zipdang Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 I'll bet this sign's second life has been much longer than it's first go-around. Any possible ideas on about what era it might be from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Mid 1930s. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Bonesteel Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 That font for the Dodge lettering was used circa 1933-1938, so I would assume the sign is from the same time frame. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHuDWah Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 Better call Mike & Frank! 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted June 19, 2020 Author Share Posted June 19, 2020 Thank you for the information. I wasn't thinking that old (for whatever reason) so now I'll see it differently from now on. It's about 3 blocks from where I live. The building probably won't last much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) I had a '67 Eldorado that had "55 mph" on one floorboard and "no parking" on the other. Edited June 19, 2020 by padgett (see edit history) 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 What a shame. I still have the metal sign for my old store. Hope it never ends up like that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I found an Oilzum sign that was used as a floor patch. I was offered $500 for it. It still sits proudly on my wall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFitz Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) They used old license plates and auto signs to patch the holes that rats chewed into the old grain bins and hay storage of my carriage house. It's not uncommon around here in dairy country to see old signs patching the outsides of farm outbuildings. Paul Edited June 19, 2020 by PFitz (see edit history) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28 Chrysler Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 This one was used as a patch for a stove pipe hole. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) Just as a POI, the most stolen sign reported in the US in the 70's was an Interstate that ran from Indianapolis to near Lansing Mi. I-69. Edited June 19, 2020 by padgett (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Roth Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 I used an old NJ license plate and bent it about 45 degrees by using a drawer edge to make up for a slightly rusted area between the floor and toe-board on the passenger side of my first '49 Pontiac convertible. As a high school senior with three newspaper routes and a weekend dance band to supply funding, It was an affordable and solid fix with some roofing tar and sheetmetal screws. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darrell8Z Posted June 21, 2020 Share Posted June 21, 2020 (edited) Quote That font for the Dodge lettering was used circa 1933-1938, so I would assume the sign is from the same time frame. Oh my ... it's kinda like calculating an actual age of dinosaur, hah. Sometimes signs can mean way more than we usually think. I've read couple of articles, one of the best is here ( weblink: https://www.sunsigns.org/angel-number-11-meaning/ ), where numerology shows how we can configure our lives and make decision based on numbers. Edited June 28, 2020 by darrell8Z (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zipdang Posted June 22, 2020 Author Share Posted June 22, 2020 Thanks for all the comments! i believe these signs are probably load bearing by now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted June 23, 2020 Share Posted June 23, 2020 Are you referring to the Sinclair Dinosaua ? Which in turn refers to the strangest legal decision in history. 1927 so fits right in here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KURTRUK Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 This one goes up for auction Saturday in Fresno. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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