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Lance, I agree with Jack about do the pump to whatever brand you like, but I'm sure Mohawk ethyl would be cool (good catch Matt). When I'm restoring a pump and I want to have an original paint scheme or something close, I like to leaf through the PCM guide to gas pump restoration. Has image standards for pumps by brand in there. I glanced in there but didn't see Mohawk but I might have missed it.

Locks usually can find at a hardware store with decent collection. Other sources of parts potentially Pergyl, Gas pump heaven, vics66, Ron scobie enterprises, many others.

Cool Camaro by the way!

You're not the first one in this thread that has suggested that . I somewhat agree about the layers of paint and the "cool" factor but what you can't see in the pictures is that the paint in in horrible shape. Touch it and it falls off in giant flakes. I don't think if I dipped it in a giant vat of the modern Urethane (think thick as honey) that it would keep it from falling off. So this one is gonna get stripped and re-born. Maybe the next one Did I actually admit to that...........

I've actually had some thoughts along the same lines you mention. When I first got the pump standing around talking about it with people we discussed what brand it was going to be and my thoughts were along the lines of "I want to do something that not in business anymore, something era correct, and something with a cool logo, something along the lines of Gulf which is at this point only a memory of my childhood". So I went to the restoration sites and started looking to see what was available as far as graphics. I was very interested in Richfield High Octane. The Eagle appealed to me. Then yesterday I got inquisitive and decided I would look closer at the skins and see what I could find. Well I found Mohawk Ethyl which pretty much fit the requirements. So Mohawk Ethyl I think it will be.

Your Book? I'm unfamiliar with your book. Can I buy a copy on Amazon or somewhere? What is the correct title so I can google it? Is the picture in it on page 112 in color? I could definitely use a reference for the paint pattern and the colors.

Thanks, Lance

AWESOME catch. THANK YOU!

My book is titled: Gas Pump Identification book and Value Guide. Actually I have written the 1st & 2nd Editions and am presently finishing up the 3rd Edition. Both 1 & 2 are out of print and out of stock. Once in a while one will show up on Ebay or Amazon with the asking price of $125.00+ (original price was $34.95).
First edition identified about 1000 pumps, 2nd about 1400. The 3rd edition will ID about 2100. My hope the 3rd Ed. will be ready in late spring or early summer.
In the meantime a E-book of the 2nd Edition can be purchase on Amazon for about $20.00. One major thing about the E-book, the caption for every pump is always below the picture, so if you are looking at a pump and the caption is above the pump, this caption is for the previous pump.

Send me your Email address and I will add your name to the list of people who want a copy of the book.

I never posted a picture of the 89 on my website but if you want to see pictures of other B-D pumps go to: http://petrolianacollectibles.com/boyle-dayton.htm

Not many of those B-D pumps around so you are starting on a nice one, gook luck.

Jack Sim

A few pictures of the progress so far.

The pump. The upper cylinder cleaned up awesome the bottom one have a rotten ring in the middle of the stroke. Nothing a little action with the cylinder hone didn't improve but it's far from 100 percent. The socket for the pump handle was busted so I fixed it the best way I could think of... Anybody know where to buy the correct pump handle for this? All I can find are the ones that go in the other direction relative to the pump axis. I know that's a bad way to describe it but I can't think of another at the moment.









The gallon meter came out amazing. The porcelain face cleaned up with only a little WD-40 on a rag.












And then there's this. What to do about this. It's really tempting to recreate the "hook" part on the old one and not loose the ornateness(is that a word) that the new re-pop one doesn't reflect.

You could take the reproduction door and put it on the original access door frame. Cut the piece out of the repro aluminum frame and use an automotive body panel adhesive to bond the new piece to the original cast iron. They are gluing body panels on cars and the glued seam is suppose to be stronger than the surrounding metal.

I have a little progress to share.

I started doing the bodywork on the skins which in my opinion is the worst part of any project (the bodywork/sanding phase). But the sanding is over and it's ready for paint. Now to just wait for a nice sunny 75 degree day..........

Where it started. I pounded out the dents and scabbed a piece on the bottom to replace the rusted out part.
















And I started putting together the rest of it. I made a oak base for it to keep it off the floor I wet mop all the time (think rust on the floor).

Well it's done.

One of the bigger hurdles was recreating the door that the nozzle hangs one. I posted this picture earlier showing the difference between the original and the repop door. I decided to fix the the original.






















and the picture of the access door






I decided to use the existing corroded locks and just remove the tumbler and made a new key that only activated the mechanism.

This part came out great.

Nice pump. That's some fantastic welding

Thanks. Welding the cast iron was kinda weird but not that hard. I don't know if I trust my life to the weld but for this it was fine.

Nice work and a great look.

Looks good. Impressive repair on the access door.

Impressive fabricating on the repair. You did a beautiful job.