A new adventure with an old gas station

Squablow · Oct 20, 2025

That's cool you found the original sign pole, those can be pricey. I bought one for my place about 4 years ago and I just got it put up last Friday. I also have a gas pump I need to put together so I'd like to see progress on yours if you take pics, mine is really rough.

Dennis34 · Nov 2, 2025

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For some time now, I have been dreaming about finding an old gas station somewhere further south (which in my case is about anywhere) to restore and have a neat place to get away in the winter months. Kind of an idea with retirement in mind, which is still a few years away.
I have been going to the Midwest 40 Ford gathering since Bret Chrismer (@bchrismer) started it in 2000, and I have come to really enjoy the Springfield area and the people I have met there. I asked him and "Super Steve" Rohlman to keep an eye out for something that would fit the bill.
On the 3rd of July, Steve sent me a couple of pics that his most honorable adversary, Paul, had posted on the book of Faces of a station for sale in Lockwood, Missouri. He was wanting someone who would want it as a place for car guys to hang out to be the buyer. You will know Paul as Poverty Flats (@povertyflats).
It was the right place, and the right price range. Maybe not the right timing, but when opportunity knocks, you had best answer the door!
Yesterday was closing, and now after a two and a half month wait, I am the proud new owner! And from the conversations on the phone to meeting him and staying at his place when I went down to tour the building, I also have a new friend from this as well.
This will be a 5 year project to get it more or less where I want it, starting with revamping the inside to make it livable for while I am there working on it. I plan to dress it out as an early 60's Skelly station. It has been one in it's past, and I kind of want something that is not currently in business. And I like the colors, too.
Here is my new station:
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I think that as I get it brought back into shape, it will be one of those places people will want to stop and get a picture of their car with.
I cannot thank Super Steve and Poverty Flats enough for making this possible. They are both the best, even if they are "arch-frenimies" with one another.
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Dennis34 · Nov 2, 2025

Now that's what I call a summer home!

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