DISCOVERY: Steve Scott, left, and Bob Eicholz at the wreckage of the Outpost sign they first spotted in 2002. It doesn’t compare to the famous Hollywood sign in the background, but in its heyday, the red neon letters stood 30 feet high. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)
PLUG PULLED: Eicholz holds a light socket that probably was part of the old sign. The neon lights were turned off at the start of World War II so as not to attract bombers. (Annie Wells / Los Angeles Times)
