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Title: Service, Please! Your Contributions are Welcome
Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 25, 2012, 08:42:02 AM
Workin' in the fillin' station - too many tasks. Wipe the windows - check the tires - check the oil - dollar gas!

Ol' Chuck got what he wanted, I guess, as that kind of service is mostly a memory, or an image in a movie. But for the first three-quarter centuries of the automobile's history, 'full service' meant just that. A Dollar gas would get you pretty far, and you'd be looking at the open road through a crystal-clear windshield, to boot.

In this thread I've begun a collection of photos of various cars getting serviced, although some are far from a traditional filling station setting.

Please, add some of your own.   :)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 25, 2012, 08:44:19 AM
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 25, 2012, 08:50:56 AM
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on August 25, 2012, 08:52:47 AM
,
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Post by: Tom_I on September 07, 2012, 02:54:20 PM
A few more.

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Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 07, 2012, 04:10:45 PM
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: grobmotorix on September 11, 2012, 02:47:18 PM
Some more:
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Post by: grobmotorix on September 11, 2012, 02:48:46 PM
Batch #2:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 12, 2012, 04:42:02 AM
service_ (01).jpg  is my favorite so far :)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 15, 2012, 08:59:28 AM
More
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 15, 2012, 09:00:48 AM
and, plus
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Post by: Wendax on September 17, 2012, 02:48:27 PM
A white-collar job:
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Post by: Wendax on September 19, 2012, 04:26:48 PM
From glamourless days:
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Post by: Wendax on October 06, 2012, 04:01:37 PM
Fine architecture:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 07, 2012, 08:29:28 AM
Nice ones!

A few more...
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 07, 2012, 08:31:38 AM
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Post by: Wendax on October 22, 2012, 12:33:55 PM
Two nice ones:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 05:56:07 AM
More gas
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 05:58:03 AM
...and more...
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2012, 05:59:33 AM
One more gas station, then Dick says bye-bye
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Post by: Ray B. on November 08, 2012, 10:00:58 AM
This is not a photo but a painting, but it may have its place here. More info about the painter, Alain Bertrand, in the "Diners and drive-ins" topic where I will be posting some others.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 08, 2012, 10:46:23 AM
Wow - that's nice!
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 12, 2012, 05:34:26 AM
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Post by: Ray B. on November 27, 2012, 05:34:30 AM
Plain fill 'er up.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 27, 2012, 05:37:11 AM
Absolutely!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on November 28, 2012, 04:22:43 AM
Next installment
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Post by: Ray B. on December 01, 2012, 09:22:51 AM
Beat this one...
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Post by: Ray B. on December 01, 2012, 10:35:52 AM
Not a period photo, but too nice to set aside.
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Post by: Wendax on December 01, 2012, 02:54:07 PM
A surprising one  ;D
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Post by: Ray B. on December 10, 2012, 08:36:26 AM
I hope these dogs can read...
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Post by: Wendax on December 10, 2012, 08:39:45 AM
Judging by the dogs she must be Cruella die Sel  :lmao:
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Post by: Ray B. on December 13, 2012, 05:10:31 AM
Another dog
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Post by: Wendax on December 13, 2012, 12:01:35 PM
Curbside service:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 06:07:55 AM
Filling it up gain
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 15, 2012, 06:09:43 AM
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Post by: Ray B. on December 27, 2012, 08:53:08 AM
Washington D.C. 1926
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Post by: Wendax on December 30, 2012, 04:32:49 PM
And action!
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 01, 2013, 08:45:58 AM
More service
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Post by: Wendax on January 04, 2013, 05:01:06 PM
A nice one:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 05, 2013, 07:41:03 AM
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 05, 2013, 07:42:45 AM
Another assortment
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Post by: Wendax on January 06, 2013, 10:17:31 AM
Another one:
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Post by: Wendax on January 20, 2013, 11:11:26 AM
How good that there were cornerstones!
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Post by: Wendax on January 25, 2013, 05:14:42 PM
Idyllic:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on January 26, 2013, 05:49:26 AM
Three great ones in-a-row.  :thumbsup:

