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Wed Aug 22 2018 02:20 PM
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I picked up this 1957 48” Coca Cola button at a acreage sale yesterday. It’s pretty rough but the owner told me that the big dent in the top came from using it as a toboggan as a kid he hit a rock at the bottom of a snow covered hill and went flying! The price was right and i liked the story, not sure if the wife will like it hanging in the living room but...
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1- Mint has its place, but gotta love signs with CHARACTER!
2- Coca-Cola is timeless
3- Don't remove the sign if you get feeling she doesn't like it there, at least not yet. Negotiate. Say something like, "yeah, I guess it would look better on the garage wall. And remember that car my buddy has for sale? We should buy it, right?"
Paul
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I was told, by my Dad, that the story sells the product. No matter the commodity, the story is what the buyer remembers. I like the look. Paul www.severngaspumps.com
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Unfortunately anyone can make up a story.
Collecting Vintage Sunoco
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Unfortunately anyone can make up a story. My Dad never said all stories were true....just that the helped to sell stuff. LOL! Paul www.severngaspumps.com
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A lot of those were used as sleds. I had one with a million scratches on it. The owner told me it was used as a sled also. I believed him. Now if you buy it from a guy in Florida or Texas who said he used it all the time as a sled, well then...…..
Last edited by Speedracer; Sat Oct 06 2018 10:22 AM.
-Steve B. (WTB: 48" Flying A button, 48" black/org Phillips 66, White Star, and Chevrolet Signs. Also looking for a Wayne 866. Send a PM. Thanks.)
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