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I have just aquired my second old gas pump; a Wayne 100A with Firestone sight glass. The window glass is broken on both sides, but otherwise in pretty good shape. It's still hooked up and runs!! My question is, I'm not very familiar with the Firestone logo associated with gas pumps. Is there anywhere I could go and see what the color schemes were? Any other information regarding this model would be appreciated.

Thanks.

Firestone service centers were such a big thing in 1940, that they had WAYNE design a special pump for them, the 72-R. It looks like big foot squashed a WAYNE 60, approx. 4 1/2ft tall X 6ft wide.
SEARS was another that had service centers that sold gas & everything else you could get at regular gas stations.

I'm sure that when you start removing paint, you will see the original colors & decals that are on your pump.

As DB said, Firestone had pumps out front of just about every store they had. Not a lot of pumps are restored back to Firestone, it seems everyone wants to match their pump to an oil company, but it also seems that many guys are looking for something different. So...why not restore it back to Firestone. Your display doesn't have to look like a service station, just make it look like a Firestone Store.
Jack Sim
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I have never seen a gas pump at a Firestone store. Hopefully if your pump is complete you avoid the temptation to gut it and restore the whole pump.

As a kid I vividly remember the big Firestone store here in Richmond Va. The building did recapping , service and remained in business until about two years ago. I used to get the tires for my wrecker there. Meanwhile, there were two pumps there in front and sold gasoline . The pumps were a very dark Royal Blue. Ed shaver

Thanks all for the feedback. I chipped away a couple layers of paint last night and did find a dark blue which appears to be the original paint.

Does anyone know if the paint used on these older pumps is lead based? Just curious before I start sanding away.

Thanks again for your comments, much appreciated!!

very good chance it is lead based.best to wear a resperator in any case.

more than likely , its lead paint. Generally all paint manufactured prior to about 1970 is leaded paint. This especially goes for paints that were used in industrial or automotive situations. Ed Shaver