Thanks. That's my 1987 4x$. Bought it from the original owner in 93, kept it until 98 when I sold it to my Dad, he kept it until 2014 then he got to where he couldn't drive it anymore, so I bought it back in 2014. 145k miles all original.

Man that’s great! I’ve always loved the older Toyota’s as that was what my grandfather drove. I’ve had several over the years. My favorites that I’ve owned are an 85 4Runner and 93 Land Cruiser. Currently I daily drive a 99 Land Cruiser with 315k miles and still going strong!

Love it

cool project! My dad was a Sinclair, later Arco, distributor from the 1950s to the 1970s before retiring.

That's cool. I actually started my career out of college with ARCO- first in Plano, then Lafayette, then Houston, then back to Plano. So it's kind of neat to be able to work on the old "parent company" property.

I was fortunate enough to have a friend that had a picture of the original building. Too bad a camper was parked in front!

Couldn't you make 3x6s by cutting down 4x8s?

Yeah if you could find 4x8s. The 4x4s were 4$ a piece on special and I only needed 52 of them. I need like 100 of the 3x6s.

6" x 6" cut in half?

We still don't know where this station is...

I know exactly where it is, but will let OP reveal location.

No telling how many times I've driven by that place and never really noticed it but the caboose in the pic caught my eye. Nice job and look forward to maybe stopping in one of these days when you're done.

Vernon Tx?

restrooms like that were the reason that Buccee's got in business.

Great building though, looking good!!

Have to get you one of these and a good toilet with a black seat on it.

Heh. The men’s room is pretty basic but I think the sink and toilet and paper towel dispenser are going to be operable.



The ladies room has the old “sanitary napkin” coin-operated dispenser and the paper towel holder that don’t appear to be too far gone to refinish. And the stall wood is really pretty pine with a nice “crackled” green paint. Going to fix the bottom where it rotted and leave the crackle finish.


Got the door installed today and caulked it up- hope to prime it tomorrow after work. A piece of ridged glass is going up in the “transom”.

Every reputable gas station back in the day had one of these also.

Heh. Don't think I'll get one of those- when the door is open all the Mom's picking up their kids from the Baptist Church daycare next door can see right in there.

Awesome looking project.

We could use more problem lovers like you and less politicians.

Thanks, Bill, but I'm not really a problem lover. I just like fixing up old things and preserving some of the old things that tend to go neglected. This is the 4th building I've worked to save and I have one more to go before I retire.

It's killing me not knowing where it's at? It does look familiar.

I think I have an old Sinclair Ladies Restroom sign and bracket to hang above the door. There is no telling how many gallons of Kelly Green paint went to the dump when Acro silver & blue took over the old "Dino" green.

That would be lovely. There are quite a few "reproduction" ones out there, but it's always better to have original....

Keep on keeping on.

I'll see if I can find it ... I thought I knew where it was in the garage but there is too much "Christmas" stuff in that area, I didn't locate it where I thought it was.

Scavenger hunt at PMK’s house....