Hi....
Want to introduce my new project :
The Topsign of a Station of the fifties...
( a good feller gave to me....)
He could save the front parts of the neon and the frontframes when the station was closed...
He wasn´t able to remove the backframes because the screwes were rusted ..so i decide to create a case for the new lights i will put in...
Andy
germany

Ok....Seems german signs are completly boring to the guys of the US.......

Translation : TANKHOF OST means : GAS STATION ON THE EAST END ( OF TOWN...)

For me - it´s a scarce cause I can remember when and were it was located in the past....
Andy

Looking good. Love those Italian Tiles too.
Mike

Nice project, where will you hang it and how will you light it?
John (Hohenzollern)

Hi

In fact that it is a gift from a good friend , it will be the jewel of my garage....
I will place there a SHELL corner because of the colour of the letters...
after it is completly painted

I will light it with 3 neonlightbars....

greetings and have a good week..
Andy

NOT Boring at all, Andy!! I watch German Ebay every once in a while for a small oil/gas sign but haven't been able to get one that would be available to us foreigners here in the USA. I definitely don't think anyone here would turn down a MOBILOEL sign.
Thanks for posting the pics. I'm anxious to see it hung up an lit up.
Tchüss!
Rod van Pelt

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andy... i for one don't really care for the foreign gas and oil stuff. but its nice to know whats out there. thanks for the posts..

Hey Rod...

Time to start business...
You pack a container of US-Stuff and ship it to germany...I´ll fill it up with german stuff and send it back....
We´ll gonna make millions.....( Lol.... )

Andy

Andy,
Gute Idee!!!
Well, if I could sell my 2 Wayne 60s for the amount that the French pump on EBAY is bringing, I'd sure be tempted to do just that.
I know German Shell and Mobil stuff would sell here. ARAL...maybe not.
Bis dann.
Rod

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Hi Rod...
Right now I´m very excited...
I got the second pump offered on the phone because of my ad..
It sounds almost very hot....
the old man was talking about glasscylinders !!!!!!!!!!!
..and things about his family owned a station in the thirties....

Tomorrow afternoon we got a date.......
( he is only minutes away...

Andy

Alles Gute and Get.r.Done!! Hope you score big, Andy.
Bis dann.
Rod

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Hi guys...

sorry that i didn´t post here for a long time....
I finished my german tankhof Sign last week ( I know- i took nearly a year....)
but finally i made it....

want to show you the result...
Andy

Looking Good! I'd say a year to get all that done is not too bad. I've got easier projects that are taking more than a year to do. In fact I still have some of the trim on my house needing paint and it has been 3 years.Mike

Yes Mike....
In fact I was hit by some problems ( for example how to mount the letters to the woodplate...)I had to stop time by time to decide how to go further and find solutions...
Plus : this was my rainyday project....

Greetings
Andy

andy good to see ya again!looks great!

GREAT JOB ANDY!
The neon looks sweet. Did you have to shape the glass and fill the neon?
Mike

No Mike...
In Fact that the Letters were complete I only mounted the Letters to the woodplate and install 3 Neonlight bars inside the box....
fortunately i choosed the right lenght and receive finally a good flow of the light to reach all the letters in the same intensity......

Andy

isnt it great when you come up with you own idea,and it works just right?how ya feel when you turn it on the first time!

Hi Oldnfuelish....

Yes, Man - Even aftrer all the blood ,sweat and struggling...
It gives you always satisfactory if your project worked out right and you like it in the end...
My Problem was : I did not knew till the the very last moment if it will glow with the lightbars in every corner of the box and give a soft glow to all of the letters- even it used to glow with bulbs in each letter...
When I finish all the paintworks I didn´t like the "brandnew" look of my project , especially that i knew the letterframes all rusty....
So I decide to add "a little age" to that thing...
Now it looks a little mor wornout...
Greetings to the US...

Andy

Enjoy your new/old sign!
It looks great!
Have a good day,
Mike

Echt-super schönes Schild, Andy! Bestimmt gefällt es mir sehr.
Herzliche Grüsse von Deinem Freund,
Rod

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Hey Rod...
good to read something of you guys again...

greetings to you all from germany...
Andy


Ps : bin to the states this spring....
Saw alot of nice stuff in backyards...
But been on the westtour for sightseeing...
Could not take anything with me...
Attached a pump in Panguitch ( Bryce Canyon )...