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Posted 2 years ago
oilman514
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my dad was at the scrap yard and found two of these goodyear service station signs laying on the ground that someone brought in to scrap. i think theyre amazing and have awesome gloss. too bad they are missing the g and o and ser but not much missing. this pic might not show the whole sign but its bigger than it looks
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Great Sign!
thank you stihlcollector!
thanks officialfuel!
oilman514: I just seen that sign on another site. Hi!
yeah i put it on a little bit ago. that is a great site if you like gas&oil
Great find
its amazing what some people will throw away! wish i would have started "seriously" collecting sign when i was your age.