I saw this on E-bay & this would make one cool shop for someone Gary 4T950 Chevy Guy You are bidding on a dissasembled 30' X 50' Metal Building / Gas Station. These were used by Ashland Oil in the 1950's - 1960's. Its made of Metal panels that bolt together. All of the metal is coated with some type of porcelain enamel much like a kitchen stove or washing machine. Its self supporting and is simply bolted to a concrete slab. Inside are par***ion walls that divide the left half into three rooms. The two garage doors ( all aluminum ) and hardware are include but not the gl***. No gl*** is included with building. Building was dissasembled about 5 years ago and has been inside in storage since. Original plans were to use the building elsewhere but that never happened. Buyer is responsible for pickup and loading. No help will be provided. Building is located in Owingsville Kentucky. The individual panels are not extremely heavy but there is a very large steel truss that supports the roof over the garage area that is VERY heavy. On Jul-23-06 at 08:52:27 PDT, seller added the following information: UPDATE !!!! Building does not come with insualtion, that was disposed of when it was taken down. You insulate it with standard size fibergl*** insulation before you install the outer skin. Building does not come with roofing material. You put standard shingles on after you insulate the roof. PAYMENT: 50% payment via paypal or Money order due within 5 days. Must be picked up within 30 Days of auction end.
I worked in one of those as a kid. I liked to stay outside as much as possible, because it was cold and stinky (kerosene heater) in the winter, and hotter than hell in the summer. I told the owner I'd sell the oil, but I was glad I wasn't changing it (the pit was the pits). I remember it being pretty good money for a 16 year old kid though. I used to hate the old geezers who wanted the recons***uted oil instead of the new in the can. Sad to say I bought a reliable Plymouth instead of a hot rod, ha. I think the owner died before he was 55, but he looked like he was 110. He had four mechanics, and four of us kids to pump gas and sell stuff. He only had two rules: sit around, or miss your quota, and it's pink slip. After a year I was ready to go. They were changing the name from Atlantic Richfield (big *** sign) to these wierd acronym signs. ARCO?? WTF??
The men's room wall were usually corroded away at the urinals. They stank year round. Nothing comfortable about them.
No bid yet. $5,499.00 with a $5,500 buy it now. No bids and it ends in 30 minutes. My wife is pretty kool but she would kick my *** if I brought that home and set it up in the back yard. http://cgi.ebay.com/Ashland-Oil-Gas...ryZ55805QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hmmm.....Just so happens I bought all the porcelain panels froma a 50's Gulf gas station that was getting remodeled as a Baitshop/Deli. Very similar in design except with more rounded corners and blue striped panels. I paid s**** price for them at the time, 17 cents a pound. I think I have less than $200.00 in them. I have them stored away in one my sheds, doesn't take up too much room. Goal is to build a pole barn and do the front wall up with the panels so from the street it looks like a Gulf station in my backyard...over the years I've collected pumps and signage all Gulf. Damn Curator has some early signs that I absolutely have to have. Garage doors and window frames with man doors are fairly easy to come across. I know of a station getting ready to be dozed down soon that has 2 man doors and 4 overhead doors. The Gl*** is the expensive part!
Looks like about a 30 x 48 building (outside dimensions) if those big panels are 3' x 4', so about 1440 Sq Ft with a 15' ceiling. Probably about (30' x 30') 900 Sq Ft shop space, and (18' x 30') 540 Sq Ft for the bathroom, mechanical room, and front sales counter. Looks like the right side of the building was modified with regular steel panels. That ones got the big store design. Must have sold tires or batteries there. The one I worked in had about half that size storefront (cashier basically), and the area behind the store was for the parts for the mechanics. Lots of inventory to do all the time. That was before the days of just-in-time parts delivery (smile). Mechanical room had the hydraulic pumps and compressor in there.
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