Could someone please photograph a Morris sign for me?

[Hubert]

Hello all,

The new garage for "Maggie" is now nearing completion, and I have started decorating the interior with signs, plates, photographs, etc. But one thing I would like to see on one of the walls will be hard and expensive to get and difficult to bring over from Britain: The old round dealer sign: Morris Sales and Service. I mean the sign which you can see next to the MOT-sign on the right side of the gate in this picture, taken at Cornbury Park last year:


However, I have an idea, but I need your help.

We have here a shop which advertizes that they will print "everything on anything". So, if someone could take a picture of mentioned sign with a digital camera with the highest possible resolution and send it to my e-mail-address, I could have the sign printed on a large plastic card, cut it out with a hacksaw and hang it on my garage wall. Of course this won't be original, but I would regard it as the best possible way to get such a sign.

I would be very happy to receive a photograph of the sign which I can use for my project, but the shot should be taken from a right angle to the surface of the original sign to avoid distortion. I would also be pleased to know the diameter of the original sign. I would estimate it's about 70 - 80 cms.

My e-mail-address is HFingerle@aol.com.

Thanks a lot in advance for all efforts, I am lookinhg forward to your e-mails.

Cheers
Hubert

[LouiseM]

You can buy an enamel reproduction of the sign on ebay for £20: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/morris-minor- ... 4d1d231563

[mogbob]

A search on google images " Morris Sales and Service " will bring up a clear image of the sign.Source website is www.garagepride.co.uk, the company sell the enamel signs.
Bob

[Hubert]

Thank you for your advice.

But the garage pride sign costs almost 100 pounds, and the sign on ebay will only be posted to addresses in the UK, and I am not planning a move to Britain in the near future (although I like your country very much).

Cheers
Hubert

[IaininTenbury]

The repro enamel ones I've seen are much smaller than the originals - unless someone now does full size ones.
Anyway, the one in the picture isn't a genuine one, its cut vynil on a galvanised metal backing, so it would certainly be possible to do another like this. The originals go for hundreds now....
Oh, the reason I know that one is a repro, is its mine! Looks quite convincing from 6feet plus away. Its still in the back of my Minor van from Cornbury to be honest but I'll be quite happy to get a good photo and email it you unless anyone with a genuine one offers!

[Hubert]

Its still in the back of my Minor van from Cornbury to be honest but I'll be quite happy to get a good photo and email it you unless anyone with a genuine one offers!

That would make me very happy, too!