Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion A little detective work from the members please

Now I was just given a photo of the same station (circa 1973) when other owners just took it over. What a difference.

Very cool photo's. Where was this station located?

On Vancouver Island. Since all of the member's on here are avid collectors.....I need to add a piece of unfortunate news. Back in the 1980's (when I had a serious interest in these things) I had bought up here a Gilbarco 96 with all it's 50's "Home" glass & decals (no globe) white with red base. The pump was just down on the water from where this station was. It was used to fill fishing boats and was in great shape.
However in 1994 we moved and I sold all my pumps except our two 996's. It turns out that the pump "is" the same Gilbarco you see next to the mystery "Wesco" pump. I feel bad now that I sold it....... It went to a friend here who is now in a care home and has since sold all his pumps.....what a shame.

I was hoping to get the specific location?

much better looking station with the canopy..

Sorry, Courtney BC.

Thank-you. I copied & saved the photographs and wanted to label them properly.

For the last installment......I thought some of the members would like to see how the station looks today....Kid of neat how we can compare the angles.

Awesome pics and history! That station seemed to attract the ladies for some reason!lol!

The pump is a Wayne 777, pretty cool Canadian Pump, also came in a twin. If you look through my old posts, I've posted pics of both.

can't tell a station was ever there- put it back!..

Cool pic's.

I was asked (when home) to post any photo's I still had of the Home Gilbarco that you see in the early photo's. Well, I was able to locate three. I had place a Weber's repro globe on it. You can note that pump faces are not porcelain but,aluminium in color.

Wayne, did you mention that was a survivor pump (not restored)?

Sorry, no. In fact, I did not know that "survivor" was a term for pumps found in original form....a little embarrassing...The only thing I did when I first bought the pump ($100) was remove the globe mount and add a Weber's mount and globe. Since there were no repro "Home" globes at that time....I went generic with "Gasoline".
If I remember correctly....the man that bought this pump from me, had plans to turn the pump into B/A. He had a NOS B/A globe in box and wanted to display it on this pump. I'm not sure if he ever did this. He sold all his pumps years ago and is now in a care home. A very nice man and good friend. Back then (early 90's) he pay me $800 for the pump.