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Has any one seen this style ford sign before? I know it was original to firestone sign that hung in front of ford dealership but I can not find another like it. Jeff
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Is that all one sign, or was the bottom strip added?
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Kinda Looks like the Bottom Strip with "Ford" was added to me, but I could be wrong wouldn't be the First Time!!! LOL!! Either way it is a Dang Nice Sign!!!
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Gum dipped tires were in there hey day in 1930s, If it was a "Ford sign" I would think Ford would in script for that era, sometime in 50's they got away from the old script.
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This is all one sign the strip of angle on the bottom is made into the frame so I am sure it was not added. I checked the building the sign came from and it is the old ford dealership but the signs are idenical porcelain so I do not understand the ford not in script.
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It is surprising to see Ford in non-script, Ford and Firestone had a long working relationship, Harvey Firestone died in 1938 so maybe there was a riff between the companies?
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...that sign's older than 1938...I have a couple of cans of oil for Ford, and they aren't in script - it's a Firestone sign, not a Ford sign, per se...it's more likely that there were just different strip signs that were used, depending on the situation...even more likely that they would have had a privilege panel with the dealer's name...
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Also seems odd that the Ford is with quotation marks,,Regardless, a very nice sign
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