#111312
Sun Nov 02 2008 11:32 AM
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...anyone else think this looks hinky? ...sure looks fake to me...why bother to advertise products and services in 1" letters on the base of a curb sign, where they cannot be seen at a distance? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=270292417993
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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#111313
Sun Nov 02 2008 01:41 PM
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I'm pretty sure its real....its meant to hold a sign you see from a distance and maybe look down when you walk by...pretty well every base had a name on it...mm
Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.
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#111314
Sun Nov 02 2008 01:58 PM
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Wasn't there some reproductions of these made in Mexico? I was at the Portland Swap meet a few years back and listened to a discussion amongst collectors. A vendor there had a couple of real ones he got from a Texaco dealer in the 60s and a couple of reproductions (his words) from Mexico. Other than the paint, I couldn't tell the difference.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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#111315
Sun Nov 02 2008 02:34 PM
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I remember being told that the mexican repops had no threads in the center hole and the real ones did. I've never verified this info but someone on here might know.
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#111316
Sun Nov 02 2008 02:38 PM
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Real***Repro cast iron..at the end of the day who cares...it holds your original sign hey...its cheap if you need one repo or not...mm
Wanted early tin litho signage. petro, farm, auto, etc.
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#111317
Sun Nov 02 2008 02:44 PM
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I agree with mm on this one.
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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#111318
Sun Nov 02 2008 03:15 PM
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I know a dealer that used to buy these a truckload at a time,they had them drilled and tapped and left them outside to rust up naturally, If you asked they would tell you they might be repo but if not they wouldnt say anything, just put another one out later...Frank
I collect anything Hyvis oils
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#111319
Sun Nov 02 2008 03:34 PM
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Don't believe it's real. Look at the shot of the logo and then the words trade mark us reg pat something. It ain't right. LOL
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#111320
Sun Nov 02 2008 03:55 PM
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Frank, Couldn't be the Col. or Chuck !
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#111321
Sun Nov 02 2008 04:05 PM
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No Dick but you are close, Chuck died a couple of years ago
I collect anything Hyvis oils
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#111322
Sun Nov 02 2008 04:07 PM
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well i dont know but it reminds me of one of those fake door stops that i was seeing all the time awhile back!
Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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#111323
Sun Nov 02 2008 06:47 PM
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Door stops.....yeah, I bought one of those.....live and learn
Alex Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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#111324
Sun Nov 02 2008 07:46 PM
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#111325
Sun Nov 02 2008 11:09 PM
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Fantasy item IMO...never seen one in old literature or photographs, or on an old curb sign...
There's no stopping the Cretins from hopping You've got to keep it beating for the hopping Cretins
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#111326
Mon Nov 03 2008 08:02 AM
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...I also don't know of much gas and oil advertising intended for those who might be WALKING by...more likely intended for those DRIVING by...
...there's no way the designers at Texaco would have gone for such a tacky looking base in 1936...look at all of their other graphic design...rather sophisticated by comparison...
...MM: who cares?...I guess people who want original stuff care - but here we go again...
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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