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I'd like give a big thanks to "thermactor" Wes for hosting the Found Along the Way feature for years. FATW is one of my favorites and probably yours too. He's done an outstanding job. It's time to give him a break and have another member to take over.

"oldnfuelish" Mick has volunteered to be the new host. Let's support this feature to keep it going steady into the future. We'd like to have it focused on old gas stations, gas pumps still in the wild, repair garages and a few old car/truck dealerships. Pics of new or old "hobby" backyard stations are welcome too.

Go for it, Mick! And thanks for stepping up.

Thanks jim.
FATW,has long been one of my favorites on oldgas.i love driving the back roads,and finding old stations from an era gone by,and I was always ready and waiting for Wes to start the new monthly post.Well.. gas prices have gone up,and maybe I don't get out on those drives as much,but I am always still looking.And, you never know.. Finding that old station may lead to some signs,pumps or globes.And with today's camera phones,it makes it easy to snap a shot of that old piece of gasoline history.
Tonight I only have a couple pics to start,but later in the week,I am going to go on my pc( which I hardly ever use anymore) and find some pics of my favorite stations .And that's what I'm going to ask you to do also.Doesnt matter if they were posted years ago,I am sure there are many new guys here who haven't seen them. I only hope I can do this as well as Wes did.

So here are just a couple from our recent Wisconsin trip


A very nicely kept 66 cottage station


Nice canopy station out in the middle of nowhere.
So post em if you got em,and let's keep this ball a Rollin! Mick

Beautiful brick craftsmanship on that cottage station. Wow!

The old Shell Station here in Janesville, Mn, it went out of business about 12 years ago. It is now a lawn mower and small engine repair shop.

This old station is about 15 miles down the road from me.



And this is painted on the side of a building in the same town as the Conoco Station, the building Houses a Car Collection.

On a recent road trip, I took these photographs of an abandoned Gulf gas station in Blue River, BC.

An old Sunoco neon sitting on top of this Valero station at Schoolcraft & Greenfield in the Detroit area.

Dave

Old gas station right next to my office here in downtown Davenport, Ia. The building sat vacant and dilapidated for years. The city offered to renovate it and it is now going to be a coffee shop.

Mac

I'm glad to see FATW come back into it's own again.Many thanks to Wes for his past dedication.As a matter of fact,he had to post pics of an old station here in ABQ,then and now,that I submitted because I didn't know how.Now,many thanks to Mick for hosting it.

What I like the most about it is how we can see different styles of construction and station use across the country.Here in NM we have lots of flat roof designs,stations that also served as the local post office in remote areas and stations as a part of a motel complex that may not be too common in other parts of the country.

I'll see what I can do with it;especially with interesting murals like Jason posted.Best of luck Mick!!

Here are few things I saw on the road while on a recent motorcycle ride. Just wanted to share them, the building with the spinner clock & rocker was just amazing. Everything you could imagine was in there. The building across the road caught my attention, thought it was a flea market so I stopped. Turns out it was just an old mans hangout. Once I got to talking to him he said let me show you my other building, needless to say my jaw dropped when we walked in. Nothing was for sale, but he said come back anytime. Gave me his # & said call first make sure I'm here.

That's a nice brick building.

cool pictures- thanks for sharing..

These two are just north of Monterey, CA




Old Texaco

Pump in a restaurant in Placerville, Ca



Pump next to house in San Carlos, Ca

I found these at a clothing store on Pier 39 in San Francisco

Name of store:




Nice Pontiac Neon:




Pumps:

Gas pumps have always been my passion and heres a photo of a couple still in use on a farm near me!

I make a point to visit this place at Pier 39 everytime I go to California ,usually 2X a year for 20+ years now I've flown into SFO then its off to Yosemite for hiking and of course crazy people watching along the Embarcadero in San Fran !

I meant to post this last month sometime but lost the file. All of a sudden an antique store I've not paid much attention to for years sprouts petroliana (that or I've been in too much of a hurry passing it and just didn't notice). I heard from a local oldgasser that their prices are way to high. Havent' been able to stop by when they are open (I think only Friday to Sunday).

