share the petro relics that we've stumbled across in our recent travels, and check out what other people have found as well.

If you would like to contribute to this feature, simply post the pictures here or email them directly to me and I will post them for you. Be sure to include a story or description with your submissions.

If it's too close to the next installment, please note that I may hold your contribution for posting when the new FATW comes up.
Send 'em in!!

Happy Trails!

Wes

When we were up for Peotone, Tara and i went driving around with Bob (Lastgas15) to look at stations. A few of them were the ones I posted last month, but here are a few more:

This is a simple little station in Kankakee, IL. It was probably a lot neater before it was sided over.

Right across the street, though, sits this nice old station. I'm guessing it might have been a DX.

Up the road a little bit is this interesting station. Bob said it used to be a Phillips 66.

I really like the tan glazed ceramic tile on this station in central Illinois. I wonder if it was a D-X, from the tile color and layout?

We were surprised to see this Chevrolet dealership neon on the side of a relatively new building in Wisconsin over Thanksgiving.

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On our way to visit Mick (oldnfuelish) and Steven (youngnfuelish), we happened across these two old stations sitting side by side on IL 173.

That's all I've got for now. Let's see some of the cool things you guys saw while traveling over Thanksgiving!

Wes

This old Mobil sign stands outside a bar in mid-Michigan. In addition to this sign there are both left- and right-facing Mobil pegasus signs on the front of the building that I wasn't able to get pictures of.

I don't know what the story is behind the Mobil stuff, but the name of the bar is the Red Horse so maybe they just liked the pegasus image

here are a couple of pictures from last week...

A series of 7 shots taken during a recent drive through (well, nobody goes thru-you have to be specifically going there)-rural south cental Mississippi.

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Decay is a way of life in the humid South. And I'll go no further on that subject.

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OK, I can't delete the screw up that used to be here but I can totally change it. Folks, if you're afraid of learning to post, get over it. It has taken me all of an hour to figure out enough to get in and out of trouble. Off the topic, but here's where I hang out. Where that Dixie sign is used to be a battered Billups pump plate that went to Cheese Heaven for a religious experience.

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This is an artsy look at the decay at the Chevron.

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Southland is one of my interests. I was taken aback when I passed what looked to be a Southland distributor-i thought they were extinct. Was depressed when I realized I'll probably never have this globe. East Central MS.

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This is so far back in the woods two cars literally cannot pass on the road-one must stop. The elderly lady just locked the doors in the 1980's. Southeast MS

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I'm liking your pics Dave,lets see some more.

Gotta love it.

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great stuff keep em coming!!!

GREAT pics Dave! I especially like the old Pure sign and the backwoods store. Keep 'em coming!

Southland distributor in east central MS. I guess the top sign is the new logo.

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Stare at this one long enough and you'll know why I call it schizoid. Quitman, MS

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Old sharecropper's shack in the MS Delta. As the saying the more things change, the more they stay the same goes, the current generation lives in ragged out trailers instead of shotgun shacks.

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Truth or Consequences NM. Contrived, I know, but when I saw it, I had to stop and shoot.

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DAVE, I JUST WET MYSELF UPON SEEING THAT SHOT! YOU CAN'T JUST MAKE STUFF UP LIKE THAT....IT'S TRULY A DREAM ASSEMBLAGE OF EYE CANDY!

~DOC

Great pictures - there still is a Rural America- cant get much more rural than this- post some More-thanks don

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Awesome Pics! Thank You!

This guy is probably like the rest of us; just loves this stuff and to display it and share with others. He just took a different approach-minimal and unpretentious-which blends in well with the geographic elements of the desert. I like it!

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Enough of this set. Gas is cheap (1.33)so I guess I need to hit the road again.

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i know exactly where the Southland distributor is; near Columbus, MS.

Contrived display or not, those are beautiful pics!

Here's a small "domestic style" station located in my hometown. There was article in the local paper a few years ago about a preservationist group trying to save it from demolition. Looks like they must have succeeded, because it's still there!

Great pictures, guys! Keep it up!

We ran across this neat old general store today, abandoned in a tiny town.

Wayne 615 has been taken apart for an amateur restoration, as half of the cyl rods are missing...

Wes

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Found this in Niland, CA. Located in the desert between the Salton Sea and the Chocolate Mountains.

Calapatria, CA. Notice the 57 Chevy wagon in the garage....

Rural North Carolina near Cherryville. True self serve;put your dollars in the machine. Pumps long gone.

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Yesterday in Yazoo City, MS. Decay is a way of life in Mississippi.
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Belzoni, MS yesterday.All three are of the same station. Judging from the picture of the side, it could have been Cities Service with the front added on later.

