LED Works was delighted to be part of the restoration of the Starlight Drive-in signage in its original position on the Federal Highway in Canberra.
GE White Tetra Contour was used to re-create the heritage feel of this iconic neon sign.
GE Contour is the only LED product that truly mimics the neon look as it has a backward lighting component.
The sign, made in 1956 in Sydney, is thought to be the only original drive-in theatre sign in the country still in its original location and was re-instated in October 2015. Now on the ACT heritage register, it was “the only tangible reminder in the ACT of the iconic era of drive-ins”, according to Planning Minister Mick Gentleman
The architect appointed to the job was Phillip Leeson and the work was done by Queanbeyan firm Screenmakers, whose director Tony Mostert said it had taken months of planning and about six weeks of construction.
With only one panel remaining from the original sign, a second back-to-back panel had been made to match. While the original sign had been lit in neon, the new sign using GE Contour will be safer, longer-lasting use less power and be more robust .
