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BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 #647716 Sun Feb 21 2016 05:59 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,641 Likes: 160 Placerville,CA Big Block Cat OP Showcase Feature Host OP Big Block Cat Showcase Feature Host Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,641 Likes: 160 Placerville,CA Let's see what you've picked up this past week. Wanted anything Flying A Gas, Signal Gas, Hancock oil co, and Sunland. Thanks Anthony

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647717 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:01 PM Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 19,462 Likes: 1014 So. Ca. advertologist Veteran Member advertologist Veteran Member Joined: Sep 2007 Posts: 19,462 Likes: 1014 So. Ca. '31/'32 gargoyle shield sign, special thanks too: Jim Young (Young's Union) & Jerry McCullough (42 Packard) for helping make this possible .. ... RANDY

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647718 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:02 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 818 Likes: 4 San Jose Ca us hancock-oil Petro Enthusiast hancock-oil Petro Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 818 Likes: 4 San Jose Ca us Very Nice!👍🏻 West Coast signs, globes and quarts

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647719 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:05 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 181 Belvidere,IL 61008 H Hud Oil Petro Enthusiast Hud Oil Petro Enthusiast H Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 181 Belvidere,IL 61008 nice shield

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647720 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:05 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,909 Likes: 95 Downey , CA pumpingethyl Veteran Member pumpingethyl Veteran Member Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 2,909 Likes: 95 Downey , CA Purchased this early wooden Fisk smaltz glass sign.... Dennis Leith / Always looking for unusual Gilmore Oil Company items and Automobilia Displays

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647721 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:10 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,641 Likes: 160 Placerville,CA Big Block Cat OP Showcase Feature Host OP Big Block Cat Showcase Feature Host Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,641 Likes: 160 Placerville,CA Nice Gargoyle Randy! Love the Fisk Dennis! Here are some of mine.. Last edited by Big Block Cat; Sun Feb 21 2016 06:12 PM. Wanted anything Flying A Gas, Signal Gas, Hancock oil co, and Sunland. Thanks Anthony

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647722 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:11 PM Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,641 Likes: 160 Placerville,CA Big Block Cat OP Showcase Feature Host OP Big Block Cat Showcase Feature Host Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 1,641 Likes: 160 Placerville,CA a couple more.. Wanted anything Flying A Gas, Signal Gas, Hancock oil co, and Sunland. Thanks Anthony

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647723 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:16 PM Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,273 Likes: 1 DeKalb, IL Chevrolet SS Veteran Member Chevrolet SS Veteran Member Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 1,273 Likes: 1 DeKalb, IL A set of pump plates for me. Literally speaking...some rare birds!! Ron Gordon Cell: 815.762.2616 Email: flash03@comcast.net

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647725 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:31 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,631 Likes: 455 North Jersey R RetroPetro Veteran Member RetroPetro Veteran Member R Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,631 Likes: 455 North Jersey Great signs and pumps guys. That Jenneys a long way from home. Heres a few things we found at the CT gas bash. NOS Atlas thermometer Looking for photos, etc from 60s era Shell-A-Rama gas station and Pal's Diner, Rt. 17 Mahwah, NJ & US or state highway signs, shields, route markers

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 RetroPetro #647726 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:33 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,631 Likes: 455 North Jersey R RetroPetro Veteran Member RetroPetro Veteran Member R Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,631 Likes: 455 North Jersey . Looking for photos, etc from 60s era Shell-A-Rama gas station and Pal's Diner, Rt. 17 Mahwah, NJ & US or state highway signs, shields, route markers

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 RetroPetro #647727 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:34 PM Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,631 Likes: 455 North Jersey R RetroPetro Veteran Member RetroPetro Veteran Member R Joined: Mar 2005 Posts: 15,631 Likes: 455 North Jersey . Looking for photos, etc from 60s era Shell-A-Rama gas station and Pal's Diner, Rt. 17 Mahwah, NJ & US or state highway signs, shields, route markers

