Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Thread Like Summary - "POTM" Pump of the Month September 2021

Hello everyone, I want to thank you all again for the great participation on these posts. The pump of the month for this month is a National A-38 and models similar. This pump and all of these varieties have awesome art deco designs and a beautiful tops with big curved ad glass.

-National A: 1936: External visi and computer.
-National B: Clockface with external visi (Never seen one)
-National A-1: 1936-1940. Computer with internal sight glass.
-National B-1: Clockface with internal sight glass.
-National BM-1: 1936. Computer pump with display case and with internal sight glass. I think it should be classified as AM-1 since B stands for clockface.
-National A-38: 1938-1949. Computer pump with internal sight glass.
-National A-38H: Computer pump with internal sight glass, hose outlet coming out of the base and hung on a hook on the side panel.
-National B-38: 1939. Clockface with internal sight glass.

Thank you to everyone again and I hope we get some good participation for this month. I do not have any of these models listed yet, so here is a picture of a national A-1 out of the book.

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My A-38H.

Note the 'banana' hanger and the hose outlet coming out of the base.

According to Scott B, this is the only set of Marathon A-38 ad glass known.

The globe is a reproduction I did a few years ago.

Later . . .

Jim

Here are a couple I had and an original More Premium Power ad glass.

My A-38

Here's my A1. I finally found some NOS Rio Grande Cracked decals, so now it will get a full restoration.


Matt, I really love that Shell pump!

Lang Transportation was a pioneer in the transportation of petroleum products

using tank trucks in the western states. Another division of the company operated

the city bus service in Long Beach, California

The bus operations of Lang was sold in 1947 .. ...