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Lordsburg, NM

I know that this Conoco station has been posted here before but it's still one of my favorites. Every time I go through Shamrock, Texas I stop and take a picture. One of these times it may actually be open. I'd love to see the inside !

these first 2 pics are roadside attractions in delaware....i see them on a regular basis

these next 2 are on my way to shennadoah national park in virginia....the barn is way off the road and has firestone signs for a roof.....the pump plate was on display in the museum and was dug up during an archeological excavation....the park had a community at one time

these first 2 pics are delaware roadside attractions....i see them on a regular basis

Found on my way home from Peotone last year never can find the owner home. Talked to his wife one time and he called me but I wasn't home tried to call him back twice but never home. Try again this spring.

Located in Kingman Az.

One of the last stations operating under the Whiting Bros logo,located in Moriarty N.M.

Santa Rosa N.M.

Garden City Ks.

MAKES YA KINDA WONDER WHAT COULD BE UP IN THE ATTICS OF THAT LAST BUILDING!

~DOC

OOOPS, I MEAN 2ND THE LAST SHOT...JACK! LOL!

~DOC

Garden City Ks.

Doc, your right I always wonder whats in the attic some of them. Jack

Marysville Ks.

Leavenworth Ks.

Oh man, that last one is awesome! Thanks for posting the pics Jack.

Hwy 92 Mo.

Platte City Mo.

Eskridge Ks.

Pond Creek Ok.

Some neat old station photos we took recently from Fayetteville Ar. to Alma Ar. along hwy 71 to hwy 64. It will take a few posts to get them all. Hope you enjoy them.

Some more between Fayetteville, AR and Alma, AR ...

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Mark;
Is the photo below the Winslow at Mt Gayler?
I wondered what that looked like today.

Here is an old post card of that, we had fun with last year here on Old Gas. There are two other post cards from different era's of that station out there also.
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Hey Jack do you ever stay home? LOL

Patton, PA

CHUCK,THAT IS EXACTLY WHERE IT IS.THANKS FOR THE REPLY AND THE OLD PICTURES.THEY ARE AWESOME.WE TOOK THE PICTURES SATURDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS.MY DAD WAS RAISED IN WINSLOW AND LEFT AT A YOUNG AGE TO JOIN THE ARMY.MY GRANDPARENTS LIVED THERE ALL THEIR LIFE.I GREW UP IN TULSA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AREA AND STILL LIVE IN FORT SMITH.MY PARENTS LIVE IN NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AND I HAVE TRAVELED HWY 71 SINCE I CAN REMEMBER.ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO THE I-540 EXTENSION BYPASSED ALL THESE SMALL TOWNS AND EVERYTHING GOT PRETTY QUIET.THE STATION AND GIFT SHOP ALONG WITH THE TOWER ARE CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC BUT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE STILL LIVES CLOSE BY.STILL HAVE GREAT MEMORIES CLIMBING THAT TOWER FOR YEARS.THANKS AGAIN FOR THE ADDITIONAL PICTURES.MARK

gasoildude, I try not to now that gas is down alot of old stations and stuff to see. Jack

Winslow Az.

An old Whiting Bros Station in Winslow Az.

THANKS TO ALL FOR LISTING THESE PICTURES OF OLD STATIONS.THEY HAVE A GREAT PLACE IN ALL OF OUR MEMORIES OF DAYS GONE BY.LETS KEEP THEM COMING FOR EVERYBODY TO ENJOY.HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT 2009!

THIS IS PERHAPS ONE OF MY FAVORITE THREADS ON OLDGAS! ONLY 2ND TO "BUYS OF THE WEEK!" I FORGET WHO RUNS THAT BUT IT IS STILL MY FAVE!

~DOC

"well im a standin on a corner in winslow,arizona" great pics!!!!

Council Grove Ks.

Eskridge Ks.

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MAN, YA GOTTA LOVE THOSE TWO ILLEGIBLE COCA-COLA FISHTAILS OVER THE WINDOWS!

~DOC

My brother and I spotted this old sign on a recent road trip.

I love this feature topic! Thanks to all who go out of their way to take photos and post them here.

I pick one picture each month to use on the Oldgas.com Printable Calendar . I just got done with an updated archive of all the pictures we've used on the calendar over the years. Check out the Calendar Archive .

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UNADILLA, NY.

SOMEWHERE IN PA.

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LOVE that Diamond Reo sign! I would kill to have that for my dad, he's restoring a 1970 Diamond Reo right now.

Cassoday Ks.

Adrian Tx.

Beloit Ks.

Dover Ks.

I have to say I appreciate all these photos too ! Sure wish in my travels I could take some back roads.

Thanks for taking the time and posting.

Very neat !

Great photos everyone!

Anybody ever check out photos on Flickr?

Lots of old station photos, sets/groups there.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/23711298@N07/sets/72157603899283115/

El

Ponca City Ok.