an old gas station restored by enthusiasts

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On the Loire side, a bunch of old friends have set themselves a somewhat crazy project: restore a service station on the Nationale 7. The volunteers hope to give a second life to the building, abandoned for forty years.

Eddy joins his friends in front of an old abandoned gas station along the National 7. With his friends, he wish restore an old gas station in order to be able to let go to nostalgia and remember the atmosphere of the vacation road of his youth. “We will be able to meet regularly to exchange ideas, exchange advice. For aperitifs too “, he says.

Forty years ago, the old service station of the Nationale 7 was abandoned, in cause of‘a lack of profitability. If it escaped destruction, it was because there was no viable plan to replace it. A boon for the association “Cars, Utilities and Company”, to which the region has given the green light to restore the place. The group of retirees meets almost daily at the gas station, in the objective from him restore the appearance it had when it was inaugurated in 1957.


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