Old gas station pix

[Craig Lewis]

This great collection was posted over on the early V8 site.

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

 

[willobs]

WOW notice Ethenol Gas in the one Pic, thought it was something recent. Wonder if they gave up on it for the same reasons we hate it now!

 

[Afordman31]

Thanks Craig for the Link. The picture of the parking ramp, how did they get the cars parked like this? Maybe elevator?

 

[SDJason]

Thanks for posting!! (oh - and same question about the parking structure - I've often thought that something like that would be handy in urban areas; looks like people thought of that decades ago)

 

[raprice]

Wow! I loved seeing those photos of old service stations. Brought back some terrific memories. I enjoyed trying to identify all those autos. I think I got most of them.
Rog

 

[Fred K-OR]

BTW if I am correct, the first picture of the B 17 bomber was located in Oregon, I think the bomber was rebuilt/restored within the last few years.

 

[BILL WILLIAMSON]

Thanks Craig for the Link. The picture of the parking ramp, how did they get the cars parked like this? Maybe elevator?

Weird Gregg, my son,?? would suggest they engaged some ALIENS to design a LEVITATOR to FLOAT the fine lookin' buggies into their berths!!
I sometimes wonder if there was a MIX-UP when we retrieved him from the maternity ward??? A chip "OFF THE OLD BLOCK" NO, NO, NO!!! Maybe he's an "ALIEN"!! Bill W.

 

[gardon]

I believe Ethyl was higher octane gas. Not ethynol.

 

[Ross/Kzoo]

Remember Gulf No-Knox? Another type of Ethyl. Ethyl was a lead additive.

 

[Special Coupe Frank]

I believe Ethyl was higher octane gas. Not ethynol.

"Ethyl" was a trademarked name for one refinery's leaded gasoline blend. ( Sorry, don't remember whose TM it was.)

The name came from the anti-knock additive tetra-ethyl lead, developed by Charles F. Kettering and his team in the early 1920's.

While grain-based alcohols are "ethyl alchohols", they are not the same "ethyl" as "Ethyl" when it comes to gasolines of the Twenties - Fifties.

 

[mass A man]

Thanks for the posting Craig, Very enjoyable viewing! That one close-up photo of the '34 Ford taken about 1935 is one of the very few period photo's I've seen with white walls on his car. Clean ones at that!---Pete.

 

[Ca. Kid]

Thanks for the link. Really enjoyed it. If we could only go back in time.......!

 

[ctlikon0712]

Here are a few that are more from the 20's-40's era.

 

[Patrick L.]

Ethyl, I remember her. Quite a gal. She burned hot.

 

[ctlikon0712]

And a few more.

 

[peters180a/170b]

Thanks for all the pictures... does anyone reprint them? I have a few and would like to add to my wall...

 

[gweilbaker]

Here's what one looks like today on US30 near Columbus IN;

 

[Clydes 31 P/U]

The sign on the building in post 13 photo 10 goes to show we don't learn.

 

[sphanna]

Saw a sighn for Seiberling tires. Don't think they exist anymore and I think they morphed into GoodYear. I remember the Jingle: "be safe be sure with Seiberling, the finest tires you can by".

 

[Tom Wesenberg]

The sign on the building in post 13 photo 10 goes to show we don't learn.

Wow, I missed that one. I wonder if the crap was taxpayer subsidized back them too?