Another new paint job at an old station June 30, 2011
Posted by Ron Warnick in Gas stations, Preservation.trackback
In recent months, volunteers in Tucumcari, N.M., have engaged in a noteworthy project of nostalgic paint jobs to abandoned gas stations along Route 66 in town.
The result is a better-looking main drag without a lot of money being spent.
Here’s the latest abandoned gas station that was repainted. It’s been given an old Phillips 66 look.
More photos of the project can be seen at Ed Klein’s Route 66 World site here.
That brings the number of dressed-stations in Tucumcari to five. Photos of the other stations can be seen here.
Volunteers are planning to repaint a sixth station in July.
(Photo courtesy of Richard Talley)
[...] Klein at Route 66 World made a very good video about the recent repainting of an abandoned gas station in Tucumcari, N.M., into an old-time Phillips 66 [...]
It’s a shame they couldn’t restore this station to its original Esso look instead like this one in Henrico, NC:
http://www.agilitynut.com/10/6/essoflip3.jpg
You would think the Route 66 folks would be interested in historical accuracy.