Was born in a small town filling station and my father stayed in business until he died in 2014.
The way it almost always was, the filling station "owner" only owned the lot and building; the gas company he was contracted with provided ALL the essentials for selling Gasoline, fuel, and lubricants, even the air compressor belonged to the fuel company.
That being said, we were free to sell whichever and however many brands of tires we wanted as the fuel company was not in the tire business --- some were.
Back in those days, if you had four sets of tires on hand, you had just about any vehicle that came along covered --- cars that is.
Today, a tobacco warehouse wouldn't hold one set of every available size.
Most filling stations were cramped for space and new tires could be stored outside in those locking cabinets.
If the fuel company you were contracted with also sold tires, then the tire cabinet probably belonged to and was provided by them and may or may not have the fuel brand painted on it; it could even be painted with the logo of their tire brand.
If you were free to sell any (and as many) brand of tire you chose, then, if you were selling enough tires, the tire distributor might provide you with a cabinet or several.
Those old tire cabinets are rare as very few have survived.
In this day and time of meth-head thieves, one wouldn't last a week sitting outside.
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