Archive for the 'Gas and Oil Tin Signs' Category
Motor oil, or engine oil, is an oil used for lubrication of various internal combustion engines. While the main function is to lubricate moving parts, motor oil also cleans, inhibits corrosion, improves sealing and 
cools the engine by carrying heat away from moving parts. Dieter Klamann’s text provides extensive technical detail about motor oils.
Motor oils are derived from petroleum-based and non-petroleum synthesized chemical compounds. Motor oils are today mainly blended by using base oils composed of hydrocarbons (mineral, polyalphaolefins (PAO), polyinternal ofefins (PIO), thus organic compounds consisting entirely of carbon and hydrogen. The base oils of some high-performance motor oils contain up to 20 wt.-% of esters.
This motor oil tin sign makes a great gift.
For more than 125 years, the Conoco brand has been providing high-performance petroleum products and 
excellent customer service. The origin and heritage of the Conoco brand can be traced back to 1875, when Isaac E. Blake founded the Continental Oil Company in Ogden, Utah to provide petroleum products for Western pioneers. Today, the Conoco brand is owned by ConocoPhillips and Conoco Quality PROclean Gasolines are sold at more than 3,100 retail fuel sites in the United States.
This is one of many gas tin signs that we carry, makes a great gift.
Esso is an international trade name for ExxonMobil and its related companies. Pronounced /ˈɛsoʊ/ (”S-O”), it is derived from the initials of the pre-1911 Standard Oil, and as such became the focus of much 
litigation and regulatory restriction in the United States. In 1973, it was largely replaced in the U.S. by the Exxon brand, while Esso remained widely used elsewhere. In most of the world, the Esso brand and the Mobil brand are the primary brand names of ExxonMobil, with the Exxon brand name still in use only in the United States alongside Mobil.
This gas tin sign is 12″ round and makes a great gift.
Jan 10 2008 
jwmack
Pennsylvania
Sinclair Dino Gasoline Collectible Metal Sign
★★★★★5.0
“I’ve bought 2 of these, kept one and given one as a gift. The person who received the sign as a gift still has it among the other metal signs I’ve given them for birthdays and christmas. They have never said “stop giving me signs”. These signs are still made in the USA and are very authentic reproduction signs.”
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend.
Motorhead Garage is made up of a group of expert mechanics who are obsessed with motors in ever sense of the word.
We Do it ALL!!!
From the old school hot rods to the bad ass 4 cylinder street racers.
General automotive repairs.
Compter and Electrical Diagnostics.
Tune ups and Maintenance.
We will take on ANY challenge or crazy idea you throw at us!!
We love to build and rebuild, manufacture and fabricate just about anything…
and
we may even throw a few crazy ideas in along the way!!!
This authenic reproduction tin sign makes a great gift.
Back in the 1950s, my grandfather worked and later owned a gas station, and over the years he acquired all sorts of paraphernalia from the era. Grandpa had tin signs featuring Uncle Sam, The New York Yankees, and Coca-Cola. He also had an extensive collection of children’s toys and games from the 1950s that I always loved to play with when I visited him. When grandpa passed, I was only about 8 years old, and it wasn’t until I was older that my mom told me he had left me all the items he had in the gas station.
I took all of grandpa’s favorite possessions from the gas station, and set them up in my dining room. I’m not sure why I chose the dining room, other than dinner was often the reason I visited grandpa’s house. But since I incorporated all of grandpa’s stuff, I’ve received a lot of compliments from friends and even family members. My grandma told me it reminded her of grandpa.
Tin signs came into widespread use in the 1920’s, as a cheaper alternative to porcelain signs, used to advertise everything from gasoline to soda pop. Tin proved a good material to paint or to use with color lithography, and could also be stamped to achieve some texture.
The outbreak of WW2 halted tin sign production (in fact, many signs were melted down to be used in the war effort), and tin’s reappearance after the war was short lived (replaced by steel and later plastic). Be careful when buying vintage tin signs: they were prone to rust, which can greatly reduce value, and are also easy to reproduce. If your looking for some classic tin signs that are reproduced they can be found out there to decorate your kitchen, bathroom, den, family room, barn, or any room you choose.
spare guest room? Don’t have a basement, or if you do, either unfinished or it is filled to the brim with stuff? Well, buck up! There is still one room of the house that you can still claim as your own with little chance of having it shanghaied and turned into a sewing room or extra bedroom…the garage! With the help of tin signs and a little imagination, you can have your cake and eat it too. Two car garages offer more available space to work with, although space can be found in a single car garage.
“An iconic, nostalgic sign that made a wonderful addition to my friends workshop.”
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend