Art & Inspiration Old Sh*t

Thanks ! Great minds think alike !

Deco , streamline 30's stuff is as good as it get's for me .

 

They are SO heavy though! Mine came from the 3rd floor of my elementary school before they tore it down. Glad I used my wit and charm to at least get it loaded on the truck Getting it into the house was another story!

 

Wife bought me the Hastings clock about 10 years ago for our anniversary. I'm not a GM guy, but I bought the AC spark plug cabinet dirt cheap. The 7 foot liquor sign was a freebe.

 

Guess photos would help.....

 

I don't have a lot of well used stuff in the shop(except me), but I have a house full of art deco furniture. Just gave a friend an old metal shelving unit complete in o.d. green with nos. and labels that I rescued at work.(approx.6'x3'x1' deep) Recycling will save the world!!

 

Guess who's visiting me.

 

We've got a bit around the house...

Vintage Superior Motor Courts lighted sign and the rotary phone we use.



Lighted Entrance sign from an Ohio card room.



S & H Green Stamps dispenser



Salesman sample case for Munsingwear bowling shirts



Iowa Motor Court sign



And more random old stuff scattered everywhere.

Here's the Crush clock Ryan used for his post - It was a fair price for one of the Pam clocks - $235.00. Other clocks at the same show were going for $300 - $500. The dealer ended up trading the clock to another dealer for something else.

 

I love all this kind of stuff, and have lots of vintage stuff here is some clocks, a thermometer, and the stove.


CBB

 

Great stuff...wish I had more space...I would try and buy lots more...

 

ryan next time you're in so-cal (roadster show?) take the time to go to the long beach antique mall at 3100 coast highway, long beach, it's like a museum for this kind of crap, signs, clocks, thermometers, gas pumps, phones, old calenders, original pinup stuff, books, magazines toys etc. i usually try to make it over after the long beach swap, it's only a few miles down the road. prices are fair, i've bought a few things but more just like to look around, really easy to spend a few hours in there just digging through everything.

trying to get a google street view map to show just so you can see how much shit is in the windows.


http://maps.google.com/maps?sourcei...XGCw&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1




i'll try and remember to get some pics of my small collection when i get a chance

 

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Some of my old stuff.

 

Little more.

 

one room of many

 

Last that I'm gonna dig out todayWell maybe one more if I can find it!

 

Found itI dont have a lot, but I sure enjoy my non auto stuff just as much as my car stuff.

 

found this site. http://www.retrooffice.com/Vintage_Retro_Brushed_Steel_1950s_Steel_Tanker_Desk_Collection.htm

 

My wife and I had a slot machine identical to that restored for my Father-in-law about 15 years ago. They are a neat piece. The guy he got it from about shit when he saw it restored(and heard what it's worth!!)

 

I've posted these before but this is my garage. A friend of mine recently asked "is everything you own old shit!" You're damn right!

 

My Wife "made" me get rid of my desk....

 

When ever I go to the flea bag or thrift store I find some cool old shit,
I don't even clean it, I just hang it up .I think it looks cool when its in Original condition . I'll post some pics up later

 

Can't forget my old toy room. These are all my toys from when I was a kid.

 

I have alot of old stuff! Mainly because my mom was an antique dealer/collector.
Talking Herman Munster doll(from when I was a kid)
Roth German helmut(givin to me when I was about 7)
All my Hotwheels from 68-70
my brothers '49 Schwinn,Paperboy bike
Lots more,but here's a few pic's...

Hutch my mom bought in 1962,and matching buffet cabinet


old stove I bought my wife for our anniversary(which ended costing me about 6k,cause it didn't fit in the cabinets!)


Coke Chest,one of my neighbors was throwing away! Still works...

 

Dang show off!!

 

This is the biggest collection of old shite I have. I do have a bunch of old train stuff too.

 

I collect everything..my dad has over 100 clocks starting from 1670's

 

here's a few

 

For a while the university was scrapping these things left and right. I must have seen 50 or more leave our building alone. Of course, the state wouldn't let anyone take them. State property. Had to be destroyed.