LimeWorks & Acme Speedshop John team up to upgrade my building

very very cool...

 

WOW, congrats to both Steve and john on a job well done.

Steve, try hitting enter a couple of times after copying and pasting each photo. That will put one photo in one screen shot with no scrolling

 

nice, looks great.

 

WOW! Damn impressive you guys!
Where'd the odd-shaped window come from? Aircraft? Love it!

 

Denise, didn't your last signature line state " I DO NOT TEXT"? haha

 

Looks awesome congrats on new look Steve.I would consider that just beautiful artwork great job John takes me back to the 50's an 60's.

 

Thanks for all the cool comments , John is a great friend & talented geezer , New windows , a larger center window & green tile will finish her off.
The window in the door mirrors the shape of the Logo sign Acme John again !!
Thanks for the image separation tip Denise you can teach an old dog new tricks.

 

looks awesome!

 

Love it.

 

Wow! Fantastic!!! I have to see this in person. Do you have before pics you can post?

 

The "odd shaped window" is actually the shape of the Limeworks logo panel. I used that as the shape for the porthole window to tie it into the rest of the design. The door was too plain and needed somthing. We custom made that thing so it fit his door, cnc cut frames from aluminum then hand made it from there.

I designed all of the signs based on old 40's-50's sign shapes. I went thru a whole bunch of design ideas and revisions before landing on this one that Steve liked. Of course the colors are Steves company colors and while they are not what you would have seen back in the day (not sure orange and kermit the frog green were even invented yet) it works for his signs and with these building colors. As it is for most design processes; Steve and I have a lot of sketches going back and forth in order to get here.

Once we landed on the basic designs for the signs we had to go thru a design review / architectural design board and get a conditional use permit from the city.
After we got thru the city planning department process we did structural engineering and our shop drawings and went back for building department permits.

The signs are built from aluminum with all letters and logos that illuminate from 3/4" "push-thru" acrylic and all aluminum surfaces are painted with urethane paint. Of special interest is the corrugated panels; it looks like a stock item but it is in fact custom made on our 12' box /pan brake. This profile is from structural decking and we just scaled it down to a size that worked with the size of the blade sign. The blade is about 12' tall and the wall mounted "Hot rod" cabinets are 30+ feet wide.

It was a fun project and working with Steve is always a blast. He is the most enthusiastic person I know and I don't think I have ever had as many "I love it calls" from a customer on installation day. Steve is a tru friend and really made this sign project fun for everyone at my shop.

Thanks Steve!!!!!

Here are a few shots of it on load out day. Steve has a bunch of photos of it in bare metal if anyone is interested.

 

Call me. I will make your signs. Always looking for the next job.

John.

 

Wow!
That's incredible!
I remember the 1st time I drove there- I drove right past it!
No one can miss it now!

 

Amazing!!! Just wow!!

 

That looks great!

I hope it's secured real good or it will end up in Kiwi Kev's backyard museum.

 

here is a quick shot from last year

I'll have you know John used 6" drywall screws YES 6" drywall screws (lots of em too )

 

Whoa..thats very cool.

 

Wow, that looks great. I saw that metal deck and then thought that didn't look like a catalog size. Very very cool.

 

So is John gonna have a Limeworks Roadster soon???? I know he is missing his old one!!! Trade for Trade...hey I got you more Bars..I will be by next week, the sign looks great!

 

Cheers John , I know a coupe is on the Horizon. I'm looking forward to them bars , your dad's a King , you being the Prince of course. Hopefully you can make it up Thursday next for our open house.

 

Thats when I am bringing them with my Dad, he will be here for the Roadster Show, I will see you on Thursday!

 

That's a class act - but then again so are Lime Works and Acme Speed Shop....

 

Brilliant Job. Makes you want to come to work...............Day or Nite. The roadster would look killer under the lites ! Class--Plus .

 

Hey Steve
Wow that looks sweet... no chance of driving past your shop (as Iv done in the past)
Just needs a Vulture to perch on the top

Cheers Pete

 

The upgrades look really good....

 

Beautiful job on the signage! Great design, and awesome style.

 

The vulture is next to the basket ball hoop atop a Sports Bar on Woodruff Ave in Long Beach in the Harbor Freight strip mall. Time to send Andrew out to "acquire" it....

 

looks very cool

 

Very Classy. I dig it.

 

Pete , funny you should say that !!v I was thinking the same , I've got some from when Carol's Car was in the Suede Palace , scare the birds away too .