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647728 Sun Feb 21 2016 06:38 PM Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 285 Likes: 4 Canton, Michigan sandman325 Petro Enthusiast sandman325 Petro Enthusiast Joined: Feb 2007 Posts: 285 Likes: 4 Canton, Michigan One for me. Cool local MI sign from a fellow old gasser: Collecting most things related to Cities Service, Galena Oil, Hi-Speed Gas, Sunoco & Richfield.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647731 Sun Feb 21 2016 07:01 PM Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 818 Likes: 4 San Jose Ca us hancock-oil Petro Enthusiast hancock-oil Petro Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2008 Posts: 818 Likes: 4 San Jose Ca us 👍🏻 thumbs up everybody! Last edited by hancock-oil; Sun Feb 21 2016 07:02 PM. West Coast signs, globes and quarts

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 hancock-oil #647733 Sun Feb 21 2016 07:08 PM Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 265 Likes: 24 Peotone Illinois U.S.A B Bass Master Petro Enthusiast Bass Master Petro Enthusiast B Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 265 Likes: 24 Peotone Illinois U.S.A Nice items everyone, Love the Fisk sign!! Brian Looking for anything to do with The Rapson Tyre Co.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647735 Sun Feb 21 2016 07:11 PM Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 757 Humble, TX S SKomatinsky Petro Enthusiast SKomatinsky Petro Enthusiast S Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 757 Humble, TX Love the Gargoyle shield, Erie clockface and Wings pump plates. Some spectacular stuff everybody.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647736 Sun Feb 21 2016 07:13 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 USA keithia Veteran Member keithia Veteran Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 USA Here are Racecop's and mine. Any info on the Alemite sign like how and where it would have been used. It is a concave sign. Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647737 Sun Feb 21 2016 07:14 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 USA keithia Veteran Member keithia Veteran Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 USA A couple more. A Hood Tire stand and a box of NOS VR wheels! Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 keithia #647739 Sun Feb 21 2016 07:33 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,559 Likes: 43 Indianapolis IN USA bustermonty Veteran Member bustermonty Veteran Member Joined: May 2005 Posts: 1,559 Likes: 43 Indianapolis IN USA Looks like a good week! Here are my It's A Gas buys. Cupples is rough but that's OK. Phone sign makes up for it in condition. Lubri Gas is always a fun sign to own. This is my 3rd over the years. Trico display I'm still trying to figure out why I bought it.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Chevrolet SS #647745 Sun Feb 21 2016 08:07 PM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,187 Likes: 13 Bay Area, CA H henlovestoys Veteran Member henlovestoys Veteran Member H Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 1,187 Likes: 13 Bay Area, CA Wow! Those "Wings" pump plates ... Killer find, Ron!

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647757 Sun Feb 21 2016 09:12 PM Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 140 oregon USA savex Petro Enthusiast savex Petro Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 140 oregon USA Been after this Ford sign for a long time. Finally got it!

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647759 Sun Feb 21 2016 09:40 PM Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,194 Cincinnati mcguffeyd1 Veteran Member mcguffeyd1 Veteran Member Joined: Sep 2012 Posts: 2,194 Cincinnati Got this super nice Oilzum can from an oldgasser. Thanks Dan Quart and Liter can relidding and dent removal services.PM for detail and pricing. Collecting Mobil and other graphic quart cans.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 keithia #647765 Sun Feb 21 2016 11:43 PM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,055 Canby, Oregon Neil Gerrard Veteran Member Neil Gerrard Veteran Member Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,055 Canby, Oregon Keith, your Alemite sign is one of three that were attached in a triangle shape and had a base, basically a curb sign. Originally Posted By keithia Here are Racecop's and mine. Any info on the Alemite sign like how and where it would have been used. It is a concave sign.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647786 Mon Feb 22 2016 07:44 AM Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 822 Likes: 45 Puyallup Washington T The Rip Petro Enthusiast The Rip Petro Enthusiast T Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 822 Likes: 45 Puyallup Washington That Gargoyle sign is the best! Collecting Mobiloil, Mobilgas, Mobilmarine, Metro, General Petroleum, looking for Mobil variations I do not have, thank you Steve

