Restored 1930's Auto Shop

[perry 82]

this is a neat find and restoration on a 1930's service garage. there is pics and the story thru out all 146 pages.

look at all the cool old stuff check out the garden tractor on page 5

http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=51567

[CasualObserver 3,411]

Perry, that is a really cool one. I've been following it since Page 15 was new. It's amazing that it just keeps going and going. The things that he's refinished and refurbished are out of this world. It's not that far from Tim (catman) I wonder if he's ever been over there. Tim?

[VinsRJ 723]

Wish I could have a shop like that..... even in its original condition :woohoo:

[btrrg1969 11]

very nice

[HorseFixer 2,013]

WoW! That is pretty cool! for sharing.

Cheers ~Duke

[Redbirdman 7]

I can't imagine...........the amount of work! and time involved.

Gramma has a fit when I spend more than a half a day just washing the hanger floor......

But I think I would be a little quiet about that massive hole in the ground to fix an oil leak in the lift...............A WHAT???? WHAT DID YOU SAY??? DID YOU SAY "AN OIL LEAK ....IN THE DIRT" OMG EPA,,,DEP,,,FD,,,,State remediation permits, soil disposal, OSHA......

That finished black and white tile floor is perfect for the 1950's and that guy did one heckof a job!

ed :D

[Docwheelhorse 2,740]

Cool.... Cool.... Cool.... and a Chevy II parked in the bay... It doesn't get any better than that!

Tony

[Ken B 3,189]

That is flat out awesome! These days its a shame that most people will tear that building down and put up some El Cheapo steel building in its place. That dude saved a piece of Americana. :woohoo:

[horsefeathers 15]

Perry, This one hits home for me!

I own a old Wolf's Head gas station/repair garage!

I live in Oil City, Pa. The birth place of the Oil Industry!

Built in 1950 It was in dismal repair and an ongoing project!

Two story cement block building I live in the apartment upstairs!

This place is a county landmark everyone knows the Ames Brothers garage!

But after 11 years it don't look like that! I sure wish it did!

very cool!

You are here! Oil city,Pa. History ohh yea!!! It all started here! OIL!!!

HORSEFEATHERS!

[perry 82]

his old shop he restored is beautiful, but for some reason i like the old rustic looking picture's he posted. i have been going thru page by page and like seeing the old stuff he his pulling out of the storage buildings.

horesfeathers, what kind of cool old stuff have you found stashed in your building ?.

[312Hydro 474]

I wish you guys never found Garage Journal! Now I'm looking at my garage and seeing just what a mess(Although it was always a mess) it is! I could probably claim title to "Worlds Most Junked Up Garage" I am a packrat so that goes without saying. They do some amazing garages .

Is that a seventies Plymouth Satellite sitting in front of your pump Horsefeathers?

[horsefeathers 15]

Perry, The rat's ate it all !! The PO was a pack rat...

And they striped it to bones! It was full of car parts when I first looked at the place.

Junk engines,transmissons, starters, alternators piled 5 feet high!

Garage is 35x40 and you could not walk through it!

They took everything but the copper water pipes!

I'am still digging up sparkplugs, thermostats, and muffler clamps in the yard!

Hydro, That's a '74 dodge Charger I sold last year... a cool car should'a kept it!

HORSEFEATHERS