Is there any way to get a real Route 66 road sign without spending gobs o' cash?

[bull]

This guy might be a bit too zealous with his pricing but I've just started getting interested in Route 66 memorabilia so I don't know if he's out of line. Is he crazy or is this the going rate?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AUTHENTIC-ROUTE-66-ROAD-SIGN-/160642548149?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item25670ac1b5

This one is within reach, at the moment: http://www.ebay.com/itm/320746210483?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649

Aside from these auctions, where might a guy find an authentic Route 66 sign? Tomorrow I'll be traveling down a section of US 66 in northern Arizona and I'm hoping to find something then but any insight from you peeps here would be nice.

[Brock Lee]

I would go with a cordless sawzall.

[68X426]

I would go with a cordless sawzall.

    

I think the second one (cheaper one) is way cooler. Send a PM to ChargerSteve, he just got back from his 66 trip. http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=557

[RallyeMike]

Buy a repro, throw it down in the gravel and drive over it a couple of times.

I've been picking up a few things including signs. I have few of them weathering outside. The goal is to plaster one wall with textured brick wallpaper, a few grungy signs and a 60's parking meter to make it look like a downtown alley. Maybe I'll even piss on the wall to get the complete effect   

[Old Moparz]

They're pretty easy to make in the paint program, then print them out. That would be really cheap. 

[41husk]

Buy a repro, throw it down in the gravel and drive over it a couple of times.

I've been picking up a few things including signs. I have few of them weathering outside. The goal is to plaster one wall with textured brick wallpaper, a few grungy signs and a 60's parking meter to make it look like a downtown alley. Maybe I'll even piss on the wall to get the complete effect   

Let us know if you need some help soiling that wall

[Brock Samson]

i bought mine at the flea market about four years back, really cheap like $20.oo as i recall..

[bull]

i bought mine at the flea market about four years back, really cheap like $20.oo as i recall..

If you see another one for that much (a real one) grab it for me and I'll pay you back.

[bull]

They're pretty easy to make in the paint program, then print them out. That would be really cheap.  

That's not too bad. How did you make the shield? I think it might be fun to make my own sign out of sheetmetal or aluminum; a nice big one.

By the way, here's one of the places I spent the night on my trip.

[Old Moparz]

They're pretty easy to make in the paint program, then print them out. That would be really cheap.  

That's not too bad. How did you make the shield? I think it might be fun to make my own sign out of sheetmetal or aluminum; a nice big one.

By the way, here's one of the places I spent the night on my trip.

Well, it isn't too accurate & just done by eye from the 1st pic you posted. You can use the circle tool in different sizes, erase portions of it, copy & paste one half, then flip that half, move them together & fill outside the shield in black. I think you'd do better by finding a clear image of a real sign & printing it.

Or, use an actual sign company. We get catalogs at work for highway safety equipment all the time. We usually don't install signs, but hire a subcontractor to do it for the highway work we do. Here is a place I just googled that makes brand new highway signs. (Don't know anything about them, just an example.)

http://www.usa-traffic-signs.com/Highway_s/28.htm

A page they title as "Most Popular" has interstate signs.

http://www.usa-traffic-signs.com/Highway_s/28.htm?searching=Y&sort=5&cat=28&show=20&page=1

This is a page from their site showing a 24"x 24" state highway sign for $65.

http://www.usa-traffic-signs.com/AR_Route_p/m1-5_ar_s.htm

[bull]

  Thanks. I'll look into that.

[bull]

Currently at $710. Check it out: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-ROUTE-66-Embossed-Highway-Road-SHIELD-sign-/160644168061?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item256723797d

[RallyeMike]

 

I need to hammer out a few dozen of those, lightly paint them and throw them out in the woods for 20 years in order to fund my future retirement.