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PICKED THIS UP OVER THE WEEKEND ,AND MY QUESTION IS.............THE CORRECT TERM FOR THIS TYPE OF "SIGN" LIGHT?

Could be for a road side diner, a motel, cabins, just about anything. Match it up with any verticle neon or lighted sign, would look great, how about over your front door.

jack Sim

I've seen that particular arrow light used on dealer lots indicating a "USED CARS" lot,and for a Chicago city garage level "PARKING" lot.

If the lights flash in sequence, it's called a "chaser arrow," if that's the term you're looking for. Coldpizza is right about them being used more in Illinois for Used Car lots and parking garages, but you did occasionally see them at cut-rate gas-for-less stations.

PERFECT,THATS WHAT I WAS LOOKING FOR, "CHASER ARROW HUH"I HAD TO HAVE IT ,THE SELLER TOLD ME IT WORKED ,OF COURSE I ASSUMED IT DID NOT AS SOON AS HE SAID IT DID! ANYWAYS I'M NOT SURE IF THERE IS ANY TYPE OF SEQUENCE TO THIS ONE, I'M GONNA CLEANER UP ,BLAST & PAINT ,I THINK IT WILL SHOW WELL WITH A TWO TONE PAINT JOB!

And you can hang it up at your dealer lot.

HERES ARE NEW SIGN AT OUR LOT,I ATTACHED A PIC OF THE OLD strip LIGHTS THAT USED TO SURROUND THE SIGN,I TOOK THEM DOWN WHEN I GOT MY NEW SIGN UP ,BUT I HAVE 6 PIECES OF THAT STRIP LIGHTING THAT WAS ATTACHED! WE NEVER HAD IT HOOKED UP ,BUT OUR BUILDING USED TO BE A BURGER JOINT CALLED BROWNS BURGERS AND MALTS IN THE 40'S,I WAS TOLD BY ALL THE OLD TIMERS THAT IT WAS A HAPPENING JOINT BACK IN THE DAY!

but that arrow pained red white & blue attached to the sign would look good! who knows our little city is a pain & i can already here it from some code inspector about something????????you know how that go's but you got me thinking now lol

i have always liked those arrow signs. have my eye on a couple around here, but never stopped . never knew what to offer. what is a fair price?

That arrow's cool, if you restore be sure and post some pictures.

i will, i prepped last night & checked all sockets,they all work & i guess there is no sequence to the lights,i was really hoping they would have been chaser lights,then i could have got into some muti colored bulbs,that would have been a nice touch ....oh well , im blastin it tonight, went to tractor supply & bought some heat resistant , hi gloss engine paint "red & white" give it a little two tone paint job!

PROGRESS PICS!I HAVE CLEANED HER UP AS GOOD AS IT GETS ,I THINK THE PREP WENT WELL,I HAD A FRIEND THAT WANTED ME TO LEAVE SOME OF THE OLD PAINT, AND PAINT OVER FOR LATER ON ,THAT USUALLY PROMOTES GOOD PATINA WITH THE DIFFERENT LAYERS,BUT I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT LOOKS AT 1ST,LOOKS LIKE A LAZY PAINT JOB,AGAIN I DECIDED AGAINST IT,GONNA GET HIT WITH SOME FIRE DROP RED & MILK BONE WHITE!I REALLY WANT THIS SIGN TO STAND OUT AND SCREAM WHEN LIT UP,ALL BRASS SOCKETS HAVE BEEN CLEANED WITH WOOL NICE & SHINNY , I AM NEEDING SOME EXTRA IDEAS, IF ANYONE HAS ANY,AS TO WHAT WILL GO ON THE BACK,I THOUGHT ABOUT HAND PAINTING "GASOLINE" IN WHITE ON THE RED BODY IT WOULD STAND OUT,I THINK, THEN I THOUGHT "ETHYL GASOLINE"AND USING TWO ETHYL STICKERS ONE UP TOP AND THE OTHER AT BOTTOM WITH "ETHYL GASOLINE" IN THE MIDDLE! I'M STILL VERY INDECISIVE RIGHT NOW ,,SUGGESTIONS & IDEAS WANTED! ILL POST MORE A I PROGRESS THROUGH THE PROJECT! THANKS FOR THE IDEAS!

That will look great painted.
Go to a sign shop and see how much to put a sequencer in there so the lights will chase each other-either one by one going around or by twos going from the end to the tip of the arrow.
If you find a little motor setup inside it running a cam next to contacts, it was a flashing light of some sort

YOU KNOW MARK I'M COMPLETELY OPENING IT UP TONIGHT ,BECAUSE AFTER SEEING OTHERS AS I RESEARCHED THIS SIGN IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ALL ARE CHASERS OF SOME SORT,IF IT WAS ,THEN HOW WOULD THAT WORK,DOSE THE LIGHT SEQUENCE AUTOMATICALLY KICK IN , OR DO YOU HAVE TO LOOSEN A BULB TO CHANGE SEQUENCE ???LOL?? YOU KNOW,WHAT WOULD I DO THEN? WHO KNOWS ,IM SURE I'LL GET IT FIGURED OUT!

HERES A PIC OF THE ARROWS BROTHER,I FOUND ANOTHER BULB LIT ARROW!ITS A LITTLE DIFFERENT BUT,I THINK ITS GONNA WORK!

Chris,

Chaser box on Craigslist in the DFW area.

http://dallas.craigslist.org/mdf/ele/1893314755.html