Gas Stations From The Past

[Eagle Point]

I had this link emailed to me showing a bunch of gas stations from the past. These will bring back alot of memories.
Here is the link, hopefully it will open........ I copied and pasted it?


http://hipspics.freewebspace.com/gas/gas.html

 

[Steevo]

That old Cucamonga garage building was still there when I was a kid in the 1960's.

 

[gricegear]

Thanks for the link. I cant get enough of old stations.

 

[mauls]

what is going on here?

Car storage? How did they get them up there, some kind of lifT?

 

[Steevo]

what is going on here?



Car storage? How did they get them up there, some kind of lifT?

See this article:

http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/tag/modish-building/

And this one:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/pigeonhole-parking-lot/

 

[CNGsaves]

Found the answer with research of Modish Building . . . . . it's in Portland, OR and this unusual parking was called Pigeon Hole parking.

See info at:
http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/tag/modish-building/

Write-up says these "parking systems" were plagued with bad electronics and would leave the cars stranded untils repairs were made. Now that site is just surface parking.

 

[mauls]

See this article:

http://vintageportland.wordpress.com/tag/modish-building/

And this one:

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/pigeonhole-parking-lot/

Pretty cool concept for the era, thanks for the links

 

[Joe B.]

That old Cucamonga garage building was still there when I was a kid in the 1960's.

It is still there now. (At least the gas station part is still there while the garage fell down recently.)


Current State:
http://www.route66ca.us/

More Pictures:
http://dutchpreston.com/uncategorized/cucamonga-garage/

Then:

Today:
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(The OP's link was posted about a week ago so I re-posted this post.)

 

[1930artdeco]

Bomber Gas is gone now. Last I heard they took the plane down and are restoring it-I think the station is still there though.

Mike

 

[sgrammel]

what is going on here?

Car storage? How did they get them up there, some kind of lifT?

When i saw the pic, I thought ..'Portland used to have something like that.' Guess I was right..

Was too young to recall much but I do have a memory of going to downtown with my partnes and watch the cars go up and down on the lifts..

 

[NUTTSGT]

That's 72 cars neatly stacked in a small area. If somebody could modernize that fora big city, you could make yourself a small fortune.

 

[PKAero]

It is still there now. (At least the gas station part is still there while the garage fell down recently.)


Current State:
http://www.route66ca.us/

More Pictures:
http://dutchpreston.com/uncategorized/cucamonga-garage/

Then:

Today:
View media item 27195
(The OP's link was posted about a week ago so I re-posted this post.)

Is that a contrail in the sky on the "Then" photo?

 

[dodgeramsst2003]

That's 72 cars neatly stacked in a small area. If somebody could modernize that fora big city, you could make yourself a small fortune.

actually they have.... sort of. When I was in Germany I saw a few parking places that went up and down. It was nothing to that extent and only went two or three high, and maybe 3 or 4 wide. I think I remember seeing it mainly outside residential places but I could be wrong.

 

[Joe B.]

Is that a contrail in the sky on the "Then" photo?

Long light clouds stretching from north to south like that are fairly common over LA area not that far from the ocean.

 

[Falcon67]

http://www.flickriver.com/photos/courthouselover/1642280791/

This one is 83 years old - and still in operation in O'Donnell Tx. Guy running it has been there 45 years. O'Donnell Oil & Butane

http://pressreporter.com/news_article.php?id=7364

 

[Stuart in MN]

That one photo with the rat rod sure sticks out like a sore thumb - definitely not a period shot.

 

[Mike14k]

The restored Phillips 66 station at the Bartlesville, OK airport. Very cool with a perfect period interior.

Bartlesville was the birthplace of Phillips as a company. Frank Phillips pioneered aviation fuel, CNG, plastics and thousands of other products.