Old Gas Station In Huntington, WV

[Bruce in southern OH]

All the old stations look great, Dick the one in Bowling Green is the best I've seen, I will try and go down and take a look, about 4 hours south, keep posting old stations, very interesting and great photo locations for Old Fords, thanks Bruce

[Cecil/WV]

In Ohio, somewhere between Zanesville and Martinsburg, there is an old restored station that is now a dental office and is called the "Filling Station".

[1947 ford]

Old gas stations bring back lots memories. Here is 1 in my home town with my 1940. Both are for sale.

[1947 ford]

Old gas stations bring back lots memories. Here is 1 in my home town with my 1940. Both are for sale.

[Seth Swoboda]

Nice pics guys. I like that 41 pickup, that is about the same color blue as our 39 pickup (jefferson blue).

[CajunCrawfish]

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wish these old stations existed in Michigan near me. I would definitely invest. Perhaps my new pole barn could have some features that resemble these old stations to give it character

[ora masters]

Originally Posted by FL&WVMIKE

Bruce In Southern Ohio ..................
Makes me think of "Moon Pies and RC Cola". Also putting peanuts into my $ .05 Coca Cola glass bottle. Did you guys do that, when you were a kid, hanging around your favorite service station ?
Thanks for posting this. I loved it !
MIKE

yes but iallways used orange soda 1944

[41panelmark]

Nice station and great truck......

[Bruce in southern OH]

This was Pre War II at 3rd Ave and 29th Street in Huntington, WV, two nice old Fords in Photo

[richard crow]

when i was a kid there were several stations like in brooklyn new york & they had a grease pit out side i greased maney cars in the winter you wheeled the grease unit out in the winter because the grease had to be warm to pump they did a lot or repairs outside try & get a guy to work under those conditons today

[Don Rogers]

Richard, You got me searching my old photos for a picture of my Dad's car being serviced at a Citgo station in Brooklyn/Richmond Hill in 1942? Luckily it wasn't winter at the time. Things weren't much better out on Long Island in 1947. My sister and I watch a Big Texaco tanker refuel a sheltered (but no garage door) service station.

[Bruce in southern OH]

Don, would like to find that Texaco Tanker, what a great looking truck and your two photos, thanks Bruce

[BrianCT]

Originally Posted by Bruce in southern OH

This was Pre War II at 3rd Ave and 29th Street in Huntington, WV, two nice old Fords in Phot0

Isn't that some Brand X convert? Split windshield with stand alone headlights.

[B-O-B]

Yeah I'm still looking for the ghost fords. Heh heh he

[russcc]

Sometimes contaminated soil is simply covered and left to off gas the hydrocarbons.

[malpais]

Like to see old stations and vehicles still exist on Colorado plains. Too bad they're just storage now......

[39topless]

Originally Posted by sanborn

I remember driving by that station while I was working in Huntington ten years ago. It's great that it has been saved.

About the same time, I negotiated a deal to purchase the old Bellbuckle garage in Bellbuckle, TN. Bellbuckle is a tourist town with lots of old stores, lots of weekend craft fairs, Moon Pie festivals, etc. I planned to restore it, install a couple of glass globe pumps, install above ground tanks and sit around in my overalls, with my Bassett Hounds, the 40 pickup parked there-----and sell gas on the weekends---for a slight premium---and let the folks take pictures of me too!

The EPA nixed the whole deal!!!!! The original tanks are still in the ground and before the property can be sold, the tanks must be removed!!!!! The cost of removal made the cost impossible to absorb! Soooooo, the building is still sitting there, with new siding----and will continue to sit there until someone comes up with the $80+K or the EPA relaxes their rulings.

Now, I have gotten almost too old!

How about negotiating a long term lease(100 years etc). Would that get you around the EPA crap?

[chuck stevens]

Bruce, Yesterday we went to a cancer benefit for a fellow car nut and it was near this old gas station, so I took advantange of the situation. It was a beautiful day, the 39 ran like a champ, and the bbq chicken was excellent. Made it home before the rain hit, sometimes thing just work out, Chuck S.

[Terry,OH]

My Dad's godfather owned this home and station in Avon Lake, OH. It changed to a Gulf station and remained basically unchanged and in the same family until about 15 years ago. When it finally was removed. Note the Coke-Cola air plane, in the early photo, became a Gulf sign.

[Bruce in southern OH]

Chuck, one of the best photos I have seen, thanks