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Posted By: Chris Blythe Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 02:50 PM
How rare is it to find a perfect milk glass top?
Posted By: minuteman Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 03:09 PM
how many have you found??
Posted By: Chris Blythe Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 03:25 PM
One
Posted By: T-way Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 03:33 PM
I've got one - but that's all I need.

I would like another 70, 71 pump though.

Later . . .

Jim
Posted By: minuteman Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 04:01 PM
there was one for sale on here a couple years ago Chris, it also was a nice original, they don't come along to often, your looking at around
3000.00 to buy a minty original one I would think.
Posted By: ALSS72 Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 04:19 PM
I've never seen an original one.
I do have two original station lighters.
Posted By: Paul Bell Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 07:00 PM
The one we sold I think went for around $3000 or so years back (My dad had his sitting in a tool box, no idea what it was at the time.) There was one on ebay with a blue inner coating that is gone now. They were pretty fragile and not mounted well, so not surprising few survived. We will eventually make more reproductions but we are currently out of stock.
Posted By: Chris Blythe Re: Erie 70-71 top - Mon Mar 23 2020 07:16 PM
Paul- the ones you reproduce are they made of a plastic?
Posted By: Paul Bell Re: Erie 70-71 top - Tue Mar 24 2020 01:52 AM
Originally Posted by Chris Blythe
Paul- the ones you reproduce are they made of a plastic?

Hi Chris, they are urethane plastic yes. It's good resin though, stuff they use to simulate glass. I do have the Erie top side lettering too, still have that in stock.

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Posted By: Novaman Re: Erie 70-71 top - Tue Mar 24 2020 03:10 AM
Here is Paul's top and lettering on my pump.

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Posted By: Rabbitman Re: Erie 70-71 top - Tue Mar 24 2020 07:23 AM
This is my 70 with an original glass top and Skelly lettering I fabricated. It's nearly impossible to tell one of Pauls tops from an original setting on a pump.I had one of his before I found my original one. If I wasn't a purist (crazy) I would've kept the plastic one along with a wad of cash.....GB

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Posted By: Paul Bell Re: Erie 70-71 top - Tue Mar 24 2020 10:33 PM
Looking sharp Gary!!
Posted By: coopwyo Re: Erie 70-71 top - Fri Mar 27 2020 01:25 AM
It took me 4 years to find an original top for our pump
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