My wife and I ate at this resturant on Monday night. We sat in the booth next to the pump. The owener of the place likes antiques and has filled the resturant with them. We have eaten here many times

While we were in Myrtle beach we stopped at this restaurant called Cagneys, lots of cool old items in their decor.

I love how restaurants are now getting in to the old gas stuff. I have photos from another restaurant I ate at recently. It was completely full of signage. I will have to post them here.

We have a local restaurant here called "The Pump Cafe". Its full of gas pumps,signs, and good burgers.

Found this old sign at a abandoned station. im getting in touch with the owners. it was owned by their parents and left to them. they want nothing to do with it. hoping to through the place with them and make offers. the pumps say "gone fishing" on them or something like that.

A couple of murals in the Albuquerque area. The first is a repair shop and the second is an antique store. Took these with Wendell recently (aka Old Iron).

Ok. You'll be hard pressed to find something crazier than this. MY in-laws live in a small town in Georgia. Population, maybe 2,000? Well, a couple of years ago the local auction's (2 of them) petro and soda items started getting bought up by a couple of guys. Then all of a sudden a local restaurant got bought out. A couple of plots of land in the middle of town got bought. The local barbershop got bought. Another random building got bought. A local small hotel got bought.

All by the same person. Turns out it was 1 MULTI millionaire. He doesn't live here. Never has.

He tore down most of the buildings, or stripped their outsides, and rebuilt them all in a old wood storish decor. All of these establishments have become private. The restaurant is now only open for car shows (that is the building with the big Firestone sign on the front) or when he flies in friends and families. The hotel is only opened when his friends and family come in town to stay. The building with the gas pumps out front is part of the car show.

The building with the pumps is FULL of old toys, petrol toys (Texaco trucks and etc.), signs, cans, old coolers, registers, and more.

All of the signs appear to be original. The buildings have security cameras outside.

It kinda sucks because the guy is taking away resources from the town, but man is does look a whole lot nicer.

No one around here really knows the guy, and there is pretty much 0 chance of ever getting any of this stuff.

Enjoy!

There were TOOOOOOONNNNNNNNSSSSSS more signs than you see here, anything you can imagine for the most part.

Wow..now that is unreal. I remember when kim basinger did something similar somewhere....what an indulgence.

Kinda wierd like you say....almost a ghost town until they fly in to their little village for fun and play. I can see where the tax base could be effected..limited or no gross reciepts. What was it like before the tranformation?

Thanks for sharing....very interesting.

It's not really a "ghost town" per say. The guy is doing all of this in the town square. A few small restaurants there, some shops, etc. It was a decent small town feel. He is almost turning it in to a ghost town by buying all of this stuff and making it unusable. It just looked kinda run down.

This old C.C. Kersey's Texaco station is in Greeley CO, it's only used for storage nowadays :(, Hope to see a for sale sign on it someday I would love to own this place and have a lot of plans in my head for it especially that old gas neon sign on the top corner no paint just new neon on it would be awesome!

I took a couple of pics with different settings, hope you like them.



Also found these Pump's at a old station now used as a mechanics shop in Golden CO while hanging out at the Golden Super Cruise, I didn't have time to get a pic of the entire building this time as everyone stops in to get a picture of their car next to the old pumps and the line was forming behind me, so I'll get a better one on the next cruse on October 6th.

This little building sits on old Route 66 in St. Clair, MO. Don't know the history, but it looks like it was remodeled from a classic cottage gas station.

Has to be one of the coolest FATW for me. Probably in the top 5 most wanted for case or IH collectors I would assume. Talked to the owners and it was his grandpa's from back when they opened. He even has the original recipt!

Having origional paperwork bumps the value to the Stratisphere . Ed Shaver

After some time away, it's great to still see this thread alive and well. Everyone has posted up some great finds and always a thrill to look them.