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I didn't know they existed, very cool looking signs.
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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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Yup time for the metal detector!
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That is the 1st cast TEXACO Visi Topper I have seen for a Lubester. All I have seen were the 5" Dbl Sided Porcelain ones. that topper is very rare- never knew of its existence, might think about casting some of those.. 
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Welcome to the cart club! Yours is way cooler than the one I picked up last week though. Congrats!
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That is the 1st cast TEXACO Visi Topper I have seen for a Lubester. All I have seen were the 5" Dbl Sided Porcelain ones. that topper is very rare- never knew of its existence, might think about casting some of those.. WHY !!!
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Those units on top of the two towers have to be 24- 30 inches across-no? Jim Pretty sure those are the 21" Stain glass globes. Doug
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Here is the Nos one that I picked up earlier this year.
There was a Texaco one on e-bay, missing the glass tubes went for $292 370939321855
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Great finds! From the cart,the little cast sign,the porcelain one & then the photos...vary cool. I have one of the small cast signs & I never knew what it was...now I do. Thanks for sharing! I would most definitely go back with a detector.
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It looks to be Cast White Metal [Pot Metal]. I assume they Double sided.
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I found three photos- today that I still have left, showing these cast ones. ; )
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That is a great find. Go back!
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I thought you guys might like to see how the lower castings are coming along. I don't have any high tech equipment so I've been slogging it out with the hacksaw, dremel, and a file. I had to snap both castings in order to try to get the clearances back into shape. Lots of cracks, distortion, and missing pieces. Trying to keep the horizontal threads for the outlet tube in working order was the main concern when joining the pieces back together. Then I fabricated new vertical threads out of a plumbing part from the hardware store. I should have the primary repairs done in a few more days.
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