Chris, if I may...
...those Business Entrance signs (there were 2, one for each direction) were posted on the road in front of the shop near the shop entrance. Presumably to warn people that there could be equipment coming and going out of the shop especially since that entrance was near the top of a hill. This one in the Tool Shed was in its present location when we purchased the property and hasn't been moved yet. My buddy removed it from the roadside a few years after his dad, Mr Johnson, had pasted away since he felt it was no longer needed and placed it in the Tool Shed. The other sign, on the opposite side of the road, was bolted to a power pole and was still there when we bought the shop in 2005. A few months after our purchase it disappeared and I'm pretty sure who removed it but I've never asked about it since we already had this one.
I think Chris, you're thinking of the Slow Dangerous Hill sign that the village let us keep.
As for your suggestion Craig about the sign placement.......well I'll have to give that some additional thought and it is an inspired, original suggestion at that.
Sunday would be fine for the fender pickup BTW. London's rock pile is still where she left it.
I've come across boxes and boxes of NOS parts still in their original boxes. I've just been gathering them up and setting them aside for further evaluation. I'll get them into the barn and this winter where I'll be able to clean them up and see if they warrant retaining them. Some of the boxes themselves are very cool. Additionally I came across some cool Go Kart material from the early sixties but I didn't take the time to photograph it. That brought back a bunch of memories for me.
I'll see what tomorrow might bring. Thanks everyone.
Thomas
...those Business Entrance signs (there were 2, one for each direction) were posted on the road in front of the shop near the shop entrance. Presumably to warn people that there could be equipment coming and going out of the shop especially since that entrance was near the top of a hill. This one in the Tool Shed was in its present location when we purchased the property and hasn't been moved yet. My buddy removed it from the roadside a few years after his dad, Mr Johnson, had pasted away since he felt it was no longer needed and placed it in the Tool Shed. The other sign, on the opposite side of the road, was bolted to a power pole and was still there when we bought the shop in 2005. A few months after our purchase it disappeared and I'm pretty sure who removed it but I've never asked about it since we already had this one.
I think Chris, you're thinking of the Slow Dangerous Hill sign that the village let us keep.
As for your suggestion Craig about the sign placement.......well I'll have to give that some additional thought and it is an inspired, original suggestion at that.
Sunday would be fine for the fender pickup BTW. London's rock pile is still where she left it.
I've come across boxes and boxes of NOS parts still in their original boxes. I've just been gathering them up and setting them aside for further evaluation. I'll get them into the barn and this winter where I'll be able to clean them up and see if they warrant retaining them. Some of the boxes themselves are very cool. Additionally I came across some cool Go Kart material from the early sixties but I didn't take the time to photograph it. That brought back a bunch of memories for me.
I'll see what tomorrow might bring. Thanks everyone.Thomas
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I am so blessed I was able to purchase this property and be the one to clean it up. I wouldn't have traded the experience for anything. When I tell people I'm living the dream I'm not kidding! Thanks everyone for your understanding of my indulgence here.
I doubt I could have done it while I was still flying. Clearing it out turned out to be an immense project. The amount of material in there , both large and small was astounding. 
