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I hung the sign inside the ring tonight to see which route I was going to take with it. I ended up cutting five and a half inches out of the ring so it will be about 3 inches bigger than the sign. I need to make some new brackets to hang it in the ring. The original ones are a bit short to get...

I'm actually glad that it worked out like it did. The first pole was a little taller than I preferred, but it was a smokin deal. The pole I have will fit the space better. It will be going just to the north of Dino up by the sidewalk along Willis Ave, which btw is the main east/west corridor...

Sold before I could get to it.

Took advantage of some unusually warm January weather to install some new signage I had been working on for the last couple months. These are 1/2 inch plywood letters that I coated in fiberglass resin and painted. I had these cut probably a year and a half ago, its nice to finally get them up...

Cold gloomy winter day here in central Iowa so I figured it would be a good day to kill a little time at the library. I'm trying to figure out when the rear 60ft shop addition was added on. You would think there would have been a newspaper article or advertisement of some sorts about it. No luck...

To the Garage Journal family Dino wishes everyone a Merry Christmas. 2018-12-22_07-24-19 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

Montgomery Ward left the building in 1970. There is a period from then until about 1977 I'm uncertain what the building was used for. I know who the owner was, just don't know what he used it for and the family is unsure also. I know for sure starting in 1977 through 2016 when I bought the...

The station recreation, a tribute to the buildings history and a forgone era was part of the plan since day one. The history of the building was its biggest appeal. As I dig more and more into the history of the Perry Oil Company and how it was a community owned and operated independent station...

I've been wanting to put together a display that honored the 38 years the station was in business. Kanotex gas and Nourse Oil products were sold at the station from day 1. Sometime in 1953 Anderson-Prichard bought out the Kanotex refinery and they rebranded Kanotex stations as APCO stations. I...

I've been kicking around a name all day. I kept notes of the names of former employees at the station as it has came up in conversion and in newspaper articles. Some of the names include: Fritz Goretzke, Bobby Johnson, Ted Nath, Percy Brown, Don Nath, Clarence Nath, Roland Parcel, P.A. Sanders...

Hired a new pump jockey at the station..he takes his job very seriously. 2018-12-08_01-40-31 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

This week was a big week for me...after what seemed like an eternity I finally own a station attendants hat. Who would have ever thought it would be easier to find a 6 foot tall Dinosaur than a little old hat. I think I'm going to find a mannequin to display it on along with the original long...

That makes two of us...guess that lesson in junior high science class didn't stick :dunno: 20181124_230139 by Joe Unger, on Flickr The sleigh has been well received. It has had a steady stream of visitors of all ages. This Minnesota family pulled up just as I was leaving the station around...

Slow news day in the big city yesterday :) 20181123_142805 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20181123_142749 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

I seen a post on instagram from Sinclair talking about how Dino is the only life size balloon in the parade at 36 feet tall by 72 feet long. They do pretty neat promotion driving across the county with a Dino in the bed of an F150 ending in NYC at the parade.

Set Santa's sleigh out today 20181120_082326 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20181120_083016 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20181120_083057 by Joe Unger, on Flickr

Every now and then I'll get somebody local stop with something. I've bought a few things that way, but not really that much though. I use Facebook A LOT, there's a very good network of groups, pickers, daily facebook auctions and of course Facebook marketplace. Within that I've built a lot of...

Re: 1932 Gas Station Resurrection Made my new regular Friday afternoon stop at the library to kill a couple hours digging through newspaper archives. I came across this mid 30's ad that has become one of my favorites. 20181117_044925 by Joe Unger, on Flickr As some may remember when I...

Since we're talking about Dino, I forgot to post this the other day. It's a 1958 credit card receipt clipboard. I felt it was only fitting to display it with an original Perry Oil tank wagon receipt. 20181109_132733 by Joe Unger, on Flickr Santa's new ride is ready to roll out...

Yep. I seen that too. That's the place the makes the new Dinos for Sinclair. Sinclair had a Facebook Q&A about Dino a while back and they said they make 3 to 5 a week and have a waiting list 500 deep. 20181106_201544 by Joe Unger, on Flickr 20181106_201054 by Joe Unger, on Flickr