Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

[Big_John]

Cary, NC

I just can't imagine a crowd for a grand opening at a gas station these days.

 

[Old Mike]

Cary, NC

I just can't imagine a crowd for a grand opening at a gas station these days.

View attachment 715184Because there was no internet. People didn’t walk around with their heads buried in their phones. Simpler times. While you and I might have found that interesting, today no one would notice

 

[67newport]

 

[67newport]

 

[Big_John]

 

[Big_John]

Another grand opening. Honolulu, Hawaii.

 

[Big_John]

Seattle

 

[Big_John]

The caption on this picture reads; "This '67 Chevrolet Camaro body was photographed in December, 1966 on its transport cart in the Fisher Body plant at GM's Norwood Assembly. The body appears to be complete, including its paperwork, and ready to be transferred to the Chevrolet assembly line."

 

[Big_John]

Colorado Springs

 

[Big_John]

Atlanta, GA.

A little about Red Vogt; Red Vogt | NASCAR Hall of Fame Nominee

 

[Big_John]

 

[Big_John]

Self serve!

 

[Big_John]

Mansfield, Missouri
December 24,1941

 

[Big_John]

Derailed Pontiacs crashing through a fence with a slightly ironic banner.

 

[Big_John]

There were conspiracy theories about Jimi Hendrix not dying, but I never heard one where he was running a gas station.

100 octane gas getting pumped into a Mercury Cyclone by a guy in striped bell bottom pants just screams 1970.

 

[Big_John]

Chicago

 

[Big_John]

Greenville, PA

 

[Big_John]

Dearborn Ford plant

 

[Big_John]

I usually try to post stations with interesting signage, architecture, or even people and cars. This is so simple. Just a gas pump in front of a store.

 

[Big_John]

Le Grand, IA 1940.

Gas station, post office and store.