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Sat Oct 19 2013 03:48 PM
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Collecting the Mississippi companies:
Billups, Southland, Rose Oil,Crystal Oil, Barq's
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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 I think the guy went to a lot of work.........good quality work I may add, to re-create the sign frame and lights. A Tip-of-the-Hat from me!  Ed.
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In my opinion the workmanship is top notch and the labor involved ,if you have ever built something of steel with your own plan & hands definetly brings a great deal of satisfaction.Great job and you can be very proud of it.From one old
welders perspective!
Wanted TEXACO related items & SUNOCO related items .Signs -Globes et'c. Oil Cans - Grease cans .
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Wow! Guy does great work!
Thanks
Mike
Always Looking for any Pure Oil and Sunoco Items.
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I think it's great work. If he wanted one that bad good for him for making it happen.
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Well planned and executed. Got the whole family involved as well. Win, win situation all around.
Dave GILL,
Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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Very nice! A lot of time to build something like this right. It's nice that he showed all the steps in the build.
Great job. Thanks for sharing it.
Looking for Johnson anything and Ca gas signs and ?
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IF he added up his time it took & had spent that at his regular job, he would have been able to buy a Real Sign & had it installed by a sign company w/ enough left to take wife to dinner.
BUT, now he has the Pride of doing it himself & somewhere down the line selling for Scrap.
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With a shop and a car like that he is no stranger to earning money.
Appears to me, that this was a playtime and stress relief make work project. At the end of week, I would rather reflect back on a week; where, I spent a few hours every evening relaxing by having built something in the shop. Versus, having spent my time sitting around the TV and drinking beer.
Not every project in my shop, pads my wallet. Some are for soothing the soul.
Dave GILL,
Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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top notch work, agree with everything to a point..
RANDY
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Very nice! A lot of time to build something like this right. It's nice that he showed all the steps in the build.
Great job. Thanks for sharing it. Love those FANTASY pieces here & there. So many talented folks across AMERICA! Hen
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Intrinsic value lasts much longer and tastes much sweeter than money.
Collecting the Mississippi companies:
Billups, Southland, Rose Oil,Crystal Oil, Barq's
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That's awesome. As posted prior he will reflect and appreicate the work involved that he did making it a true piece of art that he'll always admire.
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That is a great looking sign and I am sure he enjoyed building it.
Remember you are only as good as your help
If you don't make any noise no one will hear you!
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I think the planning and building were the fun! Now he has the satisfaction of telling the story. VERY cool!!
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