Photos of Vintage Auto Dealerships, Repair Shops, and Gas Stations

ca. 1935, Seaboard Oil company (Pure Oil affiliate), 201 W. Columbus Dr., Tampa FL.

Started life as a house. "Remodeled" over the years.

Still there, but ... its seen better days.

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ca. 2021 (does have a new roof, paint job, by 2023).
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2023 - Google
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Urbana, OH 1946


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Still standing. It looks like the gas station is gone, but the building hasn't changed much on the outside.


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We have lots of pics here of old dealership buildings being changed to something else, here's an art deco Coke bottling plant that ended up as a car dealership.

It's now a Volvo dealership. but it was a Chevy, then a Buick dealership before changing hands again and becoming a Volvo store. 1288 W. Genesee St in Syracuse, NY.

There's another one of these buildings in Auburn, NY (just west of Syracuse) that had the same fate, but I can't remember the exact location and I know it's not recognizable now.

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1954 Pontiac undergoes cold weather evaluation in the Cold-Test Cell at GM's Milford Proving Grounds.

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Asserted online to be NW 36th at Shartel, Oklahoma City, OK, on Route 66, circa. early 1950's.

Something is still there though obviously no longer a gas station. But, same NW corner, the form factor of the "modern" structure same (i.e., where the overheads/man doors would have been?as Phillips porcelein box of old, and looks like it COULD have been the old bones just re-skinned/remodeled.

Thoughts?
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1968, alleged to be a set at the former Columbia Ranch "back lot" in Burbank, CA (Hollywood Way at Oak Street, site now belongs to Warner Bros, station seems to be long gone now).

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I saw this great picture and wanted to post it. Plates are 1915 and he's standing in a "grease pit" in some garage and it looks like he's doing some rear axle work. I read the caption and the it gets more interesting when the gentleman is identified. Ferdinand Ellerman - Wikipedia


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