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Wed Apr 29 2020 06:46 PM
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![[Linked Image]](http://www.oldgas.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=download&Number=188048&filename=49B5D64F-9402-4F27-8BBD-2DF18024D55D.jpeg) Hey I’m new to the forum and wanted to see if anyone knew anything about this pump! It has all of its internals and the pump fires up! Has everything except for the pump nozzle and has one broken window
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Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
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Welcome to the forum. Nice pump. That pump was produced by Bennett from 1948-1951. I would value it at about $650 - 950, depending on how bad someone wants it. The good thing it has going for it, is it is a survivor pump (original brand/colors/patina).
-Steve B. (WTB: 48" Flying A button, 48" black/org Phillips 66, White Star, and Chevrolet Signs. Also looking for a Wayne 866. Send a PM. Thanks.)
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Thank you I really appreciate It, I think this pump is the start of a collection for me! The history of this stuff is pretty cool!
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Many newer collectors can't wait to take a pump like yours and put a glossy paint job on it. To be sure, it is your pump and you should be able to do what makes you happy. After collectors have been in the hobby for years, they often develop an appreciation for survivor pumps that are worn, but have the original faded branding and colors. Some gas pump collectors like to do a "rustoration" rather than a regular slick paint restoration. The rustoration is usually a partial paint and restore job that enhances the original branding and color scheme while making it look like it was just found at a closed up station a generation or two ago.
Do a search of the forum using the Google Custom Search near the top center of this page, or use the newly improved forum internal search clicking on the magnifying glass icon on the upper right where you login.
Search for: rustoration
It takes some creative work, but you might find that you can get hooked on enhancing patina to extend the life of a survivor gas pump.
Jim "Oldgas" Potts
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Nice looking original patina 1st pump.
-Matt
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Hey thanks and yeah I really like the patina look! It looks like someone painted it that lighter green but the darker Sinclair green is showing under it, they painted the window where it’s says Sinclair that green so I took it off with a razor blade, I’ll have to look up if I can get the paint off the logos they painted over!
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