Hello,
I could use some help. My Dad and my Uncle ran a Sinclair station in 1958. The owners closed it up a short time later when the property was sold for a new business.
I'm building a new house with a shop, and I want to do some minor decoration in memory of my Dad. I doubt I will ever be a collector of this type of stuff, so I plan to use a few reproduction signs for this to save money. Some of the other items will probably be authentic just because they are still cheap and no reproductions are available anyway.
With that in mind I have a couple of questions. I read that the trapezoid logo first started in 1959, correct? Would gas pumps have still used the HC signs in 1958?
What motor oil cans would have been in use that year? I know other cans like the Household Oil and other items were in the red, green, and white cans like
this one.(click) We had a lot of that stuff sitting around our house right on up into the 1970's in that style cans. But, no actual motor oil cans, so I have no idea what was being used at that time.
I was thinking about painting one wall similar to the outside of a building, with the green stripes, and large SINCLAIR spelled out,
like this one that I cropped from a Danbury model picture. I have other black and white pics that look similar, but the color pics show both red or green SINCLAIR lettering. Which is correct?
Thanks! Please forgive me for using reproduction stuff for this! I need to keep my budget in good shape for my main hobby, my DeLorean.
PS--I'm loving the Company of the Month thread on Sinclair. Wes Maxwell's collection is awesome. The Great old Pics thread is great too. I'm still working my way through it.
Mark Noeltner
Grantsville, UT