While I am not going to get in the middle of this repo vs. original thing, I do have a story to relay.
Gulf pulled out of this area in the early 1980's and the local jobber has many items displayed in his office. On the wooden bottom stand of a glass display case are pump plates. One I always wanted was the Gulf No-Nox Ethyl. I even offered him a ridiculous amount for it once with no luck in obtaining it.
One day, after being turned down again, I asked to hold it. With his permission, I got down on my knees and removed it. To my disbelief, it was a metal blank with a decal! This was never intended to fool anyone. He then showed me an old time weathered box full of original No-Nox decals. These were made and used on the pumps but for some reason. they were also put on this metal blank. I assumed, they did this to save from buying the porcelain signs where a sign was needed.
This "repo" sign was made up by the jobber's father or Grandfather and was never intended to be sold. It was made way before collecting this junk was popular. They also took a one piece Gulf globe and repainted it with the 1963 logo to keep from buying a nother globe. Don't ask me why.
The point of this story is....Heck, I don't know!!! LOL
