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#13972
Fri Jul 11 2008 07:34 PM
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Could be the only one??  ------------------ Wanted 5 quart cans
[b] Wanted 5 quart cans -old speed equipment -1950-60s- Cad- Olds std shift parts - site at www.oilnspeed.com
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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#13973
Fri Jul 11 2008 07:55 PM
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Looks photo shop has been done. Building is angled and sign is straight... or am i seeing things?
Looking for anything from Hoosier Pete, Platolene 500 and Red Bird.
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#13974
Fri Jul 11 2008 08:51 PM
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Hi Jarvis- seeing things- no photo shop- this is the real thing- thanks Don
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#13975
Fri Jul 11 2008 09:15 PM
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Original photo. Photographer was shooting up & at an angle to sign.
Maybe the only existing one. Very seldom did any sign company make 1 of anything.
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#13976
Fri Jul 11 2008 09:25 PM
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Just putting it out there. It's hard any more to believe what you see because guys are getting so good at doctoring photos.
It just looked funny to me but now that you pointed out how the pic was taken it makes more sense.
Looking for anything from Hoosier Pete, Platolene 500 and Red Bird.
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#13977
Sat Jul 12 2008 05:51 AM
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If my memory serves me correctly, I think there is one in the Bob McDorman Collection at mcDorman Chevrolet near Columbus, Oh.
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#13978
Sat Jul 12 2008 06:33 AM
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I sure would like one to hang in my garage!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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#13979
Sun Jul 13 2008 09:40 AM
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Hi,
I checked with one of my friends who has been a long time GM employee in Detroit and this is what he said;
'From the construction of the building and the window pattern, I would guess that this photo is taken at the GM Proving Grounds in Milford, Michigan. I believe the building is still in use as an engineering test garage."
'This sign looks like it may have been made in the Proving Grounds shop because the spacing of the letters is not exactly what most professional sign designers would have used.'
Good luck.
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#13980
Mon Jul 14 2008 07:23 AM
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Ralph is correct- Picture taken 1969 Chevrolet proving Grounds- thanks Don
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