Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums Showcase and Stories, Petroliana BOTW: "BUYS OF THE WEEK!" DEC 2nd - 8th 2013

Thanks!

Finally had a decent week!

Here is my BOTW 7X5.

Seems like I've had a long dry spell but here is a few minimal items to get me started again!
Another "rabbit" but this one surprised me that it was a 60 gallon tank and I almost did not have room to bring it home!
I usually would not touch one of these tiny pumps but 3 things made me pick it up, It was priced right, It is a clock face and evidently it was in use at a CONOCO station!
Some cans and license plates too.

no rocks for me this week, the ring and post on the lollipop is toast and no base but the sign is decent. The pump and lubester were dropped off at my restorer....

where I picked one up I dropped off 2 months ago, before and after

I picked up three five qt cans this week from a fellow oldgas member. I have only seen the blue ones in pictures so to get a chance to buy some no hesitation on my part.

I got these two signs locally with a 6 foot oval ESSO I have not picked up yet. They are pretty clean. The Texaco is dated with the latest date I have ever seen at botton. 10-1-65.

Got to love those killer Sinclair signs, great buy!!

Picked up truck and trailer load of pump parts today. I really don't have an idea of all that is there since most of it is in boxes that I have not had time to dig thru yet, I'll get it sorted out.....someday.




Tom.

Hang on Tom, Dick will tell you in a minute what you have right there.

LOL

Here are my botw

and a few more

Doug,
You just gave Dick fair warning I will be contacting him. There is a cast iron top cap similar to a Tokheim 36 that I have never seen.
Tom.

Shawn, what does the blue can on the lower right say? Sho what? Sho-Me maybe? Neat cans, never seen them before.
Darin

had a good day the sky chief is 10x15 tin not sure about it hope experts will help me on this one thanks

Finally got my Bear alignment sign I have been wanting and also got this nice Ajax sign.

Great stuff this week everyone ! I wanted to share my little catch , all the sinclair stuff came from S932 MFA Shawn , he fixed me up with a great deal !Thanks again Shawn ! Now I owe him , maybe breakfast before the Colombia gas show on me .

Love that 7x5 Sinclair pump plate it's on my wish list know

Darin it says show me. Travis glad i could help

Picked up several signs-cans. Here's a few.

Heres mime

super rare wide spray Texaco diesel chief dated 3-40


hard to find double sided Rebel sign sign

Butch/Dan, you both did well...

Love that Sinclair sign keithia! If you got that on ebay, I was bidding on it too haha.
Here's mine: Texaco No Smoking Sign and Few Cans

Got this clock from a fellow oldgasser

Congrats Jon! Its a nice one too!

Jason,

Nice DX clock!

Daniel, that is a great little Rebel sign. Congrats. I'm super jealous!

Now I see why it's tough to come by decent Gargoyle signs - Dan has them all!!

Thanks, I've looking for that one for a while

Got to get them while they are hot!!!
They all cleaned up nicely too. That photo is before a good scrubbing. Lol

Found this great old cardboard display poster & had it framed. Now hanging in my office.

MY BOTW:

I asked the seller a question on this sign. 331082797347
Response was "Shonk Works-American Can Co. Maywood Ill."
Does your sign read the same?

Seems to be an aweful lot of these popping up in mint condition?? Seller has multiples of these from what I've been told.

NOS?...

Jim thanks a lot. It took a while but I am very happy to have it. I have had the same spot open for it for a while.

There was a large lot of these signs found some years ago, all NOS.. It seems that some more have surfaced? I have one in my collection and I have no doubt that it's original.. Typically these tin "tacker" signs were sold by the hundred, so it's not beyond reason someone could find a large quantity of them.. I don't have any reason to beleive there not real...

I'm in Sandy Oregon at the Les Schwabs getting a flat repaired that I got on the trip out here.
A lady called me about these a couple of days ago and I made the trip for them today and thought I would post 'em while I'm waiting.
2, 6 footers that are in Nice shape!

wow, those are nice

Wow you aren't kidding!! Those are beautiful!! Love the Vertical!!

Well actually bought this Nov. 30 But what the hell, it just arrived!!! Very excited about this piece!!!
And a before and after of a old grease can. Love the graphics!!!

Nice Sunoco stuff Steve!! ,,, and some really sweet buys everyone!
Just goes to show that the good stuff is still out there, and what a blast it is to go find/get it!





Thanx guys!
Now that my !!804 mile round trip!! is concluded and I've had a little rest, I've been able to check them out and they are beauties! Not NOS but the horizontal sign is Very "minty" and the vertical sign has some paint drips, a extra nail hole or two, a couple of scratches and a little paint loss. The backs are cool to look at and the horizontal sign has a stamp on it but I still can't figure out what year they are from exactly. I'm pretty sure, from my research of like company logos graphics, that they date from somewhere between the late 20s to the mid 30s.
I decided to take a decent pic of them next to my mocked up roadster that has that set of "Pennsylvania Patrol Pursuit" tires leaning up close to it in the front.
I'm STOKED to have these and that this is my first vert sign!
If I could I would just edit my above post and swap out these pics for those that I posted but I'm beyond the time limit.

Definitely not ones you see every day. Nice score.