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Fri Jun 05 2015 07:40 PM
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After languishing in my barn for years, I finally got my Coke menu board refurbished. I have a new set of letters on the way to post messages with. Any ideas of the value of this piece? Interestingly, when polishing the slat board part, I revealed the un-yellowed areas where the letters originally were and could read what had been displayed. How long ago was coffee 15 cents?
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If it helps,I recall paying 15 cents for a cup of fountain COKE around 1975...I remember it was just recently 10 cents in the early 1970's,and I had to go home & get more money.
Nice piece of Americana there.
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I've got a Howard Johnson's menu dated 1965 that lists a cup of coffee for 15 cents. You might do some research to see when Coke introduced the wave logo to better date your menu board.
Regards, Jim
I collect gas pump salt and pepper shakers
and the plastic coin banks made by AVSCO.
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Cold Pizza:
You have a good memory!
SandPCollector:
Thanks for the info and the suggestion.
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Wave logo was introduced in 1969. That menu board is 1970s and possibly as late as early 1980s.
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Mid 1970' Sambo's (Denny's big competitor at the time), offered a bottemless cup of coffee for 10¢. Big deal because most were 15¢. Late 1976 early '77 they went to 15¢.
Old Drive-In restaurant here in Indy that still uses several menu boards like that. Combination of red and black letters.
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As posted above, the wave logo was introduced in 1969. I got my letter set yesterday, so just so I could say I had restored the sign, I put all the verbiage on that was on the original sign. I believe this must be from the early 70's based on the prices. The second photo is how I plan to display the sign unless I can think of something "cute" to put on the sign.
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"Free Cold Pizza for Oldgas.com members".. 
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Is that an offer to ship pizza free from Illinois? Woo Hoo!!!
About the sign...you could do something I had posted on my desk when I was answering gardening questions
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If nothing else, put those red numbers/characters in there somewhere...
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You are right - I need to find some way to incorporate the red numbers and symbols - they really make the sign pop more than just the black letters.
Cold Pizza
Hey the drinks are free here - you-ll just have to bring your own cold pizza!
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...if I had it, I'd put the letters back where they originally would have been...to me, it's a LOT more interesting that way...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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