FROZEN IN TIME - Incredible Abandoned Gas Station in New Mexico

This unassuming abandoned gas station right along Route 66 in New Mexico is one of the most amazing places I've ever explored. Everything from the gas pumps, to the tools and the vintage oil cans inside (that are still filled with oil), look as if they were suddenly dropped where they were and abandoned. This place is quite literally frozen in time. How long has this place been abandoned you may ask? The last sale price of gas shown on these pumps is $0.35/ per gallon, which was the price of gas in the early 1970's. It is amazing that this place has remained virtually untouched for so long. It is a true gem, a nostalgic glimpse into the past, and a piece of beautifully preserved history. I hope it remains a time capsule, free from vandals and thieves for years to come and for more to experience and appreciate.

[ForgottenUSA]

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[laz]

That Amoco gas station was owned by Canuto Sanchez you can even see it on the Credit Card Machine plate (also known as the knuckle buster). His middle name was Newt and the gas station name was Newt’s American Service. They purchased the Plains Motel which was next door in 1966 and opened the station in 1967. In 78 they opened a DQ that is why the signs are in there. It was an Amoco and closed in 1974 and reopened in 1975 under the Exxon name and closed in 1980.

[DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

That old "cash register" was actually a credit card machine. You would move levers on top to put to correct charge, put credit card in designated spot, put carbon paper filled form down. Then pull handle over credit card slip and it would have embossed card with numbers you had dialed in and print form. Customer would sign top form. Station would keep cardboard copy on back and middle copy would go to bank to be charged to credit card. Old times there are not forgotten

[richardnunez]

I'm astounded with this world being what it is that no one has ether vandalized or robbed this place. Amazing video ty!

[roberthigbee]

Holy crap, I just realized I am now officially old 'cause this just looks like a normal everyday gas station to me.

[EmmyPierz-ekhi]

Gas went to 99.9 summer of 1979
during the 2nd gas crisis of the 70’s.
First was early 1974... I worked for
a Sohio ( Standard Oul of Ohio )
then. We sold our daily fuel allocation
for the day, closed the pumps at noon
with outside plackard signs. Service
bays remained open til 10 pm closing
time. Drivers stopped in after their
work shift, threatened us with our
very lives if we didn’t sell them fuel.
Scary times working as an 18 year
old male.
In 1979, the service stations began to
add to their outside price signs, a blank
sign in front of the first 9 in 99.9...
That was sure a wake up call- gas over
$1.00 a gallon! Quite a shocker the
summer of 1979!

[EmmyPierz-ekhi]

Thank you for letting me share
My 1970’s Standard Oil memories. CB (EP)

[FoxFaderWorld]

Without doubt the '1' on the gas pump price has been erased by time. This what the stations did when gas got over 99 cents a gallon, the added a label inside for the $1. Some never even got the total "geared" properly to reflect the correct cost. This is why the total was covered or "marked out". I highly doubt gas was 39 cents out west in the 90's. $1.39 makes more sense.

On the oil cans, we used to use a spout that stabbed into the top of the can. That's what made that big hole in the can you showed. Nice find!

[EmmyPierz-ekhi]

While returning from Clearwater Florida
to Cleveland Ohio In January 1976 in my
new firethorn triple red 1975&1/2 Chevy
Monza Town Coupe with a manual 5
speed transmission, I would stop at
almost every EXXON service station to
gas up with my gold Sohio credit card
( which I STILL have)and dreamt of
owning my own EXXON service station.
good personal memories.
Can’t thank you enuff for posting this
abandoned EXXON station. Brought
back to me a flood of good memories
I lived a a young man in a time that waz
much better & simpler in the 1970’s. CB (EP)

[francis]

Screwdrivers still here! That's incredible! In Italy it would have been vandalized in less than 15 minutes after closing... So sad.
I love the vintage US cars stuffs, this gas station is a pearl! It could be a museum!

[stepheneggert]

I love that vintage station..I would be at home there working it.. and repairing cars., . Old School service station. It was in my blood growing up..my dad owned a 5 bay station..till 1999..the end of those full service.

[philhamlett]

There are stations all over North America that still use those old Tokheim dispensers. The original registers have had to be rebuilt to accept higher than .999 cents per gallon prices. Tokheim finally went out of business in the early 2000's.

[EmmyPierz-ekhi]

Oh
The winter snow tire delivery always seemed
to catch us on second shift. Those had to be
put in order by ladder in the overhead tire racks! CB ( EP)

[donniegaus]

Really cool. Worked in a gas station from 1972-1976 through high school. Operated those exact same pumps as the outside ones. Credit card machine was the same as well as the candy machine. Brings back a lot of memories.

[johnbehneman]

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! THAT VINTAGE GAS STATION NEEDS TO BE BOUGHT AND RESTORED!!!! A GREAT TOURIST ATTRACTION ON ROUTE GREAT VIDEO AND THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

[JT-]

The oil cans didn’t peal back, you had a very sturdy metal spout you punched through the top, then poured the oil out. The machine by the front door was not a cash register, it was a credit card machine, you’d lay a credit card on it, put a three carbon receipt over the card, pull the lever to one side and push it back, it would transfer the credit card number, name, expiration date to the paper, the gas attendant would fill in the amount, and you’d sign, you’d get a copy, gas station kept a copy and one went to the bank.

[FULH]

The rate of decay is slowed so much by the desert climate. Same reason why the military keeps aircraft out there. The environment is perfect for preservation.

[STEWCAT]

I would go crazy if I saw this place in person. I like old gas stations.

[christopherhennessey]

To think this shop would've been busy once, many laughs, conversations and friendships made 😢 thanks for your video

[batterymakermarkii]

Those pumps are the kind I remember as a kid.