a filling-station with a small servicing workshop and what is possibly a shop now often called a "convenience store".
Interesting to note the different work needed in routine servicing of cars of that time, compared to now, apart from modern road-cars having no discrete chassis sprouting umpteen grease-nipples anyway.
I owned a Bedford van built only a few years after Phillips' Grand Opening, and typical of its time, it had three separate oil-levels to maintain (four if you also count the steering-box), around six or eight grease-points on the suspension/steering, and various small bits needing a drop of oil occasionally.
I assume that number refers to Route 66 - I gather a lot of the towns along it have since been bypassed, so I wonder if Phillips is still in business, even if only scratching a living from local residents.
