Thanks Doug.... the thing is, I'm not a neophyte, I've been fixating on gas station signs for 40 years! However, that early version of the Texaco sign isn't one I've seen often.

If red doesn't fade that way, then someone took a reproduction and intentionally faded it, with a method that results in a different look than real aging I guess....?

"In my thick skull, a joker hides."-- Bernie Taupin, 2001