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Car Signs (page 3)

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H&B Kustoms [gone]
Rockport, IN		 Smitty's Body & Glass [gone]
Parsons, TN		 Walt's Allstate
Transmission Service
Bowling Green, KY		 Midwest Collision Center
Fargo, ND
The H&B Kustoms sign appeared to have been adapted from a previous business. I assume there was a used car dealership here at one time. The building below the sign housed Bogo Fireworks when this photo was taken in 2010. By 2018, the sign was gone.

Smitty's Body & Glass was established in 1921, making it the oldest business in town. The shop's neon sign was built in the late 1970s as a surprise birthday present for the owner, Ralph Leon Smith, aka Smitty. Den-Ray Sign of Jackson, Tennessee produced the sign from a drawing created by the owner's son. It featured a depiction of Smitty spray painting a car. The man and car were outlined with white neon. Red neon was used for the text and the spray which flashed on and off. Smitty passed away in 2016 and the shop closed. The sign was removed by 2025. For more, see this website.

Walt's Allstate Transmission Service features a muscleman hoisting a Renault Dauphine outlined with neon. For more, see this website. [map]

The Midwest Collision Center was established in 1981. This appears to be an adapted sign. [map]

Lone Star Motor Company
El Paso, TX
The Lone Star Motor Company is long gone but this sign remains on the vacant lot. It was probably built in the 1960s. In 2019, Texas Auto Collision became the new business here. The text panels are now draped with a banner but the neon cars are still intact. [map]

Bonfe's Auto Collision Center
St. Paul, MN
The Bonfe's Auto Collision Center has a flashing sign depicting a crashed car being painted. Bonfe's has been around since 1951. This sign looks like it might have been a window sign originally. For more, see this website. [map]

Sudz & Co. Car Wash
Guthrie, OK
The Sudz & Co. Car Wash sign is probably from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

Southwest Auto Salvage
Lockport, IL
This car sign is installed on top of the Southwest Auto Salvage plastic box sign. My guess is that it was built in the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

Car Shack
Corpus Christi, TX		 Family Auto Center
Bountiful, UT
I don't know how old the Car Shack sign is. It was updated around 2012 to have a more sports car look and the spoiler was added. By 2025, it was painted blue. [map]

The Family Auto Center sign is probably from the 1960s or 1970s. [map]

College St. Body Shop
Springfield, MO		 Dave's Perfection Automotive [gone]
Austin, TX
The College St. Body Shop opened in 1947. This sign may be from then. I assume it had neon originally. The sign was painted yellow in 2007. It had been painted red by 2012. [map]

The Dave's Perfection Automotive sign is modern. It was built by Evan Voyles of Neon Jungle and installed around 2012. The car represents a 1949 Mercury. The shop closed and the sign was removed around 2021.

A.M. Auto Center
Gardena, CA		 Roger S. Shafer
Huntington Park, CA		 Reich's Foreign Car Service
Junction City, KS
All three of these plastic signs are probably from the 1960s or 1970s.

The A.M. Auto Center houses several auto-related businesses. [map]

The Roger S. Shafer law firm sign previously advertised for Farmers Insurance Group. [map]

Reich's Foreign Car Service has been at this location since 2007. I don't know if this sign was built for that business or another one before that. [map]

Scarlett's
Collision Center
Crossville, TN
The Scarlett's Collision Center sign was built in 2021 and features a 1957 Chevrolet. [map]

More Car Signs:
Good Used Cars (North Little Rock, AR)
Hart's Used Cars (San Bruno, CA) [vintage; gone]
Randall & Son Wheel Aligning (San Diego, CA) [vintage; gone]
Pensione Esperanza (San Jose, CA)
Public Auto Wholesale (San Jose, CA) [map]
Carriage House Inn (South Lake Tahoe, CA) [gone]
Hayes Garage (Stockton, CA) [gone]
Fabricare Services (Grand Junction, CO) [cars gone]
Scenic Motel (Pueblo, CO) [gone]
City of Cars (Orlando, FL) [gone]
Sieber Electric (LaSalle, IL) [gone]
Star Auto Sales (Lawrence, KS) [gone]
Parkette Drive In (Lexington, KY)
Jim's Wheel Alignment (Baton Rouge, LA) [vintage; gone]
Ko-Ko-Mo Drive In (Bossier City, LA) [vintage; gone]
Athol Glass (Athol, MA)
Karl J. Mattheiss Insurance (Baltimore, MD)
Douglas Auto Theatre (Dearborn, MI)
Dependable Used Cars (Grand Rapids, MI) [vintage; gone]
Used Cars (Camdenton, MO) [gone?]
Vince Kolb Used Cars (Jefferson City, MO) [vintage; gone]
Used Cars (Rocky Mount, NC) [gone]
Sun Auto Sales (Sharpsburg, NC) [map]
Charlie Graham Body and Service (Omaha, NE) [gone]
M&P Auto Sales (Omaha, NE) [gone]
Tri City Body Shop (Newark, NJ) [gone]
Wilsey Auto Sales (Grants, NM) [gone]
Auto Parts & Service Center (Las Cruces, NM)
Hunt's Motel & Racecar (Las Vegas, NV)
Nevills Bros. (Carthage, NY) [gone]
Russ' Value Cars (Lansing, OH) [map]
Al Paul Auto Wash (South Euclid, OH) [gone]
Toro Loco (Wheelersburg, OH) [map]
Busy Bubbles Car Wash (Oklahoma City, OK) [map]
Tulsa Auto Court (Tulsa, OK) [gone/recreated]
Kennywood (West Mifflin, PA)
Morris Oliver Motors (Abilene, TX) [vintage; gone]
Woody's Drive-in (Murray, UT)
J-Mac Radiator (Ogden, UT) [gone]
Ideal Used Cars (Salt Lake City, UT) [vintage; gone]
Western Motors (Salt Lake City, UT) [vintage; gone]
Budd & Co. (Seattle, WA)
Frontier Auto Museum (Gillette, WY)
Vancouver Museum (Vancouver, BC)
Auto-Torium (location known)
New & Used (location known)


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If you know of any car signs that are missing from this section, I'd love to hear from you.

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