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Perspectives

Posted in media, Eagle, RoadGeek on Aug 7th, 2008 No Comments »

I noticed quite a few things of interest in this G+W Eagle Signals company advertisement from 1973:

I noticed an avocado green Ford T-bird.
I noticed a baby blue 1968 Dodge Charger R/T.
I noticed three VW bugs.
I noticed the 8-8-12 Econolite short groove/bullseye signal (of course I’m ASSuming it’s a short groove).
I noticed the exposed tube neon […]

Domo arigato Mr. Roboto

Posted in media, Eagle on Mar 20th, 2007 1 Comment »

This is one of my favorite signal ads of all time. A huge traffic directing robot. From his aggressive stance, straddling traffic in the middle of the road, we can assume that he is a vengeful automaton, stomping on jay walkers and punting traffic offenders into the next county.
What I really find curious […]