45” by 14” FLXIBLE CO. Factory Painted Metal SIGN from LOUDONVILLE, OH Bus Maker

This is an original sign. The factory is out of business now. I was told this sign came off the factory building.

Someone has written on the back of the sign “Before 1971 Jim Dudte”. Mr. Dudte was a long-time Flxible employee. Thanks to an alert eBayer for this information.

The words and grey outline stripe are painted on the metal.

Size:  45” by 14”

Condition: Some scratches. See photos.

From Wikipedia:

“The Flxible Co. (originally the Flexible Sidecar Company) was an American manufacturer of motorcycle sidecars, funeral cars, ambulances, intercity coaches and transit buses, based in the U.S. state of Ohio. It was founded in 1913 and closed in 1996…

In 1913, Hugo H. Young and Carl F. Dudte founded the Flexible Sidecar Co. in Loudonville, Ohio, to manufacture motorcycle sidecars with a flexible mounting to the motorcycle. The flexible mounting allowed the sidecar to lean on corners along with the motorcycle, and was based on a design patented by Young.

In 1919, the company's name was changed to The Flxible Co. (still pronounced "flexible") so that the name could be registered as a trademark…

“The former Flxible factory in Loudonville, Ohio, is now a bus maintenance facility for Motor Coach Industries, while the former factory in Delaware, Ohio, is now a parts facility for New Flyer Industries subsidiary North American Bus Industries.”

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