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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Hodad, Aug 25, 2009.

  1. LowKat
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    Kinda new but in the spirit.
    We just put it up where I work. The sign below is being repainted.
     

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  2. mj40's
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    Bliss Hot Rod Grill in Florence Oregon
     

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  3. good use for a ugly vette,,,,,,,,,,,,,so anybody remember ,LOUIE BLUIES,out past the Helvatia tavern from the 50s - 80s??? pulled alotta good tin outa them woods............RIP louie
     
  4. 66gmc
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    These were in Moose Jaw saskatchewan
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    2nd picture is kind of ****py but its a 36 chevy
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  5. 56don
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    redcloud...man thats a beautiful Merc wagon you have there for your avatar!
     
  6. Don Moyer
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    Anybody have a picture of this when it was in front of Auto City Speedway north of Detroit Michigan?
     

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  8. canadianzed
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  9. Hodad
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    Thank you for the recent additions.. In a few months I'll be back on the road to camp.. hope to get a few more Maine shots to add.
     
  10. I remember his cars all over Florida in the 70s I believe parked in parking lots of business. I always wondered if it paid to advertise with as many as he had. I never looked close so I do not know how complete they were but it amazed me as a kid.
     
  11. really cool thread, I'd like to put one on top of my shop someday
     
  12. henry29
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    One more,
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  13. aceuh
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    ****py shot I know...but I was rolling down the interstate.

    Yes that's a bubble top Impala.

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  14. koolkemp
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    Isnt bubble tops all they made in the way of hardtops in 61? They were special in 62 when they had both roof lines...
     
  15. olcurmdgeon
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    No pics but two locations near me. Knights Garage on Rt 125 `in Barrington, NH has a Crosley "wrecker" up on a pole with their garage name on it. Knights celebrated 100 years as a family business a few years ago.
    And the Pink Cadillac Diner on Route 11 in Rochester, NH has a pink '59 Caddy as an "awning" over the front entrance.
     
  16. dawg
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    we are doing a corvette to put up on a pole in front of my shop as we speak, funny how this thread popped up in the middle of it all... :D
     
  17. kardude67
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    from Topeka, Ks

    Campground in Knoxville, Ia. I've slept under that thing for 15 years.
     

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  18. ericknight
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  19. Outlaw Bender
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    A little off topic, but its on a stick.
    A Saab Viggen outside Söderhamn (Sweden). just by the Highway E4.
    A sign for the ol airforcebase.

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  20. freebird101
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    If you take the main line in Queens, theirs a truck or auto body place with a '28-29 Model A truck on top.
     
  21. Cool signs guys. But does anyone have a pic of the u-haul truck (27 foot?) in Oklahoma City, Ok sitting on top of the pole spinning around?
     
  22. RoryShock
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    from Western TN

    I remember this truck during my visit to Key West a couple years ago. I took lots of pictures during my trip, but for some reason I never got a picture of the truck. Found one on the web.
     

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  23. big bad john
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    The cars in the sky are really kool........some look better than what I'am driving,,,,,,,,,,great pictures
     
  24. 440shawn
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  25. Oxfordmike
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    When I was a kid in ****ord, Ohio, the ****ord Oil Company had a Crosley with sheet metal from the front seat back that made it look like a home heating-oil delivery truck. I have never learned whether that started as a coupe, pickup or what. Last I saw of it, it was sold on eBay, either to or by someone in Dayton, Ohio.
    --Mike
     
  26. GonzoSS
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    not a sign, but car into something relevant...like a planter.

    Austin Motel

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  27. 117harv
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    I remember seeing this out the car window when i was little in the mid 60's, still there.
     

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  28. Convert54
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    from Oklahoma

    Its not a real convert but a two door HTP Belair they cut the top off. I stopped and asked one day...and no its NOT for sale......
     
  29. big bad john
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    ........Great thread.......
     
  30. LN7 NUT
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    Here is an old Hayes in Gwynne Alberta (a tiny semi-ghost town that I snagged a 28 A roadster pick-up and a 50 Pontiac ambulance out of)

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    Took the pole out for the hell of it.

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