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Title: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: khardy on October 19, 2014, 11:02:59 AM
Hiya Folks,

Have run across this site on numerous occasions when researching highway signage.  We have a small collection of signs in our backyard.  We have a tendency to buy older signs that we can afford.  Some we have restored or cleaned up. 

On our travels, we stop in places to check out signage, vintage traffic signals and anything else of interest.  Most trips we try to stay off the interstates and travel on the older US highways.  Figure we have a much better opportunity to see things that are being bypassed by time and society in general.

Here are a couple of photos from our back yard for a little insight about what we like.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fbackyard%2Fimages%2FDSCN2878.JPG&hash=93bbc98ce1d3521e7d7e792374882f3024f9f12f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fbackyard%2Fimages%2FDSCN2966.JPG&hash=aaff28aa257acabf5614660ccd318f59096fdd79)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2Ftf011.jpg&hash=6d1b5bf016a78e4c612002d2e0cacdb23fdc798f)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2Ftf60.jpg&hash=79d57a89e2124f5075ec36675d4bc3ec0f58acfa)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2Ftf75.jpg&hash=ca63acff9b716f0aefac93475529cc6458f604ca)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2Ftf103.jpg&hash=ef06a0b87e581a12d4d769b91cdfa01897965aa3)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2Ftf122.JPG&hash=ea94beca0bbae22c87a0aa56f411072025001f82)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2Ftf136.JPG&hash=3634dfe2c10b7b3a102af8f3bf0be942dcf4b655)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Ftripfinds%2FDSCN1054.JPG&hash=8d48666279ff49647080d693cfca9d0874ddcfe0)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Frr%2Fs04.JPG&hash=302904b57d52b72afcc31e25c3ee41cfa29eae3c)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Frr%2Fs08.jpg&hash=4cc8c1ecb548a12819d4363fb78a90bb48400427)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Frr%2Fs09.JPG&hash=9eb97804866d3b087bdaefba802bb7462f90c1ec)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Frr%2Frr59.jpg&hash=303e27bb0684aeafcbb443add7777eae62be22ac)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Frr%2Frr192.jpg&hash=4365bdd7244c4a52e30b88fad56e72f5ed2202b3)

(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fbackyard%2Fimages%2FDSCN0984.JPG&hash=a7bed4142cc51f4a5af68c5a96c70d6bd6d334df)

This is our latest sign.
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fchevy.oldcarmanualproject.com%2Fmiscellaneous%2Fbackyard%2FDSCN3394.JPG&hash=d2c21dd71c0a165277ce7674837e459378d1525f)

Cheers!

Keith & Sondra

Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: Zeffy on October 19, 2014, 12:23:13 PM
Wow, that's quite a collection of extremely nice vintage road paraphernalia! Greetings from New Jersey, and welcome to the forums!  :sombrero:
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: adventurernumber1 on October 19, 2014, 12:23:41 PM
Howdy! Greetings from northern Georgia!  :bigass:

Some awesome signs and stuff you got there! You must have one epic backyard  :biggrin:
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: US81 on October 19, 2014, 03:04:05 PM
What an amazing collection!

Welcome from a fellow Texan.
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: Alex on October 19, 2014, 07:42:39 PM
Welcome to the board! You'll fit in well here with such an extensive sign and signal collection.
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: SignGeek101 on October 19, 2014, 08:25:24 PM
Hello from Winnipeg!  :wave: Very impressive collection of signs you have in your possession. Button copy on top of it all; you must have gone great lengths to get some of those.  :clap:

Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: freebrickproductions on October 19, 2014, 09:03:30 PM
Hello! You probably recognize me from the traffic signal forums. ;)
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: khardy on October 20, 2014, 09:05:39 AM
Hiya Folks,

Thank you for the welcome! As mentioned earlier, we like collecting and on occasion restoring some of our signs.  Hopefully through this site we will continue to learn more and be able to contribute to this community just like we have on a traffic signal site, Highway Divides (http://highwaydivides.com/forum.php) which has helped us with the restorations and history of older signaling equipment.  freebrickproductions (David)  :wave: :thumbsup: is familiar with some of our accomplishments.

Cheers!
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: hm insulators on October 21, 2014, 01:56:25 PM
Welcome from Phoenix! :wave:
Title: Re: Howdy from Houston Texas
Post by: Brian556 on October 21, 2014, 09:56:19 PM
That INTERSTATE TEXAS 30 sign is interesting. The shield looks pretty small.