History 1933 Mobil Gas Station.....saved from the dozer....

Some guy in Iowa purchased a 1933 Mobil Gas Station and is having it moved……..every man on the HAMB’s dream come true….can you imagine having that on your property?

http://www.kcci.com/money/20145827/detail.html

and a friend of mine Luke from Iowa’s pics from flickr of the old gas station being moved….

 

Very cool that the building was saved. Be nice to see it around for another 75 years.

 

Did it come with Gas?

 

yeah it came with gas, two employees, all of it.

 

Thats cool as hell. I really hate to see so many old land marks bite the bullet and it seems this one will be saved for future generations to see.

 

Man that would be cool!!

 

I've been trying to buy a little Texaco station from 1927, in Jefferson Texas for years. I saw the owner again this weekend and told him to not forget me if he ever wants to turn it over. Someday he's gonna call. I can just feel it. HAHA.

Doc.

 

Real American History The future may not have gas cars but this is still a great part of our past/present/and part of our future.

 

Farmer, you get pics of that old tin gas station we found in ritz'mon?

 

That is as cool as it gets.

 

There is a somewhat famous book of photography written in 1962 floating around by Edward Ruscha called "Twenty Six Gasoline Stations" I have never seen it but I have read about it several times in other books. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0268/is_n5_v35/ai_19225277/

 

WOW thats amazing! Hell Id live in it!

 

I thought it would have been neat to bid on it when it was on eBay, but I didn't have $26000 to spend + whatever it'd cost to move it the 50 miles up the highway.

http://renovatedsm.com/node/441
http://blogs.desmoinesregister.com/...toric-gas-station-sold-to-antiques-collector/

 

I drive past this building everyday on the way to work. I cant wait to see it back on a foundation.

Jason

 

I would tear down my shop in my back yard to have that placed there instead..how cool is that

 

Ditto! Except I have my old one torn down already.

 

your one step ahead of me than..

I'd hate to knock mine down its only 10 years old and all, but for something as cool as that..if the price was right, the bulldozer would rented today

 

Nice, but you know everybody really wants a '32.......

Terry

 

i posted this in april when it happened when the historical group has saved it ,glad they got a buyer for it here is the orignal post

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=350002

 

I don't care who you are, that's some funny stuff.

 

Ziiing! That was pretty funny lol...

 

Thanks for the tip. I have a strange fascination for old gas stations & petroliana and i've never heard of this book.
I like the picture of the old butterfly canopy Phillips 66 station. If you see an old abandoned gas station with this overhang it's a dead giveaway to it's origin.

 

i bought a 1940 gas station,instead of a 40 ford.

 

Thats exactly what me and the wife would love to do someday, but out in the country. I have yet to see where it's going exactly other than in the east village area.

 

Well, the 26 stations looked like a book I needed, but...HOLY COW!! Lots of copies out there, costing between $1500---nearly $3,000!
The only copy out there under a thou has moisture damage. I'm guessing that means it was found floating in the men's room and smells a bit off...
ANOTHER damn topic that has way too many people with money interested in it!

 

Alright...my brother (his wife really) owns an old Texaco station built in 1940. On main in Milford , Texas It is all original but it never had a garage. They use it as a storage shed lol. Their house is on the same lot and a motor lodge was on the property but tore down and now a mobile home sits there..

He considers it a burden but something I would be proud of. I want to help him out by repairing and cleaning it. He enjoys motorcycles and hot rods but never has time.

He is 38 and I am 31 and we just met. (long story) I'll try to keep him from tearing it down but the city is always on him. He is not on the internet and I wish he could see how desired these are...?

 

glad to see it got saved ! i remember reading the original post when it was up in the air on what would become of it ! they have already destroyed too many sites around here which should have been preserved !

 

Pretty damn cool. But, it looks way modern for 1933 to me.

 

theres a phillips 66 station here for sale right now, just like this one.

 

that Phillips 66 station looks like the gas station in Bullitt