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nice sign but terribly faded and mangled. someone hacked a foot off 1 side and the paint is about shot but you can still read it.
Lets see what you've got...
Got Socony???
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Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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It's not perfect but my absolute favorite and pretty rare. Can't beat the Boyce motometer. 
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I got a few more I can put into this category. LOL
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This is actually my dads... It was so twisted when I got it that I left it in the cardboard and drove my car over it 2 or 3 times... Odd thing is it didn't lose any more porcelain. 
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I count this in my "collection" since I'm a picker and had it for about a week. It is already gone. 
Last edited by carolinaskies; Sat Apr 20 2013 11:18 AM.
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Love the early running man!
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I guess I've been pretty lucky. This is the worst nice/rare sign that I have had. It was a flange-DSP that I did'nt even know was porcelain or a flange sign until after it was gone. 
LOOKING-4:WELDING SIGNS,Charter/Finance/PulOil/Trulite/TruTest-Oils,True's gas CORALINE/RAINBOW, Gardner 70 items of Yakima wa., Wa/Or/Id Chief items
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That marathon sign is cool. I like the united motors as well...
Got Socony???
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...maybe we need a new forum for this stuff: we could call it ' Basketcase and Stories' 
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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Good Topic to start and I really enjoy seeing the rusty/crusty/bent/broken/ripped/sliced, beautiful to me, signs! They always have the best stories behind them, if the true story is known.
LOOKING-4:WELDING SIGNS,Charter/Finance/PulOil/Trulite/TruTest-Oils,True's gas CORALINE/RAINBOW, Gardner 70 items of Yakima wa., Wa/Or/Id Chief items
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6 foot Hood Tire Flag man... Poor guy needs some plastic surgery! 
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EXREMLT RARE HALF RED CROWN , NO REALLY THIS CAME FROM A HOG FARMER, HE DID NOT RECALL WHY IT WAS CUT IN THIS DESIGN.
I like SINCLAIR and old American made stuff ... No china items.
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that red crown looks cool next to your building.
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Here is my worst and runner up.  
I likeShell ![[Linked Image from imagizer.imageshack.com]](https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq90/921/7Yb02T.jpg)
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This sign was found in a dumpster  Uploaded with ImageShack.usAnd the other side had bondo all over it. I think they were using it for a bondo palit
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Good post,this one should be fun to watch particularly if someone posts a display layout where ALL the signs are distressed.It kind of goes along with my theory that there is a place for every sign in the hobby.
I've got a couple of guys that come around specifically asking for signs that are "distressed","have character" or "patina".I guess they are laying out their whole displays with such signs.
There is another guy whose whole place is more or less done up in such signs.Actually,it's kind of fun to look at because it is something you just don't see every day.In the right setting with the right guy the display works IMO.
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OUCH! You can still tell its a Shell sign though...
Got Socony???
Tom
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Is it kerosene or gasoline the shell sign???
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I think the Shell flange wins.
I likeShell
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OUCH! You can still tell its a Shell sign though... The boys in the marketing department should grab that one..."You can still tell...it's Shell."
Alex
Looking for Texaco and Power Gasoline items
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The most valuable commodity I know of is information-Wall Street
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Here's a couple that were used for target practice,
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I've got you all beat!
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This is my worst 'nice' sign. There may be others that aren't so nice but I am not fessing up to owning any. The left one is the rarer right facing two foot single-sided porcelain Red Indian image. I haven't got around to having it restored, yet. Cheers, Don.
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I've got you all beat!
Chris Only if you bought it from F. M.!
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That's right -- not my sign, but a beat up one none the less.
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I picked this up at Dixie... 
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Makes me wanna go out and buy a rough sign so that I can post a picture.
Dave GILL,
Dave's Garage & Memorabilia, Inc.
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great pictures!!! I wish I had some to post..I`m just sick to see the tydol and veedol signs shot up like that!!!!
txs Alan
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Always looking for::
Veedol-Tydol-Tidex-Cycol-Tycol.
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CoopWYO,
Is (or maybe was) that a sign for a cowboy hat company or store?! lol
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Being here in Cheyenne, it would probably work for that!
But, I'm pretty sure it was a Litening Gas sign.
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I bought this beauty from another Oldgas member just 2 days ago,The sign was pulled out of the ground with a bulldozer. I think the sign is great.
Thanks Dino
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I bought this beauty from another Oldgas member just 2 days ago,The sign was pulled out of the ground with a bulldozer. I think the sign is great. Yeah that has seen better days for sure. LOL Awesome sign. Look at a slightly better one yesterday. Not so many track marks on it...
Quart and Liter can relidding and dent removal services.PM for detail and pricing.
Collecting Mobil and other graphic quart cans.
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I love signs in this condition. Some of the ones already posted are too far gone for my liking but I collect signs like this one.
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Thanks for posting mine DB! Nice signs everyone!
Looking for any cans! PM me what ya got!
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I don't feel so bad anymore..... : )
Collecting the Mississippi companies:
Billups, Southland, Rose Oil,Crystal Oil, Barq's
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a lot have probably seen mine... got the equally bad other side of it as well... love these 'character' signs 
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How about this Standard Oil LDO oil sign? No paint, but the different layers of rust still makes it legible. Still has the original one-size-fits-all pole mount.
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Here is one that needs some TLC.
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Here is one that needs some TLC. I like it!
Looking for any cans! PM me what ya got!
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Don't know anything about this sign, but it's my favorite and I think it's missing about 4 inches on the bottom 
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Travis:
The Red Crown reminds me of the "moon" on an outhouse door.
Below is my "best worst" sign. I've never seen a sign like this in decent condition, so I had to have this one since this is the petro company that I collect.
 Street's Oil lubester sign
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LOL!!! Some of these are hilarious!!!
Steve Coppens
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Really want a Sunoco National pump ad glass!!
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