Brad Ralston "gasoildude" sent in this picture and comment: "Just one thing this week, a 5 quart Packard oil can that was bought for $8.00 at a local auction a very nice deal I might add "
Nice find, Brad!
------------------ Jim "Oldgas" Potts Your host and moderator
I just picked this 5ft Lion sign up. Ended up paying $100.00 for it but I had to take it with me then and there. Hauled it home in the back of my Camaro, Any ideas on value and age its not for sale hopefully I got a good deal.
I WOULD CERTAINLY SAY THAT FOR $100 YOU GOT A FAIRLY RARE BARN HANGER. I BELIEVE THE 5'er WAS RARER THAN THE 6'er. AS LONG AS IT DIDN'T DO ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR CAMERO....YOU DID A.O.K! I BOUGHT A 6'er SOME YEARS AGO FROM ROGER CHERRY'S MASSIVE FIND. I BOUGHT THE LAST ONE (I THINK) AND WHILE IT WAS STILL COLORFUL, IT ALSO WAS RIDDLED WITH CHIPS AND HAD A BIG GASH IN IT. I THOUGHT I GOT A DEAL @$380 (FEDEX INCL). HOPE TO "WORK-IT" SOME DAY!...OTHERWISE ANOTHER BARN HANGER. THESE SIGNS WERE FROM THE 20'S UNTIL 1959. I DON'T KNOW OF THESE PARTICULAR SIGNS BEING DATED ALONG THE BOTTOM SOMEWHERE???
THANKS FOR SHARING....AND THAT GOES FOR EVERYONE ELSE TOO!