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James Howell

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Nancy and I took a short road trip a couple of weekends ago to search for some 38in. rear rims for the Model 70 tractors.

Called Sam Adams in Tatum, TX and made appointment to visit with him and his wife Sonja.

They recently purchased and rebuilt/remodeled a small service station that Sam frequented as a young boy.

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Stepped inside the one-room station and was back in the 30s and 40s era.

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Always a "treat" to go visit with Sam.
 
Sam has "restored" the inside of the little store, (its only about 15 x 12) with items from that period. Old metal coke cooler, old fan, lights, old radio playing period music, lots of cool items.

The pics James posted are ones Sam sent us. I took pics of the inside, but can"t download from the camera until the home computer gets fixed. I"ll post them when the computer gets fixed.
 
If you date the garage to the car and rim setting there, wouldn't the pepsi sign be incorrect for the period ?
 
Not necessarily. Lots of cars of that era (Looks like a 1932 Fordor to me) were running up until the start of WWII. If it had been a brand new looking '32, I'd be tempted to agree with you.
 
(quoted from post at 12:36:43 04/26/10) If you date the garage to the car and rim setting there, wouldn't the pepsi sign be incorrect for the period ?
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One in every crowd........... why not just enjoy the pictures and keep still???????

Dave
 
Get a life, just an observation that Pepsi didn't use red and blue till the fifties, maybe the garage was open till the fifties.
 
Pepsi started using the red and blue in the early 40's. I'd estimate that sign from the mid 40's.
 
A lot of those old cars were running until well after the end of WWII. An older kid I knew drove an old Model T Ford in the late '40s and a high school buddy drove an old Model A until the mid '50s.
 
I went by this site, lower right corner. I don't have any signs or caps that old, but I do have several bottles from the 40's. Most of my stuff is 60's and 70's.
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That is real neat. There are two places near here like that. One is set in the 40's and the other looks like about the 50's (I haven't been inside the second one). It is always great to see things like this being saved.
 
I drove a Model T for a few miles back in the '70s. It had been restored, and was one of the later models with the electric starter. I enjoyed that more than anything I have driven.
 
The design of the sign is 50s and red and blue was used for the war but not in that design.
 
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