Re: Old Gas Stations, Hotels and Car Hop Pics

by Reb Stew December 22nd 2013, 3:54 am

I like this picture.

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by Reb Stew December 26th 2013, 9:57 pm

by pepboys speedshop December 27th 2013, 2:29 pm

Reb Stew wrote:

amazing pic

by pepboys speedshop December 27th 2013, 2:30 pm

Reb Stew wrote:

this photo is in the very first training module a new hire takes at Pepboys

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by John B January 30th 2014, 10:34 pm

Reb Stew wrote:

Everytime I see a picture of one of the older McDonalds I hear this song in my head.

by Reb Stew February 8th 2014, 3:39 pm

by Reb Stew February 8th 2014, 3:41 pm

This is where the Speedway gas station is now in Newport, Ky

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by da injun February 14th 2014, 9:48 pm

Reb Stew wrote:

That building is still there. U.S. 40 Between Columbus and Springfield.

by pepboys speedshop February 14th 2014, 10:13 pm

da injun wrote:
Reb Stew wrote:

That building is still there. U.S. 40 Between Columbus and Springfield.

is it still in business?

by Reb Stew March 5th 2014, 12:08 pm

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by SMOKNZ March 13th 2014, 1:41 am

The first patent for the Drive-In Theater was issued on May 16, 1933. With an investment of $30,000, opened the first drive-in on Tuesday June 6, 1933 in Camden, New Jersey. The price of admission was 25 cents for the car and 25 cents per person.

On June 3, 1948, the first theater for cars and small planes. Ed Brown's Drive-In and Fly-In of Asbury Park, New Jersey had the capacity for 500 cars and 25 airplanes. An airfield was placed next to the drive-in and planes would taxi to the last row of the theater. When the movies were over, Brown provided a tow for the planes to be brought back to the airfield.

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If you notice, there isn't any speakers mounted on poles next to the cars. The design did not include the in-car speaker system we know today. The inventor contacted a company by the name of RCA Victor to provide the sound system, called "Directional Sound." Three main speakers were mounted next to the screen that provided sound. The sound quality was not good for cars in the rear of the theater.

by oldman March 13th 2014, 4:46 pm

Oh the drive-in's.....sweet, I remember going to see 2 lane blacktop when it came out they were 55-57 chevys all over the drive-in an when it was over you should have been at the highway when they left some were all over the road man it was great. I had a 55 chevy 4 door wagon an it was loaded down with people.................Oh I remember

by pepboys speedshop March 13th 2014, 7:30 pm

I remember the Florence drive in and the Dixie Gardens,
Man that was such a great time to be alive

by John B March 13th 2014, 9:49 pm

Wish I knew somebody with access to a drive-in theater.

by Admin March 13th 2014, 10:03 pm

by Blue Eyed Devil March 14th 2014, 12:24 am

John B wrote:Wish I knew somebody with access to a drive-in theater.

You do. What are you looking for?

by John B March 14th 2014, 9:10 pm

Blue Eyed Devil wrote:
John B wrote:Wish I knew somebody with access to a drive-in theater.

You do. What are you looking for?

Benny. I was joking. One of the guys in our car club owns the Judy Drive-In in Mt Sterling, KY. He pretty much gives me run of the place when I'm there.

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