I am amazed I am being portrayed as an evil person. My goal was to have fun with this hobby and I do, freely sharing things with others. It just seemed silly to me how angry some get when you reproduce a classic sign. I have no desire for originals as they are chipped, rusted or otherwise damaged in most cases. A brand new high quality reproduction has value to me. Given a choice between patronizing one of the fine reproducers and buying original, I would go for repro as long as the quality is the same. Yes I make some signs myself, but does that make me a bad person? I have been looking for some Ocopep signs and globes for years now, and gave up. It will be a lot more fun and easier to silk screen my own globes and bake my own enamel signs for my personal use. The point I made is that I am not concerned if some purist collector is mad at me because after I am gone someone may try and pass it off as original. Unless you use scientific testing methods, or PERSONALLY know the history of an item there is no guarantee of where it came from. As for decals, I have personally seen Pure oil decals on my old pump under Union 76 and a Diesel sticker. Those of you who reproduce signs, parts or whatever have my respect and I will buy from you instead of chasing after originals that some are so enamored with.