Another grab-bag:
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Post by: Wendax on February 09, 2013, 01:28:18 AM
One more:
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Post by: grobmotorix on February 19, 2013, 01:19:37 AM
A quite special service station:
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Post by: Wendax on February 26, 2013, 12:17:54 PM
Another pair:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 27, 2013, 04:36:48 AM
Service with a smile
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 27, 2013, 04:38:42 AM
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 27, 2013, 04:40:49 AM
&
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Post by: Wendax on March 12, 2013, 03:24:44 AM
A very special one (BTW, the building still exists in a modified and neglected state):
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 25, 2013, 05:20:36 AM
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 31, 2013, 08:04:13 AM
+
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 31, 2013, 08:08:05 AM
&
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Post by: Wendax on May 19, 2013, 05:19:47 PM
Airplane fuel supply at Hanover airport:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 16, 2013, 06:24:02 AM
Remember to keep your eyes on the job at hand  ;)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on June 16, 2013, 06:25:58 AM
.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on July 03, 2013, 07:24:11 AM
[attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5][attachimg=6][attachimg=7][attachimg=8][attachimg=9][attachimg=10][attachimg=11][attachimg=12]
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Post by: Wendax on July 07, 2013, 04:21:18 PM
Off duty, I guess.
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Post by: Wendax on July 25, 2013, 03:58:47 PM
A votre service!
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Post by: Ray B. on October 11, 2013, 12:21:58 PM
 8)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2013, 05:57:16 AM
Thanks, Ray and Wendax!

[attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5][attachimg=6][attachimg=7][attachimg=8][attachimg=9][attachimg=10][attachimg=11][attachimg=12]
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on October 31, 2013, 06:00:27 AM
[attachimg=1][attachimg=2][attachimg=3][attachimg=4][attachimg=5][attachimg=6][attachimg=7][attachimg=8][attachimg=9][attachimg=10][attachimg=11][attachimg=12]
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Post by: Wendax on December 08, 2013, 06:28:25 AM
Germany, winter 1942:
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Post by: Ray B. on December 14, 2013, 09:21:53 AM
A small batch
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Post by: Wendax on December 17, 2013, 02:08:20 PM
Another one from darker times:
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Post by: Ray B. on December 19, 2013, 10:59:56 AM
 8)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 01, 2014, 07:01:40 AM
Haven't stopped for gas in quite a while.
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Post by: Wendax on February 16, 2014, 04:53:25 PM
The friendly service team is waiting for you:
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Post by: Bill Murray on February 18, 2014, 11:27:38 AM
Gas stations in Nyköping Sweden.  Captions are below the photos.

Bill
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Post by: Bill Murray on February 18, 2014, 11:30:16 AM
Brazilian art deco gas station year unknown but early.
Bill
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Post by: Ray B. on February 22, 2014, 07:20:29 AM
 8)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 23, 2014, 05:44:39 AM
+
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on February 23, 2014, 05:47:26 AM
&
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Post by: Ray B. on March 04, 2014, 08:45:04 AM
 8)
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Post by: Wendax on March 06, 2014, 11:43:04 AM
Have fun, buy Dynamin!
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Post by: Bill Murray on March 06, 2014, 05:01:07 PM
I've been using my Frequent Flyer Pass again lately.  Odds and Sods from Far Flung Corners.
Bill

