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HOPE THIS THREAD CAN CREATE SOME HEAT AROUND HERE LIKE A COUPLE OTHERS ARE DOING!

THANKS!

Here is mine.

Here is one of mine. Still need to get pics of the others.

I know this is not petro but the marble signs seem to be popular here

cool sign!!

I did some trading with Koolmotor George here in North Dakota and was able to get this old KOOLMOTOR sign! This is the large 3 foot by 5 foot version with the wood frame in the back! I had to mount some boards up high by the overhead door openers, to find enough room for it, but it worked out well and displays nicely! Its starting to look really Cities Servicey in the shop now---THATS GOOD!

We are seem to collect Hwy signs when we find them and this is one of the best I've seen. Picked it up on ebay this week
Ray

PICKED UP THIS EARLY AUTO PAINT SIGN

My buys of the week:

Not sure of brand- Standard Oil maybe? 9ft by 9in wide


Cat's eye Sign I picked up From John(Gasstuff.com)-Thanks!

Here are my latest Mobil buys. The Socony Lubrite 2 gallon was one of the better examples I've seen. I thought the Mobilheat binder was a neat addition. I've got it filled with my S-V annual reports from 1943-1955. The Campbell Oil Company Mobil map was the first example I've ever seen of this map, and I was happy to be able to add it to my collection.
Have a good one,
Darin



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This is all I got this week!

Picked up the two 39 stationlighters and a really cool ornate cast iron mailbox from Brussels


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NICE qt & Mailbox Jeff, Now I UNDERSTAND why you took your Drunk Buddy! LOL

RIO GRANDE FINDS!! West Coast buys

Hey Rob, nice 541. You need this sign to go with your horse rider.


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Here's my latest buy. A Swedish Gargoyle, SSP, flat and appr 24 inches. They were normally mounted in pair, screwed together and hung off a forged bar in chains.
I believe they were used from the late 20s and through the 30s.
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Claes

Old Route 66 to Oatman, Az

HUMBLE SIGN I PURCHASED OFF EBAY 5" SSP IT'S REALLY NICE & A COUPLE OF GLOBE'S!

Just got these sweeties, but I don't know what I'm going to do with them yet. Lordamercy!

I tell ya what you need to do... send that last globe to me! Ohh the sign too.

uh oh kevins gonna faint!! nice set of koolmotors and mobils

WOW! Glad to see someone besides me collecting the great Cities Service stuff! Looks like you got some quality there too! Nice to see! I just about fainted!

That Highway Patrol Sign is SWEET!!!!!

Got a lens and a couple NOS decals I put on some metal I cut out.


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Matt, Is the PURE lenses on an original Porcelain Body?
Great idea for displaying NOS Decals.

db, the body is new with a coat of white Krylon spray bomb.

Oh yeah, I guess you hve been to Oatman and seen the donkeys.


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Nice sign, Claes!! When you find another one, you know where to send it, right??


Richard

Looks like a few oldgas members there that day!

Matt,
Nice globe!
Claes,
Nice sign!! Have never seen that one.
Rob

Richard, I will keep a look out for one if you like it. The guy I bought it from is a collector/dealer and he will surely help out.

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Claes

Not a lot of gas stuff, but ok garage stuff.

Nice!

They all seem confused! They are probably looking for values!!!

ALL antiques there that are For Sale have been brought in from Elsewhere.
Last time I was there, there were a few parts pumps around the area but NONE were For Sale. They're comments were "they are part of the draw that people come here to see".
IF you ever want to drive a Crooked Road, take Old 66 from Oatman to Kingman.

Oatman!! Been there a couple of times. Cool place. They had a old pump in the hotel lobby at one time.

Got these two signs this past weekend at the Michigan auction that was discussed elsewhere here on Oldgas. Prices were pretty high on a number of items, but I got both of these for about $250, including the buyer's premium......so like always there were some bargains.

I got these last weekend before work. Found them at an antique store accross the street. What makes them special to me is that they are from the Council Bluffs Drive-in which was the first drive-in that I had ever went to and they closed down a few years ago and were torn down so fast that I did not even get a chance to try to get anything from there. Was really neat to be able to find these again and who knows maybe it is the speaker that I used when I was there.

Got it home last night They think they have the nozzle and hose which would be a nice bonus.

Tokheim--That is such a neat pump! You'll have to keep us posted on it, whatever you do with it! I think I'd just clean it up really nice and display it as is! A little buffing and polishing will make that thing shine! Nice purchase! I'm jealous!

...VERY nice pump, but as it's an older 'restoration' that's been in the weather, I'd redo it...the letters are a lot different on the original and they're gold...very striking...I've seen one of these that was new in the crate, looked just like the one in Jack's book...

Nice Find Rob! I'm jealous. See you at Escalon I hope.

TOKEHEIM THAT IS A NICE SCORE "CONGRAT'S" ...............JEFF A. YOUR THE MAN!

Just a few things this week, I have been wanting one of these DX cans, but they are always pricy, not this one...



I bought some original add glass, some NOS, here is a mobilgas in my pump, with my repro globe. Some day will get an original globe... I need an original pump plate though!

Tokheim,
That's a super cool pump! I'm with Kevin on leaving it as is, with some clean up. You can always restore it, but you can never make it original again. Post some photo's when you get it done no matter which way you go!

Tokheim, If that is all original don't ruin this pump, It's a nice survivor. ;;;;;;;;;;Ron

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You may have seen my value post, but here it is after I made a frame for it.



Its in great shape, It has to be NOS, as it has a few creases, but looks like it was never used.

DREW, WAS THAT SPACE EMPTY OR DID YOU HAVE TO COMPROMISE AND TAKE STUFF DOWN? LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE FOR IT. NICE PIECE.

...uh...guys, if it were all original in that condition, of course I wouldn't suggest repainting it, I'd clean it up like Kevin suggested...but it's NOT all original...someone repainted the lettering by hand...the lettering goes all the way down the side (see the two small holes on either side of the 'E' in 'GASOLINE'? Looking at the picture in Jack Sim's first gas pump book, page 109, it looks like those are for an ID tag, which isn't there)...now, that image is of a Bowser 99, and it looks like Tokheim's pump is a 97 - but it seems likely that Bowser would have used the same water transfer for both pumps, and the ID tag would have been in the same place on both pumps...

...I was wrong on the color of the lettering, it's white and not gold...but it's been repainted...Thornton Beroth has one of these in his museum, that's all original (still mounted on the original shipping pallet!), it's either a 99 or a 97...the lettering on that one is all original and 'still there' to the point where it could be used to make replacements...

It just had the model t and a grills that are sitting on the floor. took them down, perfect fit. Was thinking about putting it inside, but I like it out there.

Here is Ford gas gauge stick I just picked up. My question has anybody heard of....CAMPECO Aviation Gasoline? It does not have location on it.

It says Atwater Kent Gasoline Measure.

Randy

Good looking stick. That is a brand and stick, I've don't ever remember seeing before.