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Posted 6 months ago
tommy1002
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At last I have snagged one of my "Holy Grail" pieces. My honey found this on a local garage sale listing site. It is 42" diameter. I'm still cleaning it up a bit, but I figured it was ready enough for a photo shoot.
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you lucky dog!
I'm a Coca-Cola sign guy myself. Still, I have to admit, that's ONE HELL OF A GREAT SIGN!!!!! :)
What are you cleaning it with?
Thank You Ed and Dave, Verontique, Fuel and jonima. I've been lightly that's LIGHTLY scrubbing it with green scotchbrite pads and scratchfree Ajax with bleach
Nice sign looks very nice and a few years older than mine
Hey stones, it is marked 3-33. Thank you all for the loves.
She's a beauty Tommy, you did a great job with the cleaning.
Thanks Perry, there is still some grime that needs to come off, but I'm going slow with it. Also Thank You to All who have stopped and dropped some love!!
Beauti sign Tommy, not sure how I missed it , but the cleaning has done wonders, looks awesome!! One of my favs too!
Thank You to all that have stopped by. I just made an "original" frame for it, will post pics after paint job is complete.