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Back in 1987 I had a small catalog and I wrote this and included it in the catalog. It was also featured in the CTO magazine in 1995.

The 10 Commandments for the Pump Collector

1. Thou shall not store thy pumps outside - only thy mate's car.
2. Thou shall not covet thy neighbor's truck, trailer nor pipe wrench.
3. Thou shall not love thy collection more than thy wife nor children; as much maybe, but not more.
4. Thou shall not access the "Old Gas" website on company time, lest thy employer make it impossible to continue to buy pumps (I just updated this one a little bit).
5. Thou shall not despise thy neighbor's Wayne 550, his boxy Southwest nor his generic A.O. Smith.
6. Thou shall not permit thy offspring to marry during the oil & gas show season.
7. Thou shall not deceive thy mate by asking her to go for a romantic drive in the country when you are indeed going to look at another pump.
8. Thou shall not tell thy mate the entire cost of thy latest restoration, at least not all at the same time.
9. Thou shall not build a new addition on the house for thy mate and then use it to display pumps and thou shall not store pumps in the new attic.
10. Thou shall not buy thy mate a sandblaster for Christmas.

Jack Sim
Author Gas Pump ID book and Air Meter ID book, www.petrolianacollectibles.com

His Tallness has a few more to add to the list.

11. Thou shalt not sell an Argentinian reproduction as if it were an American original.
12. Thou shalt not hoard Tokheim 36B tops.
13. Thou shalt not sell "bondo pumps" as very good restorations with great sheetmetal.
14. Thou shalt not tell whoppers about finding valuable pumps in return for a pair of jumper cables.
15. Thou shalt not fail to pack valuable globe lenses properly after selling them at an auction so that they break into more pieces than Humpty Dumpty did after that Weight Watchers reject fell!

Its a great hobby. Enjoy!! Dave Folck =:>0

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Thou shall not have just 1 pump, globe, can, sign, map, etc.

Thou shall not drive a New truck looking for Cheap pumps !

I have broken commandment #1 and am proud of it. However, I would never use a new vehicle for finding pumps.

Religion is bad bad bad !!! Bad !!!

I put this on to see what you thought about the original 10 Commandments, and everybody has added on. Not that I mind, add on all you want, just keep them in the text of the way the original ten commandements were written.
Love you guys, keep it comming, with everything that is happening around us, it is great to find we still have a sense of humor.

Jack Sim
Be sure to check out the next "CTO" magagine, I have what I think is a great article

I broke #7 #8 #9 My bad.......

oh boy,am i in trouble!!!

If I happen to break a commandmant what must I do to atone for it??