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Here are some pictures of my hometown as a kid. I worked at two different gas stations growing up.
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I would always get a free sucker from Ralph when I went to his station which was by my grandmother's house. The Ambler/Becker station from below is now a museum.
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Those are cool...Love the Ralphs special blend.
Looking for Keystone,Pure,Sinclair,Texaco,Sterling and Gulf...Thanks, Brian
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This is one of the stations I worked at. It was a Unocal station when I worked there in the 80's.
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cool station shots, thanks for posting..
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The Strufe Arrow Motel that had a Cities Service station here. The motel ran up to the mid 90's and was eventually turned into apartments.
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This station was still in operation as a kid across from the A&W drive up.
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Delong's no longer selling gas, but still selling Fords.
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The Sinclair station was turned into a NAPA auto and the Standard shutdown in the 80's.
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This Texaco station was a tire dealership for many years, and the Sinclair station eventually operated as an ARCO.
Last edited by Mills; Sun Dec 21 2014 08:50 PM. Reason: Clarification
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Very cool pics Jeff!
Where is/was the Standard station? Did Bill Malek (SP) or his dad own the Unocal station when you worked there? Is that where the DQ is now?
What was the station that was converted to a house southwest of town? Mobil?
Wanted: Gas pump globes:Sinclair & affiliates, IL companies. Ripple bodies. Anything Sinclair, Stoll, Pierce, 4 Bros. http://www.lastgas15.com/
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Very good pictures, thank you!
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Always looking for grizzly gasoline stuff, or any Montana gas and oil stuff.
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Great Pics I enjoyed those.
I am always looking for anything Texaco or Oklahoma oil and gas company's, also I am a newbie at seeking globes.
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Thanks for taking the time to put those up. Your fortunate to have those.
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Love the pictures of these old stations - great way to connect to the past for sure.
Thanks for posting.
Steve
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I actually got the pictures off off of Facebook. To answer your questions LastGas, the Standard station was just to the south of the Route 66 bypass. Clover, Kisellus, & Malek were the original owners of the Tri-Oil gas stations and fuel company. Clover had sold out when I worked there. They had stations in Gardner, Minooka, Pontiac, Morris, and two in Dwight. They might have had a couple more. I will attach a picture of the back of the Gardner station that looks just like the Dwight station to the north of the Route 66 bypass. Right next to the coffeehouse is one of the stations I worked at. It was a Sunoco station when I worked there and the old Sunoco sign is painted over and being used by the current restaurant.
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Forgot to answer the question about Beyer's gas station and restaurant. The station closed in the mid 70's when Interstate 55 opened. The first renter of the location was a friend of ours and as a kid I thought that was the coolest thing ever that he lived there. The counter top was still there along with some booths. He had one area (his bedroom) covered with hanging sheet for walls. When my dad worked there in the 60's they sold Shell and then switched to Texaco. He said one Memorial or Labor day weekend that they had a man on each of their six pumps and they couldn't fill the tanks fast enough. They ran out of regular at .339 and were selling Ethyl at .399. They were fortunate enough to get a delivery of Ethyl from their supplier at were packed until closing time. He also worked with a mechanic who would yell Beer Call at closing time and throw down his tools even during a middle of a job hop in his truck and head to Klein's Tavern because it had the coldest beer in town.
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If you are driving on the mother road you might want to stop and check out the Ambler/Becker station along with this guys pumps. Also, south 10 miles is Odell and the old Standard station. 10 more miles and you hit Pontiac where there is a Pontiac/Oakland museum. Also, someone is selling vintage cars and pumps out of one of the stations owned by Tri-Oil.
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Here are some pictures of the town of Odell.
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