can somebody please identify this OLD car wash I found on weburbanist.com

[CWFanatic]

link > https://weburbanist.com/2014/11/30/wax-off-12-more-abandoned-closed-car-washes/

 

[CWFanatic]

that's not a Hanna!!!

 

[Chuck Ivey]

Broadway ??

 

[CWFanatic]

Broadway ??

no it only has two brushes

 

[ACTcarwashlover]

Do you think it might be Sherman?

 

[water guy]

There one like it in Port Aransas tx

 

[Blanco]

Im pretty sure that machine is called a POS!! lol jp. I can tell though it's a stationary unit most likely ran by a dealership.

 

[washnshine]

It wasn’t uncommon in the 1970’s and 1980’s to find some small, regional manufacturers that pretty much made “homemade “ equipment. This looks like it might be from that era and could be a one of very few machines from a small, never really heard of company.

 

[CWFanatic]

There one like it in Port Aransas tx

abandoned?

 

[CWFanatic]

Im pretty sure that machine is called a POS!! lol jp. I can tell though it's a stationary unit most likely ran by a dealership.

I don't think it is because it has long guide rails

 

[Blanco]

I don't think it is because it has long guide rails

The long guide rails are used to keep cars in line as they drive through. There are no drive rails for the gantry. it's defiantly stationary. The dealership was called lone star auto. Just looked it up.

 

[OurTown]

If the machine is stationary and there is no conveyor then it was never meant for the general public to use. Trained people only and even then they still get jacked up.

 

[washnshine]

Could be a very early N/S design that I have never seen before. They have a pretty high presence in the drive through/dealership market. Not sure they ever used hydraulic motors though. My bet is still a home made/ very small manufacturer.

 

[CWFanatic]

The long guide rails are used to keep cars in line as they drive through. There are no drive rails for the gantry. it's defiantly stationary. The dealership was called lone star auto. Just looked it up.

yes i know its called lone star, and thanks now I understand why it has long guide rails.

 

[CWFanatic]

Could be a very early N/S design that I have never seen before. They have a pretty high presence in the drive through/dealership market. Not sure they ever used hydraulic motors though. My bet is still a home made/ very small manufacturer.

yes I agree

 

[CWFanatic]

if you look closely you can see an arch in front of it all but confirming its stationary!

 

[CWFanatic]

I don't know why there is 3 images

 

[trifoamman]

Looks to me that it's a HANNA AUTOSTAR ROLLOVER. They sold an overhead and rollover variant.

 

[trifoamman]

The long guide rails are used to keep cars in line as they drive through. There are no drive rails for the gantry. it's defiantly stationary. The dealership was called lone star auto. Just looked it up.

The gantry is raised off of the ground, though. It would be odd for it to have thick feet and to be raised off of the ground if it were stationary. This would be very odd construction for a stationary wash, actually. Why would they put all of the components into a single machine when it is much easier to service a tunnel with them separated?

 

[trifoamman]

Okay, sorry for the spam, but this looks EXTREMELY SIMILAR to the Broadway Stationary Drive-thru down to the Rinse Arch.
Perhaps this is an older Broadway? The Stationary drive-thru PDF shows a very similar looking rinse arch and near identical machine (albeit with some differences)