If ever there was ever an ideal candidate to be bouncing around in an old International Harvester gas truck with the words "City Service Oil Company" stenciled on the side, Terry Flannery is the guy. Flannery's father was a big fan of International trucks, and he eventually owned his own City Service bulk distribution business. He also hired his son to drive for him, with the trucks wearing the same City Service green paint scheme and same lettering on the doors.
That experience is probably what spawned Terry's love of all things petroliana, and led him to eventually assemble his own mini gas station at his Goodman, Wis., home.
So when he had a chance a few years back to restore his own gas truck — a 1941 International K-4 — and turn it into a cool hobby conversation piece, Flannery didn't hesitate. The purchase was simply a no-brainer.
"I'm into oil collecting. I collect gas and oil stuff and I have a little gas station and that kind of stuff, and when this came along I bought it and restored it," Flannery said. "It took me 10 years."
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