Show off your old signs

[1956 F100]

More from my shop.

 

[Dan in Pasadena]

More from my shop.

SUCH a cool picture. The grill shells and the Coke machine.

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

More from my shop.

Yeah, and I love that old school hallway clock (I presume its a school one..)

I also need to do what you've done with the garage shelving..

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Here is the latest addition to my garage

at night

It is 24' long from the early 1950s

That's super cool!

 

[Lassen Forge]

here are the oldest signs I have

That is just too flipping awesome! and the Star one looks new - Nice finds!!

 

[Dennis Leigh Henry]

Not really signs, but a few vintage nail aprons and a banner that hung over the N14 Engine Assembly Line at Cummins Plant 1 in the late 1990s and early 2000s before being decommissioned and this banner was discarded (and 2 years later rescued by me).

 

[rarevair]

Don't have a lot of signs around the shop, but here are a couple of my favorites.
One is truth in advertising and the other was hand painted on some recycled fence that is now siding on one of the storage sheds.

 

[don long]

been working on this one for a couple weeks

 

[nine4gmc]

Killer fence Rarevair and love that Sinclair Don!

 

[rdeor]

A few signs from AZ

 

[strnge]

Up high in my garage.

 

[don long]

Mike

How old is that coke sign?
All of your signs look great but the Chevron credit card is my fav.

 

[BSAschields]

I like that a lot.... How did you get the old look to the paint? I have a shed that I would like to to this too as well....
Thanks
Wade

 

[Boatracer1000]

I just have to say to everyone, you guys have some awesome stuff !

 

[don long]

Went to a car show / open house at the Surf City Garage in Huntington beach a few weeks ago and as I was surfing through the Journal I ran across this thread again and thought of the signs hanging in Surf City

You can never have too many signs

 

[1963plates]

Here are a couple pictures of my pole building signs.

 

[datsunfan]

I like all those license plates! How did you attach them to the pegboard? I can never get mine to sit flat using peg hooks. And the wind blows them off when I work with the door open. Thanks

 

[A29]

est pic that I could upload

 

[CudaChick1968]

I don't know if these count or not because they belong to my customer, but they're definitely OLD. Originally covered in porcelain and the physically largest job I've ever done (each letter is at least 3 feet tall), I had the pleasure of refinishing them a couple years back when the company painted their building and wanted a new look.









Billy HAD to have pictures of me 'playin with my Big O.' LOL

And here's what they used to look like back in the 50s when they opened.

 

[HotwheelsYJ]

My papaw owned a small town grocery store & gas station in the 60-70's. This hung over the beer cooler my whole life growing up. Now it hangs proudly in my shop. The prices are still there from 79 when he closed the doors for good.

 

[DynoDave]

That's a cool piece HotwheelsYJ!

 

[BSAschields]

Hope you have the beer cooler too

 

[rob in nh]

 

[Ray916MN]

Need to find Aprilia, BMW, Triumph and KTM signs

 

[WQ59B]

^ Is that a repro? The lettering sure looks a bit wonky from here.

 

[CheckeredFlag]

my Dad had a Star, way back in his day

 

[LS6 Tommy]

HotwheelsYJ, I kind of collect Bud stuff, too. Here's some of the stuff in my bar:







Tommy

 

[superdutymike27]

iPhone picture.

 

[thundermug]

Got this one from work. Not sure how old it is, but it's got kind of a deco vibe going on.

 

[don long]

^ Is that a repro? The lettering sure looks a bit wonky from here.

I agree the letters do look a bit different however mine is a 2 sided porcelain sign

 

[Lippyp]

Heres an almost perfect "Piles Wonder" enamel sign I picked up over in France at Easter, just one chip on the front and it was damn cheap too. Looks like its only ever been up inside.



I also picked up a few more old oil cans for my collection.

 

[WQ59B]

I agree the letters do look a bit different however mine is a 2 sided porcelain sign

So is mine.

 

[mitchtr25068]

Neon!

 

[bgarrett]

I am restoring a sign like this. It had red and white bulbs that alternated flashing.

 

[Lucky 13]

This has always been one of my favorites. I have had many signs over the years and still have a few but my wife bought this one at a yard sale for $35.00.

 

[rusty1]

...found this sign in a building basement after the building was torn down, came from an old grain elevator across the alley. ..it was all beat up and folded in half, got it lookin ok, now one of my favorite signs...

 

[j p smith]

Here are some of mine, I never get tired of looking at this thread. Lots of eye candy.

 

[j p smith]

Picked up a couple of news ones for the shop yesterday at the Watson Lake Car Show/swap meet. Not sure how old the Clinton sign is but liked the colors and it is in really nice shape.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

Just finished restoring this one a few weeks ago. Used a headlight restoration kit on the slat board parts. Dates from the early 70's.

 

[GCncsuHD]

Just finished restoring this one a few weeks ago. Used a headlight restoration kit on the slat board parts. Dates from the early 70's.

Potato is spelled incorrectly.
Potato-singular.
Potatoes-plural.

Cool sign though, there are many BBQ restaurants around here still using those signs.