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    Posted 13 years ago

    mikielikes…
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    My father, James Parker worked for Sunray D-X in the late 1950s and early 1960s as a civil engineer for their retail service station outlets until 1964-65 when he was offered a local D-X oil and gasoline jobbers in nearby Sand Springs Oklahoma. At that time I was five years old and years I only saw occasionally as he built his customer base and several retail outlets. As I grew older he would take me to work with him and I rummage through the old bulk plant building that had been there since 1920. As a teenager, I worked at the D-X retail outlets, pumping gas, checking air, oil, changing tires, and whatever grunt work the full-time employees didn't want to do. It wasn't until after my second marriage that I became interested in gas and oil advertising, so, with permission, I salvaged most of the gas and oil porcelain and tin signs from the warehouse. I started to collect railroad memorabilia and amassed a large collection that I enjoyed for more than 12 years. In the last six months I have been liquidating that collection to continue to collect gas and oil advertising, focusing on gas pump signs, little did I know, how expensive this hobby had become.Pict.s 1,3,4 + anouther wall is all i got from selling 6000.00$ worth of R/R collectibles! How do you like my light fixture (pict#2), its a slice from a cypress tree stump i bought in the early 1980s, that was no fun hanging it from the ceiling!!!

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    STANDARD GASOLINE OIL DEALER'S WALL MOUNTED PLAQUE SIGN Cast Iron w Torch 10
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    1. chevy59 chevy59, 13 years ago
      Very nice collection!
    2. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 13 years ago
      Thank you Chevy 59
    3. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 13 years ago
      I appreciated it Jason, thanks.
    4. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 13 years ago
      i put this stuff up so fast the wife didnt have a chance to bitch! Its the spare bdrm. , luckily theres no room left for anouther bed!
    5. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 13 years ago
      thanks:sanhardin,kerry,EJW54,ivcountyboy57,chevelleman69,shughs,rocker-sd,AR8Jason,stonesfan1,Longings,the gargoyle man,Pop_abides,officialfuel & chevy59 lots of love!!!!
    6. Hedgewalker Hedgewalker, 13 years ago
      Wow I musta been asleep 6 days ago...VERY nice !! I especially love the Cypress slice on the ceiling.I'm sure that was NOT a fun task but well worth the effort !
    7. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 13 years ago
      thanks Hedgewalker, i used to have it hanging in the center of a large wood panneled wall, fter looking at it for some time an idea poped into my head. I had 30-40 antique tools lieing around so i took it down, found the center of the wall, hammered a nail with a string attached then re-centered the slice bck on the wall. the string would reach all four corners, i stuck thumb tack threw it & started "directionally" hanging the tools, all pointing to the center, around the piece. Man i was proud of that design! Of course, i didnt take any pictures, & when i moved, my wife wasnt going for that in the living rm. After studying my new "sanctuary" the only logical place for it was "up there"!!!!
    8. centrlcali, 12 years ago
      wish I had some of those signs,good job!!!
    9. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      Thank you centrlcali for the nice comment, i've swapped the signs around since this pict. Cant stop "clicking" the bid button on e-bay!
    10. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you Michael
    11. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you Pops
    12. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you gargoyle
    13. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you Longings
    14. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you stonesfan1
    15. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you rocker-sd
    16. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you shughs
    17. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you Chevelleman69
    18. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you Ivcountryboy57
    19. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you EJW
    20. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you kerry
    21. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you sanhardin
    22. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you hedgewlker
    23. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you egreele1976
    24. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you Sean!
    25. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you packrat
    26. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you jbcollector
    27. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you trukn20
    28. mikielikesigns2 mikielikesigns2, 12 years ago
      thank you trukn20

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