kmann...so you want to restore a pump as Gulf Marine...
First off, I'm assuming you have a trapezoid-shape Gulf Marine pump plate, as this is the only Gulf pump plate that says only "Gulf Marine". This sign supposedly was used 1963-1971, but I believe the sign was actually used 1967-1973 or so, based on my research. Prior to "Gulf Marine", Gulf sold "Gulf Marine White" and "Gulf Super Marine"...I believe "Gulf Marine White" was replaced by "Gulf Marine" - hence my later timeframe...I don't have any literature that shows all three brands marketed simultaneously...
...Now, in the late '60's, Gulf was pretty particular about pump/brand imaging...usually (if not always) if one of these signs was found on a pump, the pump in question was a short chrome-top G.O.C. spec pump (made by Wayne, Bennett, Southwest, et cetera) - basically the same silhouette but with little variations, primarily nozzle fork, on/off switch...from 50 feet they look the same...
...OK, assuming you want the pump to look like it did back in the day, the pump would be solid white with a blue base...I have a photocopy of Gulf pump specs from the late '60's...maybe I can find it and post it for you...
...Now, if you have a DIFFERENT sign than the one mentioned above, you need to forget about restoring that pump and sell me the sign!!
[This message has been edited by gulfiend! (edited 02-01-2006).]
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