Show off your old signs

[twertsy]

I'm with the rest of the guys, Five Stars. Can you imagine the scene at home!

Should have seen the look on his face. I thought it only fair. Before I paid him I searched the sign on my iPad and could only find 2 for sale. The cheapest was beat up way more than mine and they were asking $450. Man that kid went tearing up the yard toward the house yelling and waving those two Bens like crazy. Hope his parents let him keep it or put it to good use.

 

[Chaz]

A little known brand out West.

 

[ichabod]

just an old sign

 

[matta5]

Kinda hard to see but here is a few of mine.

 

[1956 F100]

Here are a few pictures from my shop.

 

[Stevie-Ray]

A little known brand out West.

Hey, I need that!

 

[buzz4041]

Here are a few pictures from my shop.

Sweet.

 

[KevinTEACHBaas]

Here are some vintage style American Flags I make



My welding room wall

 

[CheckeredFlag]

Pretty cool !

 

[Hpozzuoli]

Not old, but I didn't know where else to put it. I think it's pretty cool. It's a mini hood. I just need to find a place for it now.

 

[48RON54]

Nice work on those flags kevin! love em!

 

[rparent]

This is one side of the shop.

Awesome 7-UP machines. Love the VMC-81

 

[JSwaff19]

Where do you guys find signs?

 

[seagravedriver]

Ebay, garage sales, some old buildings that friends may have access to. Lots of signs there. Check for a business that is going out of business, or changing brands etc. I found a Detroit Diesel Allison sign on a building I know was selling out. I met the guy due to a mutual friend, and found that he had several more unused signs in his storage area, never out of the box. A tool truck guy may be a good option, city or county shops as well. Try Boeing surplus on line as well. I got some good ones there when they were in a storefront. Oh, gun shows and swap meets!

 

[rohartman]

Kinda hard to see but here is a few of mine.

have you had problems with VW's?

 

[Doxhog]

Here are a few of mine hanging from the ceiling in my shop.

 

[ferd]

Doxhog,

Got to ask, what make is the fire engine? Handrail looks like a Central of St. louis or an American but the compartments look like Grumman. I'm stumped haHa. Thanks. By the way nice signs. Dad had some nice ones but sold them before he died.

 

[sarman47]

Here is a pic of a few of my garage signs.

 

[sarman47]

And one more of the whole garage.

 

[Doxhog]

Doxhog,

Got to ask, what make is the fire engine? Handrail looks like a Central of St. louis or an American but the compartments look like Grumman. I'm stumped haHa. Thanks. By the way nice signs. Dad had some nice ones but sold them before he died.

Fire truck is an American Fire Apparatus body and mid-ship pump on a C850 Ford commercial truck chassis. Came out of the American Fire Apparatus facility in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1970.

 

[nonhog]

For around $20, you can pick up a used overhead projector like we had in school. Buy a pack of transparency sheets from WallyWorld for a few bucks, get online and find a picture you like, get a long straight edge, some pencils, something to make a few curves, find a blank space on your wall, trace what you have, then fill in the colors. Just make sure you color inside the lines.


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I did just that, soon as I'm done touching up my half arshed drywall mudding,
I'll paint and see how that works.

Not a sign but fits the thread (I think?)
Could easily do what Kevin suggested (I did) and copy your favorite sign.(or drawing)
I just penciled it then Sharpie. I'm pleased.

 

[JimVonBaden]

Custom made!

 

[BSAschields]

Any one have 43 marble cat's eye reflectors that they wanna sell? I;ve got a Auto Club sign thats missing them. They are the larger ones that measure 29/32 in diameter.

Thanks
Wade

 

[rockinacummins]

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DAMN Dueces - nice shop!!! Is that a store-bought rotiserie? And what's on it? Let's see more!!!

Yea that rotisserie was store bought from Greg Smith Equip out of INDY $950.00 TOTAL out the door all accessories + door bars + powder coated.

Thats a 65 Chevy II on the rotator

heres a few more cool oldies, I remember as a kid seeing my first "hot-patch" going on my bicycle tube, I thought my great uncle who was patching my tube was out of his mine setting my tube on FIRE!

I have that same champion spark plug box! Mine is a little less nice though... Still glad to have it and glad to see another!

 

[magnusk750]

1930s-1950s swedish cast aluminium Husqvarna sign. Came to me from Finland for a reasonable, though not ultra cheap, 50 €. Husqvarna made a lot of stuff back then, bicycles, motorcycles, sewing machines, household appliances, hunting rifles.

 

[GCncsuHD]

My wife's grandfather had two of these, he gave one to my father in law, and the other is waiting on me to go pick it up.
IMG_1688 by wrfalcon75, on Flickr

 

[strnge]

You better go and pick it up before he finds out the value of the sign.

That sign goes for over $1,200 in OK condition. Yours will go for about $1,600.

 

[motorcycle79]

My wife's grandfather had two of these, he gave one to my father in law, and the other is waiting on me to go pick it up.
IMG_1688 by wrfalcon75, on Flickr

Don't worry I will pick that up for you. If some one said I could have that sign I would drop everything and b on my way. Jellious here

 

[strnge]

Me too!

 

[don long]

here are the oldest signs I have

 

[GCncsuHD]

here are the oldest signs I have

You have no idea how jealous I am of the Ford/Fordson sign.

 

[1956 F100]

Here are a few of my signs.

 

[Lippyp]

Just picked up this nice little enamel Mobiloil sign at a flea market in France. Not sure of the age but I guess maybe 60's, not sure when that version of the logo came in.

 

[Hpozzuoli]

I wish I had more room for signs. Here's my few metal signs. They just look old. Look close below the ford sign and you can see an old Atlantic oil can. My grandfathers first service station he bought was an Atlantic on Long Wharf in New Haven.

 

[Hpozzuoli]

Here's some newer signs.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Before I found this thread, I was posting some machine name plates and other items at this location/thread:

The Garage Journal Board > The Garage > General Garage Discussion > Machine Name Plate / Badges

I will add a few of my "signs" here as I get a chance to take pictures of them. A few of them are white on blue prints / posters.. but none the less "old" and "cool"..

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

A couple more..

The wrench next to the left of the Linn Gear decimal chart is an Armstrong 2-3/8", found at a local antique mall for cheap..

Dennis

 

[don long]

Here is the latest addition to my garage

at night

It is 24' long from the early 1950s

 

[BuickFarmer]

Cool!!! What's the little feller's name?

 

[lynnbilodeau]

Have these letters in our game room.

Found them on an old 7/11 building.