Ancient Ariel sign
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Ancient Ariel sign
I don't want to make just any hanger as it should be age appropriate and suitably stressed to better match the wear displayed on the sign itself.
It will hang so that it is suspended through the two holes on the top edge.
All input appreciated,
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
Would a beaded edge tire (with rim?)be large enough to mount it in? , as a sort of resembling the early Serpent sign ?
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
That sounds interesting, Vincent. The sign is 20 inches wide and 18 inches in height.
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
i would use some 25 x 6mm flat black iron and make a frame round it with a 8mm gap all round and fix it to the top with the two holes you can make it swing like wen they was outside a shop or workshop
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
Thanks, Johnny. I have a good idea of how to structure it and of course I earn a living making things from metal, so this will be a fairly easy task. What I am hoping for is something archival,
like a picture of a comparable sign outside an Ariel shop from a hundred years ago. That would be over the top.
like a picture of a comparable sign outside an Ariel shop from a hundred years ago. That would be over the top.
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
An early postcard. These signs are pre-1914. There are other signs, see http://www.arielcycles.me.uk/ephemera/signs.htm.
1935 cammy Square, 1938 VB, brace of 1950 MkI Squares, 1959 MkII Square and several Ariel and Fleet pushbikes.
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
Jerry, your submission is OVER THE TOP! That is exactly what we are looking for. Don't know how you found it but fortunately you did. Thank you very much.
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
They are available off the shelf for a tenner:
https://www.gardens4you.co.uk/aged-meta ... gb-en.html
there are many more on Google images
https://www.gardens4you.co.uk/aged-meta ... gb-en.html
there are many more on Google images
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
Really nice picture!
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Re: Ancient Ariel sign
Here is a large Ariel sign.....
1935 cammy Square, 1938 VB, brace of 1950 MkI Squares, 1959 MkII Square and several Ariel and Fleet pushbikes.
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