Primarily Petroliana Shop Talk Forums Shop Talk Petroliana Forums General Petroliana Discussion Need help with identifying this gas pump.

Hello, me and my brother bought this gaspump a few weks ago. We would like to now is this an original cadillac pump and is there more information about this pump availible.

No, it's a farm pump that someone has restored and put a reproduction fantasy sign on.

I am not familiar with concept of a farm pump, can you explain? Is it a pump for home use? Sorry for my english it is not my first language.

yes, the pump was used for private use, not a commercial sale point.

Commercial pumps had calculators or meters on them to display the retail price of gasoline to the consumer. Farmers bought a scaled back version that has very little for display, hence the lower profile, plain appearance and lack of a computer or calculator display, and no advertising inserts for retailers.

They are simply and on/off fuel pump and are very plain looking. The brand is a Smith and Cadillac had nothing to do with the pump. Pumps were made by pump manufacturers and they could be branded with just about anything if they were commercially used.

As mentioned above, this is a commercial pump. It was used in locations where it was not necessary to determine the price of the gasoline that was being pumped, such as farms, taxi garages, trucking companies, etc. The box on the top of your pump is a Veeder-Root computer that only computed the number of gallons being pumped, many commercial pumps didn't even have this feature. They were just pumps in a cabinet.

A.O. Smith made pumps for service station and the commercial trade. Many are shown in my Gas Pump Identification book.

Jack Sim

Where can i find youre book Jack Sim? I would like to order it.

Unfortunately both the 1st & the 2nd edition of my books are out of print. I am presently working on a 3rd edition, but it will probably not be ready until late Spring.

In the mean time, my books are available on Amazon as E-Books. I don't receive anything on the sales of these, but they might help you to identify pumps. The values may also be somewhat dated, but assuming you are asking about somewhat common pumps, start with what guys are asking for similar pumps here on OG, compare that with my values in the book, and you should get a general idea of how values have increased. When it comes to commercial pumps, the values have increased, but not that much.

If you are interested in a copy of my book by way of E-book, I suggest you purchase the 2nd Edition.

Now, here is the important part. When looking at a particular pump, the information about the pump is always below the picture, so if you are looking at a pump and there is information above the pump, this for the previous pump.

Of course if you really want a copy of either of my books, they are being offered on Amazon or Ebay at $125.00 to $175.00 per copy (I really wish I had some to sell).

Hang in there, but send me your email address and I will add your email address to my list of people wanting a copy of the new book. I have never, nor will I ever use email addresses of members here on OG. If you send me an email, I automatically add your address to my list, but I will not go into OG looking for email addresses.

Jack Sim