As a contributor to OG for over 25 years I am always amazed at the first time collectors wanting to restore their first pump back to the original company that first supplied the gas that first came out of the nozzle. While I don't have a problem with this, consider pumps were treated just like used cars, they passed down thru the service station business. When the large oil companies purchased new pumps they traded in the old ones, the used pump business was a very large business. Restore your pump to whatever company you want to, but I will say that most B-D pumps carried Calif. oil companies colors.
B-D pumps were probably in more movies than any other company's pumps, why, they were made in L.A., and more B-D pumps were sold in Calif, and most movies made in the 1930s were made in Calif.
Now your pump, it is pictured on page 112 of my Gas Pump ID book and some literature is available.
Jack Sim
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
