New stuff I added to the Dempsey Motorsports Garage (formerly the Pelican Garage)

[Wayne 962]

Hello everyone. So, for the past eight years, I've been scouring the world (literally) for stuff to add to the walls of the garage and the stuff has just been piling up in the corner of my office. Finally, I had some time to wire up some signs and get them hung!


Sign from Starbucks - where I used to pump up on caffeine and sugar each night cramming down the book writing:



Lighted Yokohama sign - since we have the 962-110 Yokohama race car:



PORSCHE sign that I worked on lighting this week with LED lighting. That only took about 20+ hours. I got this one from here: https://www.elevenparts.com/automobilia.php#prettyPhoto - never quite seen any others like it, and I think they may be no longer available at this point.




VP Racing neon sign - just got this one a month ago - it's on sale right now!



This is cool - I have some extra leftover wheel fans from some of the race cars. I got some pegboard from Lowes and made a collage!



Admiralty Way sign, for those who know that well-known street down here in Marina Del Rey:



SHELL sign - this took a while to wire up with LEDs - I zip-tied them to the neon inside (which was broken in two of the letters). Looks great! These modern LED kits are amazing, and you can cut and solder them into nearly any pattern you'd like.



BORDERS books - well, this may be the rarest sign in the whole building. You can't find any of these anywhere any more. I got this one from the manager of the BORDERS up here in Palos Verdes - he hung onto it when they closed the store - it's been in storage for about 10 years now. I used to go to BORDERS all the time to buy books on learning how to program the website (way back in 1997, etc.):



And of course a photo of our latest addition, the 1969 M-505 Adams Probe 16, which arrived this week:





-Wayne

[A930Rocket]

Nice!

[wdfifteen]

Cool new stuff!

[fintstone]

Pretty fabulous. Glad you are still coming around.

[astrochex]

Very cool. I especially like the wheel fan collage.

[Bob Kontak]

I really, really like the round Texaco sign. That placement with the Goodyear and Porsche font light is a nice layout. That's a prime spot with the brick background. Nice job.

They have one like below at the BASF jobber in Akron. I have been lusting over it for close to 20 years. Old timer rep said it was worth about $800 15 years ago.

[Noah930]

A month or two ago there was a guy in Malibu selling a pair of P-O-R-S-C-H-E letters from dealership storefronts. I thought it would be right up your alley. Apparently the dealerships have upgraded to LED lighting, so the old signs had to go. These were the large individual red letters from the front of the dealership.

[DonDavis]

[oops I accidentally deleted your post, hitting the "edit" button instead of "reply" - duh! -Wayne]

[masraum]

Good stuff, Wayne. We miss you, buddy!

[KFC911]

Meh... I decorated my dorm room with cheap azz lit beer signs we sourced from the local distibutors...but I don't have any pics...wah!

Thanks Wayne

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Noah930

A month or two ago there was a guy in Malibu selling a pair of P-O-R-S-C-H-E letters from dealership storefronts. I thought it would be right up your alley. Apparently the dealerships have upgraded to LED lighting, so the old signs had to go. These were the large individual red letters from the front of the dealership.

I saw those. They were quite large. And spendy, IIRC.

[Baz]

Nice, Wayne!

What a fun endeavour to take part in!

Like a man cave project - on a larger scale and singular theme!

Your Probe 16 is way way cool!!!

Congrats and thanks for sharing. Always fun hearing from you.....

[john70t]

Setting the bar a little higher, again. Looks great Wayne!

[pwd72s]

Neat stuff...my concern about the car addition is that you might feel the urge to wear a jock strap outside your pants.

[Wayne 962]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

I really, really like the round Texaco sign. That placement with the Goodyear and Porsche font light is a nice layout. That's a prime spot with the brick background. Nice job.

Thanks! If you look closely, you will see that I joined the letters together with a long strip of wood that I covered with brick-patterned wallpaper to blend in!

-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

Originally Posted by Noah930

A month or two ago there was a guy in Malibu selling a pair of P-O-R-S-C-H-E letters from dealership storefronts. I thought it would be right up your alley. Apparently the dealerships have upgraded to LED lighting, so the old signs had to go. These were the large individual red letters from the front of the dealership.

Cool, I'll take a look if they are still available?

-Wayne

[Wayne 962]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Neat stuff...my concern about the car addition is that you might feel the urge to wear a jock strap outside your pants.

Yes, I have a feeling that I'll have to acquire some "costume" stuff to go along with the car...

-Wayne

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by DonDavis

[oops I accidentally deleted your post, hitting the "edit" button instead of "reply" - duh! -Wayne]

Fine, just straighten the dang crooked pics.

willya already?



Way cool stuff, too!

Then again, if they are crooked to make the vehicle display level...then I'm good.

'Cuz it's a way better way to hang car pics.

For instance, take the Gruppe C pic to the left. Tilt it so the car is level...stand back and take a look.

Who knows?

[Noah930]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I saw those. They were quite large. And spendy, IIRC.

That's why I thought of Wayne, and not myself. 😁

Originally Posted by Wayne 962

Cool, I'll take a look if they are still available?

-Wayne

I think it may have been on Facebook marketplace. Neato memorabilia for sure. But he was asking $12K for each set, so that will limit the field of potential buyers certainly.

[rusnak]

Damn. I can't imagine what it would be like to park my own 962 in my driveway.