Archive for the ‘tinting’ tag
Family & Friends Car Sales, Llc / C J's Used Cars Inc, 2500 North Main Street: 2010s 1 comment
You can look at the corner view in the LoopNet listing for this building at North Main & Confederate and see a portrait format marquee on the side.
Somewhere I have a picture of that marquee up close with the name of the place visible, but as is often the case, knowing I have a picture and being able to put my hands on it in a timely fashion are two sadly different things. Commenter Justin believes this was a window tinting business, and that sounds plausible to me. What google pulls up, however, are references to two different used car operations. If that's accurate, I think they both would have to be from some years ago, as I cannot recall the lot being anything but empty in recent years.
(Hat tip to commenter Justin)
Weathersby's G A Texaco / Auto Trim Design, 1700 Taylor Street: 2009 1 comment
According to their still extant web site, Auto Trim Design was founded in 1973 and introduced auto window tinting to Columbia in 1983 (As I recall, there was a legal problem with window tinting before then).
Interestingly, Google StreetView shows them with a different paint job, so the current "rising sun" look must be fairly recent. It's definitely a little more eye-catching.
UPDATE 20 September 2011: Commenter Tom points out that the building was a Texaco, which I was able to confirm from the 1961 Yellow Pages.