#113461
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:11 PM
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What do you guys think? Is it or isn't it? Have a Fry Tall Ten it would go on. Thanks 7215134403
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#113462
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:32 PM
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I saw this too and I am voting phony. Looks way too good and doesn't look to have any shelving. Just does not look right. I also see he has another one listed in his online store. Not sure about that one but looks like that one could be real.
Keith
[This message has been edited by keithia (edited 01-30-2006).]
Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.
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#113463
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:32 PM
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Repo. Examine the lettering, it's not uniform. Compare the E in Guarantee to the others. FRY isn't centered.
Now look at the one in Seths catalog and see what you think.
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#113464
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:34 PM
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This looks a lot like the sign & bracket I make....he also has a real porcelain one in his listings that looks different than the one in question. The one I make is steel, powder-coated & silk-screened...I am pretty sure this one is too.
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#113465
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:35 PM
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One more thing. It doesn't say "Reg US Pat off" at the bottom. Look at his other items for this one: 7212759088
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#113466
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:42 PM
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Yes it does look like the one in Seth's catalog as I have been looking at Fry parts. Seth did you get a chance to look for more parts for me and get some prices.
Keith
Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.
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#113467
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:53 PM
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Keith...I'm busier than a cat covering up....well, you know, but you will hear from me one way or another by wednesday.
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#113468
Mon Jan 30 2006 05:58 PM
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Sounds unanimous, I'll stay away. Thanks!
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#113469
Mon Jan 30 2006 08:09 PM
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Repo.
Morgan, Signs were made with & without "Reg US Pat off". I have 1 of each. db
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#113470
Mon Jan 30 2006 08:20 PM
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Thanks Dick. Good to know. I've only seen the repos that didn't have that. And, never seen a repo that did.
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#113471
Wed Feb 01 2006 03:49 PM
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...fishy...the very edges of the sign are too clean and well-covered, the porcelain on an original would have gaps where it didn't quite cover...looks too smooth, not enough shelving...
Looking for better Gulf items: signs, globes, cans and paper - especially porcelain Gulf flanges, and Gulf A-38 & A-62 ad glass...
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