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#23283 Fri Apr 25 2008 08:24 AM
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Need a little help here guys. I have a chance to buy a short Wayne 60 like they had at airports. The problem is it is missing everything from the meter down. Missing the sides and hips, front and rear doors or panels and the base. Basically nothing but the frame from the meter down. So what is this pump worth complete and what would it be worth in this condition?? The short version is not shown in Jack's book. Any help???

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If you are referring the the Wayne 72R shown here.



This pump was not originally designed to be used at airports, as a matter of fact, the design patent on this pump was held by the Firestone Tire Company. The purchased the pump and used it in front of their stores. I have a picture of one in front of one of their stores. Now what happened to the pumps after they were through with them is anybody's guess. At least three of these of these pump have been found, two of them in the Arizona desert.
Also, if this is the pump, it dates from 1938, and is not a version of the 60, but a version of the Wayne 70.
Now....if this is not the pump, please post a picture of yours and I'll try to identify it.

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#23285 Fri Apr 25 2008 11:14 AM
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Email sent.


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#23286 Fri Apr 25 2008 12:07 PM
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That is the craziest looking pump that I've every seen. It looks like a cross between a 60 and 70, doesn't it?

Is there a reason why it is so short and squat? It almost looks like the pump was chopped like a hot rod.


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I think this sat up on top of a display case.


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The 72R is complete with exception of face frames [as pictured above]. Pump is approx. 5ft tall, 6ft wide & 2ft deep. Did not go on a showcase or anything else. Bruce Wittig found 3 in Southern Az. & was able to complete 2.
I've never seen a WAYNE 60 made exclusively for Airport use. I have seen some that were cut down to look more modern [basically cut off just above the hips & with a different base].
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Chad,

Honestly, I think they did this to make their buildings look more impressive. At the time, Firestone's buildings were designed to look massive and just downright monolithic.

To see a good example of a Firestone building from this era, try this: Go to this link for Google Street View. You can navigate on the map to see other angles of the station. You can click and drag on the image to pan and scan.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Fort+Worth,+TX&layer=c&ie=UTF8&ll=32.75487,-97.33537&spn=0.007128,0.017338&z=16&cbll=32.750889,-97.337406&cbp=1,241.945624644261,,0 ,-9.003446926581644

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Thanks for the correction, DB. I thought I had seen a picture of this type of pump on a large display case in front of a Firestone store. Anyway....thanks


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i bought 2 of these short wayne 60's unrestored @ Des Moines years ago & then traded one for restoring this one...I like the taller ones better but @ the time i had height restrictions......


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That's one way to take care of Rusty Hips !

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Dick do you know something i don't, like did i buy these from you ?????

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Nope. I would not have shortened it that much because of rust.

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keithia sent me a picture of the pump. Basically it is the head off of a W-60 put on a ECO pedestal (actually the picture is so small I can't tell what pedestal it is on).
I appears to be something someone did just to be doing something.
There is no hose, no pump, no motor, no nothing, unless you could get it all in the top of a 60.
It is worth about what the VERY top of a 60 is worth.
God only knows what people did years ago to amuse themselves.

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Jack,
Not much different than what we are doing today. Painting pumps to put into the house that can never pump gas again [gutted].
Most back then did whatever it took to keep it working.
I suspect that someone removed the top section because it was not needed to pump fuel [VR/linkage jambed/failed] & it was easier to service the lower unit.

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Much thanks to all of the "old timers" who are always willing to share their knowledge. There is entire generation of young collectors, like myself, who appreciate all of the information that is shared.


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