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Mon Sep 28 2015 12:03 AM
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So I don't get around like used too, but my wife does! <grin> She was at a local auction, this wasn't advertised, must have been a shelf in the old barn. as found, NOT FOR SALE! the "M" stands for who made it? also the left side wood edge is missing. the blob! looked like rust for a second, turned out it was turpentine! didn't take long to clean it! I'd say it turned out nicely! got a place to hang it in my workshop! When do you think it was made? I'm thinking 1920? no winged foot? Still not for sale! R.I.P. DB miss ya!
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I'd say it turned out super! Very nice score. Might want to keep her around.
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congratulations, nice addition.. ...
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Great sign. Thanks for sharing your find! Good to see you posting ,Terry.
PS-Is the back whitish/grey with spots? Or?
Last edited by JimT; Mon Sep 28 2015 03:14 AM.
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Wow that is awesome! Like new!! Congrats!
Steve Coppens Always interested in Sunoco items! Really want a Sunoco National pump ad glass!!
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Follow the Red Indian Trail
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Mid 20s would be about right.
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Thanks Mike
Always Looking for any Pure Oil and Sunoco Items.
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well it's still dirty, we started to get rain, not that the sign would get wet, she came home with boxes of "stuff" I'll wipe it down take a pic. She saw a spider on the back it's a surprise she carried to the truck. <grin> oh she hates spiders!
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a few pics of the back as found maybe a little less dust! e e the all important property of mark, has another but is blurred cleaned with a wet rag, think I'll leave the turpentine marks checking the old hooks still holding on good! would not like to see or hear this sign come crashing down!!!!
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If your at all concerned, wouldn't be a terrible idea to thread the eye bolts out and reinstall with a little epoxy. Just to be safe. Won't even see it. Darn that is a beautiful sign!!!!
Steve Coppens Always interested in Sunoco items! Really want a Sunoco National pump ad glass!!
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Terry, congrats on having two winners! The sign is great!
But, "finding" a wife who is accomplished enough to know a winner when She sees it, is miles ahead,overall; IMO!
Wish I had been smart enough to find someone interested in my collecting Petro items; instead of finding the someone I did. I found out, rather rudely; that She turned out to be more interested in selling "my treasures" as soon as She could, than giving me some support in my collecting.... LOL
Looking for Tide Water/ Tide Water-Associated/ Tidewater items
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Great sign TT! Glad to hear your wife supports your hobby, and good to see you posting here. Bob
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Great sign in beautiful condition....I have the "GREASING" sign that would have gone with this sign that went above or on the bay door. It has the "M" makers mark as well as the property stamp...always wondered who the "M" maker was. If I recall correctly mine has 7/19 in the porcelain on the back, which I always guessed might have been a year of manufacture. Who knows, but I always knew it was pretty early. Darin
Darin Sheffer Always looking for Mobil and Marathon items I don't already have!
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Steve, that is what I was thinking, one is a little loose, the other seems tight, I will do that for sure! thanks Bob & Bob! Darin, sounds interesting! would be a high end shop that had stalls for each service! There are a couple of long time car dealers still in business where this most likely came from or would have Goodyear have been separate from a dealer? Rather hope it's a dealer cause I can bug them! I'll have to see if I can dig up a picture of the signs on a shop.
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