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My choice for this week is SPARK PLUGS, a lot of you young collectors might not know, but a lot of oil companys had other advertizing besides cans,signs,glass, they had a lot of stuff, so if your looking around and see things other than the items I mentioned and its cheap pick it up. Texaco had a lot of different logos on there plugs, and I don't have any of them, does anyone have plugs from the eastern companys?
The first plus I'll show is from SIGNAL oil , still in the box, this plugs value is about 150.00, n.o.s. a plug not in the box but new = 95.00 used = 50.00.

The next group of plugs I'll show is from BEACON of California, given to me buy a pal, still in boxes = case, value ???? so lets see whats out there from other companys.






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Cool plugs but now I have nothing to post. I still have a full brick of those Beacon plugs to sell. I guess nobody wants to pay the price for those old rare plugs? Ted

I'VE NEVER SEEN A GAS LOGO ON AN OLD PLUG,, WAY COOL....

TOO COOL Dwainey..i wish I had something to contribute to this thread.
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hubba

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Good one Morg, I had about 5 of thoughs a couple years ago, sold them for 50.00 each , wish I had them or one of them back.
Ted I thought you had some Texaco plugs, ???
Frankie , thats the whole idea about showing this stuff , you younger guys need to know its out there, you should look for Husky. or Veltex, they had them.

What a great idea, collectible of the week. I know a lot of us collect a lot more than pumps, globes and signs. Lets support D. Buck on this excellent idea.
Here are a handful of spark plugs that I have acquired over the years. The two small ones on the top are Tie Tacks. One is an AC; the other one reads Champion. I don’t remember why I collected the three REX sparkplugs but I thought that they were kind of neat. The Firestone is really different. It is in its original box and the porcelain tip is pink.
I have been looking for years for the tin REX spark plug sign. It is a great sign. I have missed getting it twice. Any Leads? Thanks Rex




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NO Texaco plugs yet. Got the Signal ,Harley, bunch of Beacon, and a couple Red Head. No camera yet due to blonde. Here is the Red Head. Ted

Ted , You can talk all you want about me but don't you be bad mouthen Jasons mama. ha ha ha . Rex , nice plugs, and Ted great Red Head, by the way Rex, Ted has some loss ones, ted email Rex.
I had some nice Husky plugs with the dog on them but Fred talked me out of them.



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Pretty cool guys! Leave it to Dwaine to shake things up a bit. Great idea!
Bob

I think this is an excellent idea. I think they are lots of people on this site who collect other things than pumps and signs etc... so why not look at some of this stuff also. Plus I enjoy looking at pictures of other peoples collection's. Just my 2 cents worth and also 3 spark plugs 2 from Phillips 66 and 1 from MFA oil company in Columbia, Missouri. Keep it up D.B. Scott in Kansas City home of the 2-0 Chiefs.
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SURER PLUGS,I'll pay the $50.00 for a Harley or trade other Harley stuff.Neat Red Head & 66.I'll take the Beacon plugs at the same price the Bucker paid.Cities Service had there own logo on there plugs. Keep EM coming. GIANTS WIN TONITE

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Cool plugs. Did anybody else notice that the box for those Firestone plugs advertises "radioactive electrodes"? LOL

Hey your right , Another collector has some spark plug signs he wants to post in here , that, ok? with me post them and lets have some fun.
anything that has to do with spark plugs ,

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HEY DWAINE, I'M LOOKING FOR A GULF SPARK PLUG. THEY USED THEM IN EARLY 1970 AT LEMANS. IT HAD THE GULF ORANGE DISK LOGO WITH A BLACK AND WHITE CHECKERED FLAG ON IT.GOT ANY ?? THANKS, ROCK

No , I sure don't , but some one from that area might. Gulf was only out here for a very short time. like phillips.

Hey everyone..i am Postin this pic for my Buddy Local Frank.

This is what ole Frank S says:

This is my contribution to "spark plugs" There are supposed to be two old burned out spark plugs on the perch in the cage... sorta like old dead birds. It is an old advertising piece for AC...

COOL Local Frank - perfect crossover for you ...with birds and station stuff. Very Cool.
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Heres some plugs sent to me by Frank from (DoDogas) nice early plugs, the one with the wooden holster is a DeDion Bouton,





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It started as a oil company type plug but its gone its own way, but it fun too, heres some more I found,

Thanks DB for posting the pics., the wooden plug holder is marked deDion and the plug says Bantam. The big box of Super POLUNIUM RADIOACTIVE (Firestone) has a graphic of a plug on the side as big as the box, same as the little box shows. The green tapered plug is a Splitdorf, they made magnetos for Indian and others. The real early Indians, some used a yellow Splitdorf (hard to find) and before that they used mica in layers, you can sorta see through them.
The big Bosch is about 13 in tall, it is a water bottle for filling batteries, got it in Germany.

<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>> Keep your points clean and your gap adjusted..dodogas

Some cute plugs I picked up with the cute boat on them. Packed in plastic containers, not too old, but thought they might be worth sharing here.

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Don "oltoydoc" Sherwood
Vintage Gas

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Got one here from Fin v twins, he says his is bigger? yah , but is it better?

I always heard "size matters".........

I know it ain't a gas company plug, but this thread fell outta the box already, so I had to share my plug.

btw, that's NOT me in the background(I'm much more handsome) ;-)

The only plug I have is the one that went out in my lawnmower last year. That probably won't interest any of you that much. Hey Dad, why don't you sell me that Polly gas oil can and I'll get you a digital camera, then you can show off more of your plugs. ~Jason

Here is a Skelly spark plug from my collection.



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Jim "Oldgas" Potts
Your host and moderator

You've been sleeping on us Jim, I just new you had more then a bunch of old body tools.

It just might be true...I have the smallest plug.

Champion hat pin
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Hubba