Authorized Service

Authorized Service, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

I don't often shoot smaller neon signs-they're usually meant for wall or window display and the most common ones seem to be for beer or cigarettes. Once in a while, though, one pops up with some other subject matter.

This Buick is one such sign. Something like this would probably have hung in a showroom window, or maybe out by the service department. I don't know if this is original or a reproduction (or, really, if they used these back in the day), but it is gorgeous.

Sunoco

Sunoco, a photo by William 74 on Flickr.

A very old plastic Sunoco sign, on the side of a repair shop in Paw Paw, Illinois. I have no idea if this was a Sunoco station at some time or not-it was one of those generic looking cinderblock garages, so it could've switched brands plenty of times. Heck, it may have never been a gas station at all-I didn't notice any remnants of a pump island or anything.

This looks suspiciously like one half of a plastic illuminated sign, so maybe it was hung there as decoration.