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My friend's repair shop in Flemington, New Jersey on a Saturday afternoon. I was there to top off the freon in the A/C system of the SD455. All sorts of neat stuff in the bays and in the lot.








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Old 06-08-2014, 01:58 AM
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Old service stations are cool. Even better filled with old muscle!


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Wow... that could have been a real throw back if the gas price was 28.9 instead.
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Very cool!! Sure don't see too many shops like that these days.
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Awesome pics, and some great stuff that reminds me of when I was a kid.

And that gas price is about cents cheaper than here. Sux.
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This is a timely thread. I am visiting family in Maryland this week and this old Texaco station is across the street from the hotel I am staying in. Some of the original details are missing, but it's a neat looking building. This style Texaco was all over Baltimore.

I also posted this photo on Facebook and some local car guys are posting some cool car memories of this place.



Sorry there are no cool cars on the lot.
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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: markinnaples</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Awesome pics, and some great stuff that reminds me of when I was a kid.

And that gas price is about 50 cents cheaper than here. Sux. </div></div>

Oops, fixed.
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I had a time warp day today... cruised past the local dealer and it was 1979 all over again. They had 2 Z/28's , one auto with T tops and tilt and power windows. The other was a hand shaker and crank windows. Nice to go back in time and shop every now and then. Wish I could get the time machine back another 10 years to 69!

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I like bare knuckle roll up window, no air stuff. Hand shakers are even better..BKH
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Took another drive today and shot a couple of other old gas stations.


This was my dad's favorite gas station and regularly fueled there. It was originally Butt's Sinclair, then became Butt's BP. It was remodeled in the BP brown decor of the day. The service bays are out back, but I never saw vehicles being worked on. Behind the car trailer is a big pit that used to be full of hub caps. I remember digging in their for some Vega trim rings, and he had them! He was not a warm and fuzzy man and did not allow anyone inside. All of his merchandise was outside. For some reason, BP stopped selling fuel to him, so he stopped fuel sales and the place became Butt's Hardware. It now appears someone may be clearing it out. I'm sure there is LOTS of cool stuff inside that building! This area of Bel Air Road is pretty busy, so I had to find a safe place to shoot this.




I believe this used to be a Phillip's 66 back in the day. It still stands along Rt 40 in Havre de Grace. It's now a suspension alignment shop. I believe the statue used to be mounted on the roof.

Many old gas stations in the area are now either demolished or remodeled and no longer resemble a gas station. I'll see what I can find tomorrow on our road trip.
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