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Author Topic: Drive-In Screens (Selbys?) Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-18-2003 10:08 PM                        Hi, I heard a company named "Selby" is the only company that makes drive-in screens today. My question is... does anyone have a website address?  |  IP: Logged Kris Brunton Expert Film Handler Posts: 108 From: Napanee, Ontario, Canada Registered: Apr 2000 posted 12-18-2003 10:59 PM                     Check out the classifieds at Box Office magazine. Box Office  |  IP: Logged Manny Knowles "What are these things and WHY are they BLUE???" Posts: 4247 From: Bloomington, IN, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-18-2003 11:08 PM                     These double threads are annoying and confusing. Please close one of these threads. Please!?  |  IP: Logged William T. Parr Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 823 From: Cedar Park, TX Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-19-2003 12:36 PM                     Andrew, This is all I could locate on Google for them. Selby Products Screen Towers PO Box 267 Richfield, OH 44286 330-659-6631 or 800-647-6224  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-19-2003 12:55 PM                     There is http://www.selbyindustries.com/, which makes 'wind-loaded structures' such as large billboards (an offshoot of their drive-in screen business perhaps?) Their logo looks like the one from the D.I screen tower ads, I would guess that they are at least the same parent company. At least its another lead. -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Justin West Master Film Handler Posts: 271 From: Peoria, IL, USA Registered: Jul 2001 posted 12-20-2003 05:19 AM                     The two Selby companies were once together but either the billboard division was sold off or one brother took that side while Jerry Selby kept the drive-in screentower business. Selby Products is the screentower mfr and they have no website; however, owner Jerry Selby can be reached at SPROD42@aol.com Another Satisfied customer...  |  IP: Logged Barry Floyd Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1079 From: Lebanon, Tennessee, USA Registered: Mar 2000 posted 12-20-2003 12:56 PM                        I'll chime in as another satified Selby Screen customer. I looked at several different possibilities for our screen and the only one that actually came through for us was Jerry Selby. We looked at "Arrow Products" out of California, and although they did seem interested, there was 2 major drawbacks I had dealing with them, Justin ran into the same situation I bel;ieve. 1.) They wouldn't give me a "firm" dollar quote... which is something the bank required. 2.) The rep I spoke with stated, "Drive-In screens... we haven't built any in about 20 years, but we could probably do it again." You can do plywood and telephone poles.... but you'll end up replacing it after the first major storm. In my opinion... just call Selby, no if's , ands or buts about it. Every major storm that blows through our area, the screen tower is one thing we don't have to worry about. The screens are a little "pricey", but worth every single penny.  |  IP: Logged Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-20-2003 02:09 PM                     There is an all steel drive inn screen still standing on a now vacant lot in North Ogden, Utah. You could proably have that screen just for the removal of it fomr the property. Mark @ CLACO  |  IP: Logged Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-20-2003 06:28 PM                        Thanks for the help! While we're on the topic of drive-ins... I seem to recall a website that gave tips on how to construct a drive-in properly... Can anyone point me back to this website? Also... I also recall a drive-in that had individual screens for every car, but one projector. There were lots of pictures in that post and the website. Anyone have a record of it?  |  IP: Logged Aaron Sisemore Flaming Ribs beat Reeses Peanut Butter Cups any day! Posts: 3061 From: Rockwall TX USA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 12-20-2003 07:46 PM                     The site you are looking for is out very own Tim Reed's Drive-In Workshop. The D/I with all the individual screens was called the Autoscope and had 260 individual screens, one for each car! -Aaron  |  IP: Logged Jack Ondracek Film God Posts: 2348 From: Port Orchard, WA, USA Registered: Oct 2002 posted 12-21-2003 12:08 AM                        There was also an Autoscope in Eastern Washington; mainly (if not exclusively) an "adult themed" venue. It didn't last long, but the foundations are still there. Interesting concept, but can you imagine trying to maintain some kind of quality control with that kind of setup? Just cleaning all those mirrors would be a huge headache!... not to mention the boxes of Q-Tips you'd go through!!!! On the Drive-In Workshop: Tim turned it over to one of our drive-in owner members, Brad Light, who owns a 3-screener in New Mexico. It's very similar to what Tim started, and Tim deserves a lot of credit for collecting much of that site's content.  |  IP: Logged Carl Martin Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1424 From: Oakland, CA, USA Registered: Feb 2002 posted 12-21-2003 03:43 AM                        it looks like that albuquerque autoscope only could have had 120 or so screens, judging from the lens array. www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Pavillion/2216/TriCircle.html confirms this. however the setup looks different from the one pictured at www.driveintheater.com/list/nm/circle.htm , which also claims to be the albuquerque autoscope. hmmm. carl  |  IP: Logged Erick Akers Arse Kicker Posts: 201 From: Dallas, TX, USA Registered: May 2001 posted 12-21-2003 09:49 AM                     Here in Texas, we used to have one of the major players in the screen tower business. Has anyone heard of Rogers Antenna & Screen Tower? (Rogers,TX.) Many of their towers can still be found standing, across the Southern United States, and were one of the best designs for Screen Towers that I have ever seen!!! From what I have heard, They Were Hands Down, Absolutely the Best Ever Manufactured!!! When they were going full tilt boogie, many DI owners were willing to wait for a Rogers Screen Tower, rather than settle for a Selby Unfortunately, they have been out of business for about 5 years now. If anyone still has some of their literature, pictures or any contact names for them, please chime in, or email me!!! I have a few friends in the DI business that have been actively seeking anything dealing with their Screen towers. Thanks, Erick  |  IP: Logged Andrew McCrea Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 645 From: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Registered: Nov 2000 posted 12-21-2003 05:27 PM                        Thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it! Also, Anyone have a website for Decade (Radio transmitters for drive-ins), which is located in Montreal? And, for popper BIB oils... What kind is available in a BIB, and how would I find these types of oils on say, the www.canamerafoods.com website?  |  IP: Logged Ray Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 111 From: Dayton, WA, USA Registered: Sep 2002 posted 12-31-2003 04:24 PM                        quote: There was also an Autoscope in Eastern Washington; mainly (if not exclusively) an "adult themed" venue. It didn't last long, but the foundations are still there. That was the Tri-Circle out side of Richland (Tri-Cities) I remember driving by it when I was in my late teens before it was closed and leveled. Tri-Circle Drive In  |  IP: Logged

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