gearheads78

Picture that was found of my great grandpa's gas station and store.

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1969w3155

That is cool! My Aunt and Uncle had a rural Shell station, general store and post office all rolled into one. (wooden framed candy cases and mail slots) They are deceased, but I am having trouble getting copies of two that I found as part of the historical display near where it was located. One pic is from the 50's, which I want to get badly, as that's how I remember it from the early 60's.

CQR

Thats really cool.I'm partial to old shops. I just wish they were easier to work out of. I have old timey photos of my shop on my website morrisoncarworks.com

Jamesbo

Cool,

Thanks for sharing.

Lady72nRob71

Cool old picture - where was it? Looks out west.

cutlassgal

That's a cool old picture, Richard! Thanks for sharing!

Eddie Hansen

I love those old stations and stores...

Eddie Hansen

Maybe you could hope into your car and travel back for a fill up





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car_designer

Great picture.

gearheads78

Rob, It was located in Jolly Tx close to Wichita Falls on 287.

citcapp

cool picture and neat history in your family. Like the photo shop picture too

gearheads78

Nice but that is about 20 years too new to be parked there.

Allan R

Shamrock??
Did they by any chance sell green gas?

Just for kicks, I did a google search on Shamrock. Interesting history. I have never seen one of these stations, but apparently they still exist in both the USA and Canada.

Did your Grandpa own the store or was he under license? I'm thinking that back in the day, money would be pretty scarce and have no idea what the franchising would have been like back then. According to the historical price of gas, if that store was circa 1946, the price per gallon should be around 21¢ a gallon. WOW! Fill the tank for less than $5.00??? Heck, I'd leave a $10.00 tip!

gearheads78

It was his station. My dad said he had 3 at one time. As best as we can tell that picture was very early 50's. Only thing that would be any better would have been a couple period hotrods filling up at the pump.

kartmaster

Cool photo. I like playing with stuff like this in photoshop. I'm not real pro at it, but it's fun to mess with.

I'm a young buck, so forgive me is some of the colors aren't period correct. hehe

gearheads78

Dude!!! That is sweet. Nice work!!

kevin.horton

OK, here's one for you...if you ever find yourself in good ol' Kansas, here is one that a guy I know reproduced.....It's a Skelly station that he had built in his front yard.....here is the link to the story as well. And sorry, didn't mean to hijack the original thread. I just dig old stuff like this.

http://cjonline.com/news/2011-06-12/...on-gas-topekan