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Nice. Its getting closer to my house as we speak! True on the lower that explains the "wooden" part. Sorry to all readers from the great State of Illinois who I tricked into reading this thread. Mea culpa.

I wish I was closer... http://corvallis.craigslist.org/tls/3132015276.html

Looks great. Thanks for sharing.

I need to quit reading GJ and get back to my programming... there's gold in them thar hills.

looks great!

Mobil in Gold Bar, WA Here's a Google image of my Dad's Mobil (later Gulf) on Highway 2 in Gold Bar, WA. The building on the left was our house. The building on the right was a 3-bay service shop. We had a little store where Mom dipped ice-cream. We had a steady stream fisherman and hunters...

Very nice. The challenge will be... do you not show the non-66 items or do you turn it into a Petroliana exhibit? Either way you will have a blast. Get some local car clubs and have a few 'Saturday workday' events. They will have fun, the museum will get some more patrons, you will get some...

Very cool... it appears the Exacto knife was the original Photoshop!

The challenge is getting all your cool stuff (coke coolers, gas pumps etc.) and the cars inside. First everything needs to be on wheels. I had a 1 car garage with a lean-to off the side. I kept a pinball machine, bumper pool table, 50's kitchen table and a coke machine and my Chevelle in that...

Here's my favorite the Teague Texaco the coolest gas stations ever built... The classic Texaco “ice box” gas stations, were white enamel over steel with three forest-green streamline stripes and a free-standing post bearing the red Texaco star logo on a white disk. These iconic American...

I cant speak for Ryan... but to me "soul" comes from what happens in the garage. When you look at some of the "classic" garages on GJ the older garages always seem to have more soul. Blood, Sweat, Tears, Grease all combine to give a garage a magic elixir that can't be bought. With that said...

This is my favorite shot. We all want a place to do our projects. This is the heartbeat of your build for me. Thank you for sharing!

Hey Don The B&W covers the entire garage it was the 1st thing we did when we moved in. The fan has feet and will roam around the floor where ever it is needed. Thanks for the invite!

Nice. We have quite a few of these in Palm Springs and surrounding communities. I love the chevron with the crown.

My wife and I grew up back east we flew to LA in '85 with $3K in our pockets to buy a car and drive it home. Found it in East LA, second owner, drove it to PA and brought it back to CA when we moved here in '88. Its an original 283ci car w/o any options. Its as base a convertible as you could...