extremely great photos from 21 studs tumblr part 1

pre 1940's gas station, just an awesome photo, and a rare early color one
Only advertising big wheel I've ever seen, great idea!
Unusual Superbird with a 1970's funly paint job


3 ads in one dealership... Rambler, Jackson, and India, I like that slogan "No sand too deep, no hill too steep"

What are they doing with this elephant? Trying to break the car?
Rockwell was such a talented artist and pretty good at humor too


Clint Eastwood

Katherine Hepburn?

Petty on the left, Yarborough on the righ if I recall correctly, in the Woods Brothers Mercury
Jimi Hendrix

Why did Ford have more ugly Falcon models than good looking Mustangs?http://21studs.tumblr.com/ is where all of these came from

Model T's on 21 studs tumblr

Model T's getting offloaded from the train to the dealership
The tools and grease pump display board on the far side of the car are a reminder that a garage once was a display case for the small oil company products, for a good look at one see the Richfield lube rack https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ78fdQmTBO2J4RuVC7k_hfEQugtnAjjv9DPV_ku0jAdNPRGrt4wOJE6A8QBpG7PHiD5Tq2nBAGD3MGnCmWe_jeFh_bmay2JnYHwXtn3874woybI4CBC1hqzsazmntidpUL_-HG1uuyQcP/s1600/DSC_0038.JPG

Doesn't she look cute in the sailor outfit

great photos I've never come across before! terrific Tumblr site, now on my recommended list http://21studs.tumblr.com/

Behind the car is a High Test fuel sign... oh, for the good old days

found on http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428585

an amusement park bumper car and 1930's gas pump in a bar on Miramar Rd, called the filling station

Spitzler's Auto Supply with curbside gas pumps

From Shorpy

1920 Penn Oil fuel station with " Lightning Motor Fuel " !.. I want me some of that!

from Shorpy

Cool photos from Chromefin.blogspot.com

the remains of a model a axle that was momentarily revealed by the shifting beach http://chromefin.blogspot.com/2008/10/shifting-sands_09.html

All from a cool site: http://chromefin.blogspot.com/

Golden age survivor in Brazil

The photo posted by Fabio Almeida was made in the district Taquaras rural Burnt Ranch, Sierra Santa Catarina.

http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.com/2009/12/monumento-ao-automovel.html

1920 method of obtaining gas in Brazil was a department store

The photo above is from 1920, highlighting the "torpedo" a Ford TT.

The coolest thing in this image is the writing on the wall of the warehouse: Custodian of gasoline "Motano"-Standard Oil of Brazil.

So this was the sale of "Gazolina" in the early days! Well before the gasoline pumps, fuel was sold in department stores in brass!
http://antigosverdeamarelo.blogspot.com/2010/01/jacarei-curiosidades.html

Relix Riot at the Gilmore Car Museum in Hickory Corners Michigan

Via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=402654

read all about it http://westmichiganweekly.blogspot.com/2009/09/old-school-hot-rods-featured-at-gilmore.html

Nik finds cool stuff, that is what he does

the original is bigger and I cropped out a telephone pole, but just look at the abandoned gas station, in 1937. Ain't that just Hank Williams "So lonely I could die" lonely? Via: http://carrosantigos.wordpress.com/ who found it on Shorpy... awesome website of old photographs.

Lots of cool photos over at the HAMB, here's a couple from a thread about the history of Los Angeles

That is one great photo.

Very cool socket wrench holder! That's clever!

Craig Breedlove built the Spirit of America in his garage!

This is how many oil derricks there were all over Los Angeles, above in Brea, below in Huntington Beach, 1958

The first the time I have seen a delivery truck in use to deliver when new

Drive by banking?

Big 'ol ambulance

Via: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=4927350