Vintage Check the Oil! Petroliana Magazine – May 2005 Issue w/ Coca-Cola Porcelain Sign. Condition: Very Good – Clean, complete issue with minor edge wear from gentle reading; no tears, marks, or missing pages. Sign is minty fresh with original patina shine. Hey fellow gas pump chasers and sign hunters – if you’re deep into original vintage porcelain advertising signs, Texaco globes, Sinclair dinosaurs, or just love flipping through stories on old Gulf pumps and Mobil Pegasus flyers, this May 2005 Check the Oil! Magazine is your next must-have. Published by the go-to rag for petroliana nuts since the’80s, this issue’s loaded with eye-candy from Route 66 haunts to Barrett-Jackson hauls. It’s not just a read – it’s inspiration for your next swap meet score. And I’m throwing in a sweet bonus: a Coca-Cola porcelain dispenser sign (8″ x 4″, red/white with that iconic script logo and bottle motif). Perfect for your Coke corner or next display. Quick Flip Through the Magazine (Packed with Petroliana Gold). Front Cover: Classic Western vibe screaming Check the Oil! Against a dusty desert backdrop with a towering windmill, vintage Flying A service emblems, Phillips 66 shields, Texaco stars, Sinclair HC logos, and Ford oval badges flanking an old farmhouse and prickly pear cactus. Spot the rusty tractor, Goodyear tire blimp, and Standard service station plaque – pure’40s gas station nostalgia calling to collectors of original porcelain enamel route markers and oil change decals. Table of Contents & Petro-Glyph Features: Dive into the lineup with “Petro-Glyph” spotlighting One-Hercules contests, three-gasoline brands via Earl Holman prints, and colorful En-Ar-Co billboards by Daniel Griggs. Pump of the Month breaks down Jack Sim’s in-depth look at the “New 2005, Old Check the Oil” calendar. Back cover teases En-Ar-Co billboards for detail hunters. Full-page Standard Oil from Chicago (1929, June Swearingen courtesy) with that iconic red crown logo on porcelain. Mel Egbert’s flea market Castro-Grand haul of Sinclair bottles, Polarine motor oil tins, and Mobil winged Pegasus ads. Colorado’s Merle Baublitz shares Sinclair pumps from the’40s, evoking those classic green globe designs and aviation fuel nostalgia. Petro Gallery: Black-and-white beauties like Gay Oil Company in Little Rock, Arkansas (Carl Mantegna photo) with early 1920s pumps and station architecture. O’Lary’s Garage in Henderson, NC (March 1938, Robert Richardson) featuring 24-hour Amoco service signs, Hudson-Exide batteries, and “Truck drivers home” welcomes – plus ads for 7-Up, Pine State Ice Cream, and 35-cent fried chicken diners. Ties right into collectors’ hunts for original Amoco porcelain and vintage truck service enamel. More Gallery & Reader Shares: Sarasota, Florida’s 1952 Texaco restoration small museum full of Texaco memorabilia on the property. Frank & Betty Stapleton’s 1979 B/A station in Newtonville, Ontario, with that bold blue porcelain eagle. Both buildings on one street corner in Mena, Arkansas: Studebaker insides, pickups, and goat wagons for the win (John Knuppel, Oklahoma). Ramseier’s Texaco as it stands today, built in 1931 from original plans in Oildale, Colorado (Mike Wize). Pump of the Month by Jack Sim: Old gas station photos from the “New 2005″ calendar, enlarged for detail – front covers, river floods in Hayward, Wisconsin (January), Muskegon flood (1940s), and those visible pumps on the island. February’s world record from Augustine, 1911, Jersey Soco date on a touring car. March’s flood scene with pumps galore. The Trail of the Boy and State Billboards: Reprinting colorful En-Ar-Co designs from six billboards. April’s Studio City, 1932, April Texaco airplane info. More Pump & Sign Deep Dives: February’s world taken Muskegon, 1911. Coast together the Tydol Shell bar-home of Spray Cafe-Bar. March’s flood scene. June’s visible pumps. National Duples commonly known manual pumps, Wayne 30 on what looks be intro two front door; nearby are number side of the oil. Hy red long and hard at February’s visible pumps before dedicating 810s, first introduced 1930. Believe car is Hudson. But there plenty of other opportunities for to spend their. The vendor area continues to grow, and generalities for to spend their. Every year Bernie’s Game Room De (McHenry, Illinois) brings the most interesting Illinois of gas station the most tage auto restored. All the mer- Pennzoil items, most notable number of yellow unusual luster black. It came complete with a brochure for Sinclair over as Automobilia Director a few years. And many more pages with interesting Gas & Oil memorabilia information. The backside shows a photo of a swap meet with people that have signs from Phillips 66, Pennzoil, Chevrolet OK, Studebaker, Auto Lite Spark Plugs, Esso, Delvo, Cities Service and much more. Great pictures in this magazine!