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I bought this nice Bennett 541 last weekend and decided to clean it up. I used some concentrated degreaser, brush paited the base, rebuilt the lighting and put on a NOS 50+ year old decal on it (the decal was a pain in the a$$ and surprised I got it on). Now the question, did I ruin it. Did it look better dirty and faded or clean and brightened up? I can not put the years of dirt back on.  Uploaded with ImageShack.us Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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looks great matt.i dont think you ruined it at all!
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***Wanted*** Always looking for Oilzum, Kunz, and Husky Cans, Signs and Smalls.
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MATT--I THINK IT LOOKS GREAT! LIKE YOU SAID YOU CAN`T PUT THE DIRT BACK ON SO ENJOY IT!!! YOU HAVE SUCH A NEAT VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PUMPS RESTORED AND NOT,,, I LOVE THE ORIGINAL LOOK LIKE THE FLYING A NEXT STORE TO THE SHELL,,I THINK CERTAIN PUMPS LOOK NEATER NOT RESTORED BUT SOME PUMPS DON`T LOOK GOOD NON RESTORED BUT LOOK BETTER RESTORED!! YOU KNOW WHAT I`M SAYING??? REMEMBER THEIR ONLY ORIGINAL ONCE!! I GUESS IT DEPENDS ON YOUR PERSONAL PREFERENCE... I HOPE I`M MAKING SOME SENCE OF THIS... JUST MY 2 CENTS ALAN
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It only matters if you are happy with it. Looks good.
Bill
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ya i like what you did it looks great
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Looks great Matt!! It's amazing what a little elbow grease and a dab of red paint will do.
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I like the cleaned up look better.
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Matt it"s Killer cleaned up
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One more question. Should I leave the faded original Bennett drive safely ad glass or put Slama`s red backround Shell Premium ad glass?
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Matt, put in the Shell Premium ad glass and sell me one of the "Drive Safely" glass cheap for my wall.  The pump looked great before, you just "enhanced it" a little.
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I personally like the Drive Safely ad glass
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Love it Matt! I will add my vote is to keep the Drive Safely glass in it.
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I will tell you I like it if you sell me that tydol globe on that Wayne 60T:) It looks fine. Keep the old glass in.
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I like it Matt looks good 
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That looks great. Its a perfect unrestored gas pump
Originals only for me. Always looking for Simpson oil, Super A, and MFA oil cans and globes.
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I think it looks great Matt, leave the old ad glasses.
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Looks great! Leave the old ad glass.
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cany beat that, an original paint pump. would never restore another pump if all of them had that nice of orig paint. i have about 10 with nice original paint (not as nice as yours) that i cannot bring myself to restore. i do the same as you shine them up and put original signs, or whatever u have to improve them & call them restored. chris
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Looks great! You made it better by cleaning it up. It's well enough to display as is. I'm doing a similar thing to my National that I just picked up. Look for it in a new post that I'll start.
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Are these decals available somewhere new? Wasn't someone on the site going to repro them?
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Claes
Last edited by fast66; Mon Aug 09 2010 05:00 AM.
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OH MAN, absolutely ruined it! Now just send that poor pump to me and as dirty as my shop is it will have the dirt back on it in no time. Make sure you keep those drive safely glasses on it too.
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Thanks guys. I am ging to leave the old ad glass in it. I put it in the line up. Claes, Decals by Koz has them. http://decalsbykoz.com/Decals_S-T.html Uploaded with ImageShack.us
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Thanks Matt, and of course the pump(s) are awesome :-D
//Claes
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Looks perfect cleaned, and with the old ad glass.
NICE PUPMS, whish I could find a 541 that nice.
Lee
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