ORIGINAL 1951 FORD DEALERSHIP ELECTRIC LIGHTED MECHANICAL DISPLAY. FORDOMATIC DRIVE TRANSMISSION DEALER SHOWROOM ADVERTISEMENT. UP FOR SALE IS AN EXTREMELY RARE AND VERY SCARCE ORIGINAL VINTAGE 1951 FORD FORDOMATIC DRIVE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DEALERSHIP ADVERTISEMENT DISPLAY SIGN WHICH MEASURES 48″ WIDE X 50″ HIGH X 12 DEEP. Original Vintage 1951 FORD FORDOMATIC DRIVE Transmission Dealership Advertising Electric Lighted Mechanical Display Sign which measures a huge 50″ inches high X 48″ inches wide X 12 inches deep. This piece is made with a solid wood frame and the entire piece was hand painted. It has a total of 8 light bulbs inside behind each 8″ X 10″ Color Photograph. There is also a small electric gear motor with cable chain drive which operates the gear shifter from P to R to N to DR to LO From what I understand, it is missing a “glove” which was bolted on to the end of the gear shifter. Everything works smoothly but two of the lights are not lighting up which could easily be a pair of burnt out light bulbs or a short somewhere. A few of the 8 X 10 photograghs have started to crack along with some water damage to the cardboard inserts which hold the photographs. They all could easily be copied, replicated and replaced with new ones since they slide right out to change the light bulbs. Overall, this piece is super duper rare and deserves to be appreciated by someone who will display it properly with their Ford Dealership Collection. Here is your chance to add such an incredible piece to your collection of early automobilia advertising. It will look amazing in your vintage Ford museum so dont pass up on this amazing advertising display. It is literally a piece of Automotive HISTORY!!! This was showing customers who walked through the front door of the Ford Dealership how an automatic transmission operated. Here’s the fact of the matter… These old wood advertising displays just didn’t survive!!! They weren’t built to last forever so the fact that this one exists is something special!!! From my research, none of these have ever even surfaced for sale online… That’s how truly RARE it is! HEAVY DUTY BOX IS MADE OF 1″ INCH THICK SOLID WOOD FRAME WITH 1/8″ THICK WOOD SHEETS. DISPLAY WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 75 POUNDS. 48 INCHES WIDE FROM SIDE TO SIDE. 50 INCHES HIGH FROM TOP TO BOTTOM. 12 INCHES DEEP FROM FRONT TO BACK. 100% ORIGINAL VINTAGE CONDITION SHOWING NORMAL SIGNS OF USAGE WHICH IS APPROPRIATE WITH THE AGING PROCESS SUCH AS A LOT OF NICKS , MARKS AND SCRATCHES!!! SOME WATER DAMAGE TO CARDBOARD INSERTS WHICH HOLD THE 8 X 10 PHOTOGRAPHS AND A FEW OF THE PHOTOS ARE CRACKED!! OPERATING CONDITION: MOTOR RUNS LOUDLY, SMOOTHLY AND OPERATES AS IT SHOULD WHICH CHANGES GEARS AS THE PHOTOS LIGHT UP 1 AT A TIME!!! TWO OF THE LIGHT BULBS ARE “NOT” LIGHTING UP WHICH COULD MEAN THERE IS A “SHORT” SOMEWHERE!! GLOVED HAND WHICH BOLTED ON TO THE SHIFTING KNOB IS GONE , 2. BACK SIDE 1/8″ INCH WOOD PANEL SHOULD HAVE MEASURED 48″ X 48 IS GONE , 3. SMALL PIECE OF WOOD TRIM WHICH HOLDS THE PHOTOGRAPH ADVERTISEMENTS IN PLACE IN THE MIDDLE SECTION OF THE DISPLAY. THIS VERY RARE FORD DEALERSHIP SHOWROOM DISPLAY DESERVES TO BE APPRECIATED BY SOMEONE WHO WILL ACTUALLY PUT IT ON DISPLAY WITH THEIR COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL VINTAGE FORD MEMORABILIA!! HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO ADD A VERY OLD AND EXTREMELY SCARCE PIECE TO YOUR CURRENT COLLECTION OF VINTAGE TRANSPORTATION MEMORABILIA OR SCARCE FORD COLLECTIBLES!! DON’T PASS UP ON THIS VERY RARE FORD DEALERSHIP DISPLAY AND GOOD LUCK!! LOCAL PICK-UP “ONLY” HERE IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN IN THE TOWN OF SAINT HELEN. If there is a problem with your item once you receive it.. I care about all our customers and want you to have a pleasant shopping experience so you will come back and shop with us again! Also, I provide 5 STAR services on all my auctions. Please be kind and take the time to rate me as 5 STARS when leaving feedback. Thank You – Please Come Back Soon! The item “VTG ANTIQUE FORD CAR TRUCK DEALER DEALERSHIP SHOWROOM ADVERTISING DISPLAY SIGN” is in sale since Tuesday, November 12, 2019. This item is in the category “Collectibles\Advertising\Automobiles\American\Ford”. The seller is “americancowboy989″ and is located in Saint Helen, Michigan. This item can’t be shipped, the buyer must pick up the item.
- Type of Advertising: Dealership Showroom Display
- Color: Blue
- Model: Fordomatic Drive
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
- Original/Reproduction: Original
- Make: Ford
- Date of Creation: 1951
- Date of Origin: Early 1950s
