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I know this is not petro related, but it was a great diversion from air meters. You guys can turn this into petrol related by posting some pics of gas pump, etc.


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I ONCE SAT DOWN AT A BORING DAY AT WORK AND POLISHED UP A VERY OLD FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT WAS MOSTLY BRASS AND SOME CHROME. I REMEMBER HAVING A HUGE OLD PEDESTAL FAN BLOWING ON ME AT FULL BLAST! IT WAS A HOT DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER. MY EFFORTS WERE AMAZING! THAT F/E CAME OUT BSN!

THAT'S ONE SWEET NOZZLE! MY NEPHEW WOULD LOVE TO OWN THAT!

Very nice jack as a fireman i can say this elkhart their is none better. They are still in buisness today, and make very nice stuff. I have a nice old elkhart extinguisher i will post later, then everyone can see why they are the best.

i restored a truck ill get pic's later for you

I reheated a pizza I made last week,that tasted even better then before.

I have an American-LaFrance nozzle to do when my buffing supplies arrive.

Jack Sim

I restored a old wood floor model radio. If I ever get the
picture thing down I'll show it.

jerry where ya been??email it to me and i'll post it for ya!!

Well, It was week before last.
Waiting on the globe gasket.

I restored some rusted away metal on a 58 chevy truck cab.

Not sure if this Qualifies as a Resto, but I made this table out of a Bunch of junk I had laying around in my work shop a few weeks ago. Since the picture was taken I had a Piece of glass cut for the Top.

Again it is not a gas pump but I almost finished up this coke machine last week - I am waiting on the locks and stickers!





Travis
Topeka, Kansas

Wow. Great stuff. That fire hose nozzle is just awesome.

The tire table is unique! I like it. Nice job. Just wondering if it is a little top heavy and does the tire rotate like a lazy susan?

Wow Joe - it looks like you know what you are doing! lol

Travis
Topeka, Kansas

That is Matt Alvarez's head, for his #34 Tokheim.
Had to be totally disassembled, just to get to the damaged(wore out)gear brake thing on the reset shaft.

It had to have another set of wheels.

A new linkage keeper....the marked black circle in the center of the reset linkage on the side below the spring.That requires the hole to be reamed out in the head frame and a flanged bushing glued in.

Another wheel shaft, which requires softening a newer shaft with heat and drill 2 new holes because the old ones like this function in reverse compared to the longer 12" computers, so the newer shafts have to be "flipped" to work in the older computers.

The face screw holes were so corroded on one side they had to be tapped to a 10-32

Not Gas & Oil but still cool none the less, VMC 81 Dr Pepper Im still waiting on chrome and powdercoat to finish the reassembly. This was my first real paint job ive done and it turned out pretty good.

NICE JOB JOEY!VERY NICE!

the tire table is bitchin' and the Dr. Pepper machine makes me wanna 10-2-4 !!!

Joe,
You actually disassembled Matt's head? I think that's what I need, my wife is always telling me I'm a little off.

Jack

YEP... I am a drain surgeon by day and work on heads at night.



Copied his Bell Unit too
Hardest Veeder Root bell unit to find.... #1
Most are rotted away with the metal and fall out the pump.
I copied it as exact as I could.
Finished assembling it today
It's going on MY 1932 MODEL
I guess I am the only one who has a computer collection.

Veeder Root made 4 models of cranback in 1935

Tire Table does not rotate, and it is not top heavy at all I think if it would have been taller like a High Top Bar table it would have probably been top heavy.