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Thunder Active Member Posts: 671 |
posted 12-21-2005 06:34 PM
  
I drive past this quite frequently. It looks like an old Gas sign that might have been repainted. Any ideas as to what it might be? IP: Logged |
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Ryan Fortner Active Member Posts: 178 |
posted 12-21-2005 06:52 PM
Looks like an old Texaco on a Banjo pole. Knab that if you can. IP: Logged |
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THE AMERICAN GARAGE Active Member Posts: 5342 |
posted 12-21-2005 07:17 PM
DITTO! LOOKS LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. WAS THERE A NEARBY STATION OR REMNANTS OF ONE? STRANGE SIGHTING, COOL PICTURE AND I AGREE AGAIN....GET THAT BABY! IP: Logged |
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Thunder Active Member Posts: 671 |
posted 12-21-2005 07:38 PM
Well, I dont think its a Texaco, because its oval, maybe Esso shaped. Its hard to tell at this angle. What it is, is a sign that was put up on an old land development that never sold. The sign is painted. I'm wondering if its painted over porcelan. There is two of them, and I am hoping to get them both. I'll get back in there for a better angle in the next few days... IP: Logged |
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THE AMERICAN GARAGE Active Member Posts: 5342 |
posted 12-21-2005 08:44 PM
OVAL???? SURE LOOKS ROUND TO ME FROM THAT ANGLE.....BUT THEN AGAIN I AM BLIND IN ONE EYE AND CAN'T SEE OUT THE OTHER!  DOC @ TAG.WEST IP: Logged |
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1PetroFan Active Member Posts: 318 |
posted 12-21-2005 08:47 PM
Thunder, if you get a close look at an angle and catch the sunlight just right, you should be able to "read" the porcelin print under the paint. The letters should stand out just a bit. Brady IP: Logged |
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FrankSargent Active Member Posts: 992 |
posted 12-21-2005 08:50 PM
Not Oval... Definately Round. TEXACO for sure. ------------------ IP: Logged |
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gasoildude Active Member Posts: 2259 |
posted 12-21-2005 09:13 PM
Texaco Tydol HC Sinclair Gulf who knows. But I will go with everyone else & say Texaco If it is oval it could be Standard American Esso etc. IP: Logged |
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Dick Bennett Active Member Posts: 6015 |
posted 12-21-2005 09:21 PM
I hope it's a BEELINE, there would be enough DROOLING in Colo. to flood the eastern side of the state. db IP: Logged |
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scootdog Active Member Posts: 796 |
posted 12-21-2005 09:47 PM
Dick is close, its a bee-hive! I walked up to that sign a few years ago and it was humming with bees. After looking at it for a while I decided it was a standard sign if it even has the orignal sign in it. There is a lot of rust on the sign surface so I am guessing the original sign is gone. Good luck thunder, I bet they will let you buy them. If you need a hand loading them let me know. BTW it is oval for sure! IP: Logged |
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Chevelle SS Active Member Posts: 336 |
posted 12-21-2005 10:21 PM
I think I figgered (east texas pronunciation) it out...it's some kind of round or oval sign advertising something for sale. That was easy to figger out! I hope you're able to get it and hope it's something good. Good luck! IP: Logged |
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DCpate Active Member Posts: 365 |
posted 12-21-2005 11:09 PM
Be careful and look close, their might NOT be a porcelain sign there at all. Judging from the signs rust colored appearance, this may very well be the case. In my greener days of collecting, I cut down a Texaco banjo sign in the middle of town, like a complete novice, lucky I didn't get someone killed...and lo and behold it was just a rusty replacement in an original pole...I'll never forget it. And normally with a porcelain sign you can just TELL what it is due to paint flaking and the way it catches the light. Good luck *EDITED* Just saw Scootdog confirmed my suspicions...case closed.
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