The photo below ran in the Border Cities Star September 24, 1932
- Here are shown a few of the steady stream of cars which patronized the new Supertest gasoline station at the corner of Giles boulevard and Ouellette avenue today, formal opening day. Each motorist who purchased five gallons of gas was handed a coupon good for a gallon of oil at any time the motorist wanted it, which explains the steady stream of cars which patronized the station from the opening hour of 7 o’clock.
This station is obviously long gone, but are any supertest stations still around at all?
Nick’s auto clinic at Riverside and University was definitely one. The shape is exact.
Any others?
I think that one is now gone as well Andrew. A quick note…it is Giles, not Gilles : )
Thanks Dave. Second mistake this week, d’oh! I’ve been typing too fast.
As for Nick’s it was still there about a month ago…
So the Firestone station is what likely replaced this place.
Does anyone remember a small shop or shops (possibly a barber/convenience sote)located under the Ambassador Bridge on the north side of University at Huron line (circa 1950`s) ???
LOVE this SITE !!!
Nicks is still there as of Aug. 17th.
Yup, Nicks is there and still in buisness.
Indirectly related to the service station….anyone know when the Miss Supertest III stamp is going to go on sale?
I wonder if this was a Supertest? It kinda has the same feel to it.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=42.297612,-83.019133&spn=0.000016,0.022638&t=h&z=16&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=42.297557,-83.019395&panoid=FL9zKw2l6YEDqlfL8AuA_w&cbp=12,181.92,,1,-1.71
This place:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=42.260839,-82.981847&spn=0.000002,0.00283&t=h&z=19&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=42.260819,-82.981954&panoid=EbMxMX6vWseLrIchIMhNFQ&cbp=12,110.67,,1,-1.19
and this place:
http://maps.google.ca/maps?hl=en&ll=42.31172,-83.043514&spn=0.000004,0.005659&t=h&z=18&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=42.311675,-83.043644&panoid=FOYpDceI–WqsutzKdA_BQ&cbp=12,171.62,,0,0
Have always made me wonder as well.
Thanks Andrew!
I don’t know about locations 2 and 3 but Integrity Auto sure looks like a dead ringer. Good eye, Aaron.
I agree John, the first one is a yes.
This station sit where the Tim Horton was, as for the Firestone store there was a large home that was used as a Doctor’s office there first.
This location is on the west side where Riverside Dr. becomes Sandwich St. and intersects with the west end of University Ave.
there was a Supertest station at Seminole and Pillete where the Macs milk is i don’t think the store is the original building though
Nah, that’s a totally generic Mac’s building, Gary.
And thanks, John. The last two I really didn’t think were Supertest stations…they just make me wonder is all. 🙂
I remember the Supertest station at Pillette and Seminole. I lived 4 houses away from the early 60’s to the late 80’s. It is still the original building, but from my earliest recollection it never had the same style roof as shown in the photo. It always had a flat roof. I remember as a small boy, my brother and I riding our bikes by the auto repair bays and the mechanics would give us STP stickers that we plastered all over our bikes.
The Supertest ( Pillette & Seminole ) was called Corchis’s I’m not sure of the spelling but I was in the same class at school with Billy Corchis and was always at the garage. I think Bills’s dad was also Bill. I remember filling our bicycle tires with free air and how the device rang each time a pound of air was added to the tire. But still many a time we blew up a tube inside the tire watching the pump and not the tire itself ???
Thanks for the info Dan B. Upon closer inspection, you can actually see the difference in colour in bricks where the garage bay doors were!
Guess it looked something like this when you were a kid…only a little longer.
http://maps.google.ca/maps?q=pillette+and+seminole+windsor&hl=en&ll=42.312346,-82.994242&spn=0.000004,0.005659&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=34.86214,92.724609&vpsrc=6&z=18&layer=c&cbll=42.312461,-82.994313&panoid=5utMdbOB8dd19k_mGZ5uJg&cbp=12,258.32,,1,3.54
This is at Seminole and Drouillard
Dan do you remember when the AA corner grill was Fraser’s dairy bar? i’m trying to remember what was on the corner where that little strip mall is and the back in the 50’s the lot where the apartment building is was used to sell christmas trees i grew up on the 800 blk of Raymo rd i remember one christmas my mom and myself bought a tree there and carried it back down to Raymo
@ Gary, I think it was Dorner’s Grocery Store or Meat market. Dorner’s something
Shirley i think your right it seems to me there was a drug store in that area as well thanks!!
In the sixties there was a druge store at the north end of the parking lot, and a grocery stoe at the south end, probably the only stores there.
The Supertest station at Seminole and Pillette was owned by Bill Corchis back in the 60’s.