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Well it's that time again.

Road Trip time that is.

Break out those cameras and share your road finds with us here on FATW

We like to see

Stations abandoned or converted to other uses.

Pumps in the wild just waiting to be picked.

Antique malls or flea markets with Petro stuff.

Petro stuff on display.

Anything else we might like to see that is Petro related that you find in your journeys.

Here's an example of a little station in Escalon, CA that is now a barber shop.

Hey That's in my back yard. If you had gone straight down that road at the light about 2 miles there is another one. I didn't get a picture. I should have put my desert pictures here. So here you you go. Near Desert Hot Springs. Ted


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Ted & Pam Roach
Lodi CA.
pca-west.org
vintage-logos

Here are some former stations around the Kansas City area.
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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Imperial Refineries Items
Kansas City, Missouri 64151

Here are some pictures of my uncle's collection.
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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Imperial Refineries Items
Kansas City, Missouri 64151

more....................
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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Imperial Refineries Items
Kansas City, Missouri 64151

last few pics.............
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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Imperial Refineries Items
Kansas City, Missouri 64151

Scott,
NICE globe HOLDER !!
MINI TOWER

I took that picture just for you Dick.

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Scott Shipers
WANTED: Imperial Refineries Items
Kansas City, Missouri 64151

SCOTT...UNCLE'S COLLECTION IS SUPER! I ESP LIKE THE WAY THAT SINCLAIR H-C LOOKS AGAINST THAT STRIPPED WALLPAPER! THANKS FOR SHARING! THAT MADE MY DAY!

DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGES

WOW AGAIN.......LOOKS LIKE A HUDSON ORANGE RIPPLE PEAKING OUT OF THE SHOW CASE.
...........THANKS FOR THE LOOK SCOTT.
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REX LIKES IT ALL

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What brand of station would this location have been? If you collect maps or are from Michign or Ohio you should know.
Location Lansin Michigan
April 10, 2005

This is a quiz for Poorman! Automotive author, Tim Howley, wrote articles about El Camino Real in Old Cars Weekly. Here is a photo of an abandoned gas station in Buellton that he took 31 years ago. Can Curt identify the brand??

Yes, I believe that's "Crying Mary's" Shell station that was located on the north end of Highway 101, just north of the Dining Cars Cafe. According to local lore, they called it crying Mary's because the owners wife, Mary Constable, was a constant complainer, especially when she learned that the station would be bypassed by the realingment of the highway in 1949.

Here's a photo of the station when it was in operation (around 1948 I believe).



How did I do Al?

Curt your resources are amazing. Love the "Crying Mary" moniker!
Here is a nifty old station that I photographed yesterday while on a "poppy" tour of the Antelope Valley. It is on the corner of San Francisquito Canyon Road and Elizabeth Lake Road just east of Elizabeth Lake in the San Andreas Fault Zone.


Wonder what it looked like 26.5 years ago? I took the following two photos while I was mapping the geology along the fault zone. Note how the station at "Andrade Corner" looked then. More important check out the B-D Vizo pump. Should have made an offer but I didn't want to spent the $50 it would take to pry that loose!

Hi,
Heres a couple pics. for FATW. The abandoned station was in Indiana in a small town on my way down to the Gas show last week. The Shell station still operates in southwest lower Mi and is still full service!!
Russ Jacobs