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Dimensions2291 x 2279
Original file size4.89 MB
Image typeJPEG
Color spacesRGB
Date taken10-Jun-11 02:24
Date modified5-Jul-11 15:45
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Camera makeNIKON
Camera modelCOOLPIX S8100
Focal length5.4 mm
Focal length (35mm)30 mm
Max lens aperturef/3.5
Exposure1/368 at f/7
FlashNot fired, auto mode
Exposure bias+1 EV
Exposure modeAuto
Exposure prog.Normal
ISO speedISO 160
Metering modePattern
Digital zoom0x
USED CAR DINOSAURS (Rt 66 Amarillo TX)

USED CAR DINOSAURS (Rt 66 Amarillo TX)

The sign originally was for Sinclair gas. The station, probably from the 1960s, is now the office for a busy used car lot.

This sign has a unique component: a neon retro-fit. The surrounding white tubing, with four segments on each side, was not part of Sinclair's design--so some money went into this. A segment at the bottom of the sign has broken.

If I owned that used car lot I would have killed off Sinclair's dinosaur. (And hired a painter who knew there's no apostrophe in autos.)

Instead, I would have stuck the Happy Face in the middle, not just on the yellow flags. That's the image you want for a used car lot: nice and friendly, and in the public domain so it's royalty-free.