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 The Rip #647787 Mon Feb 22 2016 07:46 AM Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 822 Likes: 45 Puyallup Washington T The Rip Petro Enthusiast The Rip Petro Enthusiast T Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 822 Likes: 45 Puyallup Washington A few Mobil items I picked up this last week. Collecting Mobiloil, Mobilgas, Mobilmarine, Metro, General Petroleum, looking for Mobil variations I do not have, thank you Steve

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 The Rip #647788 Mon Feb 22 2016 07:47 AM Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 822 Likes: 45 Puyallup Washington T The Rip Petro Enthusiast The Rip Petro Enthusiast T Joined: Dec 2014 Posts: 822 Likes: 45 Puyallup Washington And a full first aid kit. Collecting Mobiloil, Mobilgas, Mobilmarine, Metro, General Petroleum, looking for Mobil variations I do not have, thank you Steve

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647816 Mon Feb 22 2016 01:25 PM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 8,513 Likes: 293 South of St. Louis, MO USA Oldgas Moderator Oldgas Moderator Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 8,513 Likes: 293 South of St. Louis, MO USA Great stuff this week, guys! Added these items to my collection at the "It's A Gas!" show. A Mohawk Retreads tire stand and a Snow's Retreads tire stand to hold a couple of my many wide whitewall tires. The Hunter Equipment sign is from a local company. We had Hunter equipment in the shop where I worked. Mohawk Retreads - tire stand Snow's Retreads - tire stand Hunter Equipment sign Last edited by Oldgas; Mon Feb 22 2016 01:25 PM. Reason: add text Jim "Oldgas" Potts Your host and moderator

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647852 Mon Feb 22 2016 06:18 PM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,055 Canby, Oregon Neil Gerrard Veteran Member Neil Gerrard Veteran Member Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,055 Canby, Oregon Misc stuff and an awesome NOS car refrigerator from the 50's that ran on gas

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Neil Gerrard #647862 Mon Feb 22 2016 07:22 PM Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 USA keithia Veteran Member keithia Veteran Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 USA Interesting. Thanks Neil. I would like to see a picture of the complete sign and base. Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #647901 Tue Feb 23 2016 08:28 AM Joined: May 2012 Posts: 4,293 Likes: 27 Hays, Kansas bsplichal95 Veteran Member bsplichal95 Veteran Member Joined: May 2012 Posts: 4,293 Likes: 27 Hays, Kansas I picked up these two pumps Sunday. I have the doors for the gutted one. Braden Splichal

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #648006 Wed Feb 24 2016 10:17 AM Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 480 Likes: 16 Alberta, Canada coopersplace Petro Enthusiast coopersplace Petro Enthusiast Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 480 Likes: 16 Alberta, Canada I did a 750 mile road trip the other weekend and picked up mainly Canadian pieces. I just got everything finally cleaned up. Nothing too exotic or rare but I'm happy to still find some stuff. Auctions around here are getting too crazy. Cheers, Don. Last edited by coopersplace; Wed Feb 24 2016 10:18 AM.

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #648087 Wed Feb 24 2016 08:06 PM Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,050 Likes: 4 Central Ohio Wes Maxwell Veteran Member Wes Maxwell Veteran Member Joined: Oct 2004 Posts: 2,050 Likes: 4 Central Ohio Got the half gallon anti freeze can the other week. The gallon can shows up more often than the half. Probably 1940-1950's. The Sinclair HC/ Power-X pricer showed up at the Missouri show this past weekend. 1953-early 1960s time frame. It also came with a box of red numbers to show the price per gallon. US Air Force Retired, 1981-2007

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #648105 Thu Feb 25 2016 06:47 AM Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,940 MI G Gas globe guy Veteran Member Gas globe guy Veteran Member G Joined: Mar 2012 Posts: 3,940 MI Picked up a couple 2 gallons and some other cans. What I have so far... Looking for any cans! PM me what ya got!

Re: BOTW:"BUY'S OF THE WEEK!" Feb 15th - 21st 2016 Big Block Cat #648257 Fri Feb 26 2016 01:24 PM Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 244 Likes: 49 No. Cal. & No. Ohio T Tom R. Petro Enthusiast Tom R. Petro Enthusiast T Joined: Feb 2013 Posts: 244 Likes: 49 No. Cal. & No. Ohio Randy, Dennis and Ron. Great pieces!!!