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Fri Jul 17 2009 11:02 AM
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This is not original... Gilmore matchbook on ebayThese were made in the late seventies, and possibly later, by Sullivan Racing Enterprises. Mentioned and shown in an article and were also advertised in the For Sale section of a 1979 OLD CAR Illustrated mag.
Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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Being a Back Strike is another give away it's Fake. Images look like they came out of a comic book.
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West Coast signs, globes and quarts
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Now I've seen it all.
Matchbook repos.
The proof is in the staple. Notice how shiny it is?
Originals have some sort of dullness to them/patina/rust
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You have to laugh at "perfect reproduction" as they don't look anything like the original. 
Sell me your Gilmore Oil Co. stuff...
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