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Post by: Ray B. on March 07, 2014, 12:21:08 AM
A Dennis Hopper photo
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Post by: Ray B. on March 09, 2014, 12:39:56 AM
Another look at Miss Frances Heisler, gas attendant at an Atlantic White Flash service station, Philadelphia 1943. See reply#61.
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Post by: Wendax on March 14, 2014, 05:44:13 PM
Strax:
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 19, 2014, 05:13:44 AM
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Post by: Ray B. on April 22, 2014, 09:59:17 AM
 8)
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Post by: Wendax on October 29, 2014, 05:15:23 PM
Waiting
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Post by: Ray B. on February 16, 2015, 11:52:09 PM
 8)
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Post by: Wendax on January 09, 2016, 05:44:08 PM
Is that the right stuff?
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Post by: Wendax on February 04, 2016, 03:06:37 AM
The apprentice:
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Post by: Wendax on March 06, 2016, 04:20:08 PM
When Super ain't good enough:
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Post by: Ray B. on March 18, 2016, 10:51:30 AM
 8)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on March 19, 2016, 04:38:53 AM
No giant chicken?
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Post by: Wendax on April 03, 2016, 03:42:55 AM
Maximum service employees per liter:
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Post by: Ray B. on April 07, 2016, 04:24:09 AM
Self service
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on April 16, 2016, 07:54:08 AM
Ten years? Ten pics
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Post by: Wendax on May 25, 2016, 01:24:41 PM
Service for the Champion:
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Post by: Ray B. on September 02, 2016, 11:50:41 AM
 8)
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on September 03, 2016, 05:59:23 AM
Very nice - thanks for keeping this thread alive.
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Post by: Wendax on October 20, 2019, 03:01:51 AM
Caring for car and driver:
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Post by: thorax on November 15, 2019, 12:55:27 PM
from Italy
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Post by: grobmotorix on November 17, 2019, 07:59:51 AM
Special service for a Russian Moskvitch at a GDR service station:
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Post by: thorax on December 10, 2019, 05:07:18 AM
another from Italy:
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Post by: grobmotorix on December 11, 2019, 01:49:29 PM
This futuristic and unique colonial Fiat gas and service station can still be found today in... - Asmara, Eritrea!
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Post by: thorax on December 13, 2019, 09:26:27 AM
today:
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Post by: thorax on December 14, 2019, 11:30:48 AM
Italy:
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Post by: thorax on December 14, 2019, 11:31:39 AM
from Udine my town:
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Post by: grobmotorix on December 16, 2019, 05:51:03 AM
A very early pre-war Reichsautobahn service station:
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Post by: thorax on December 18, 2019, 05:48:40 AM
another from Italy:
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Post by: thorax on December 18, 2019, 05:56:30 AM
Agip:
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Post by: thorax on December 18, 2019, 06:01:44 AM
Ferrari and Mercedes:
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Post by: thorax on December 20, 2019, 03:20:14 PM
more Agip
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Post by: thorax on December 23, 2019, 01:00:16 PM
Put a tiger in your engine!
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Post by: thorax on January 08, 2020, 06:20:54 AM
Lambo
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Post by: thorax on January 08, 2020, 06:21:47 AM
Volvo:
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Post by: thorax on January 08, 2020, 06:22:55 AM
maybe Tirol:
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Post by: thorax on January 08, 2020, 06:25:51 AM
probably one of the first service station in Milan
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Post by: Carnut on January 08, 2020, 09:30:16 AM
Lambo

That looks like England..

maybe Tirol:

You could be right judging by what the lady is wearing!  I've never seen anyone walking around dressed like that anywhere else!  Or even in Tyrol for that matter...
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Post by: thorax on January 10, 2020, 04:24:35 PM
Croatia:
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Post by: thorax on January 10, 2020, 04:25:30 PM
not Lada!
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Post by: thorax on January 21, 2020, 11:50:22 AM
more Agip
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Post by: thorax on January 22, 2020, 04:16:24 PM
Aral
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Post by: thorax on January 22, 2020, 04:18:35 PM
wow!
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Post by: Enzo Rhode-Hagen on January 25, 2020, 06:31:02 AM
more Agip

That is the Agip gas station in Milan that Lapo Elkann bought and transformed into a restaurant.
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Post by: thorax on January 27, 2020, 12:38:50 PM
Esso:
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Post by: thorax on January 27, 2020, 12:41:55 PM
not really a work suit  :)
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Post by: thorax on February 04, 2020, 05:52:10 AM
from an old Italian magazine:
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Post by: thorax on December 24, 2021, 03:07:16 PM
Supercortemaggiore in Africa
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Post by: Wendax on January 17, 2022, 01:18:35 AM
Have your tire pressure checked:
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Post by: thorax on February 09, 2022, 07:04:11 AM
1960
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Post by: thorax on February 09, 2022, 07:05:39 AM
Jugoslavia
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Post by: sichel on April 19, 2022, 05:20:39 AM
Continental Racing Service (a German tyre factory) on Borgward B 2000 D, built by Kässbohrer in 1953.
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Post by: thorax on April 19, 2022, 11:37:45 AM
 :thumbsup:
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Post by: sichel on December 28, 2022, 08:27:49 AM
And this is how it looks 40 years later. Mercedes 1850 S from 1993 as a racing service vehicle for truck races.
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Post by: Otto Puzzell on December 29, 2022, 07:00:47 AM
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Post by: thorax on December 31, 2022, 03:25:54 PM
Nederland:
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Post by: thorax on January 04, 2023, 06:08:51 AM
Fiat 1300/1500
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Post by: thorax on January 04, 2023, 06:09:58 AM
Agip
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Post by: thorax on January 04, 2023, 06:10:46 AM
Texaco
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Post by: thorax on January 04, 2023, 06:12:14 AM
Shell in Italy and Nederland