Your pump is in unusually good original condition...I agree with 'cans and stuff', except I'd go a little further...with some rubbing compound, wax, and a little elbow grease you could probably rub a lot of that dead paint off and bring it back to a rather surprising level of gloss...you could polish the dial faces with some Soft Scrub and wax, take the sight glasses off and clean them and the spinners, replace the missing hose guard rail, run some new wiring so the globe and ad glass will light up, get the aforementioned ad glass, globe and signs and you'd have a pretty sweet deal!
...plus, you could always completely restore the pump down the road if you chose to...for now, you will save a LOT of money, as signs, ad glass and a globe (all original) with a little wear would cost significantly less than a complete restoration...and here's the best part:
Your pump will be basically authentic and original...in my opinion, that's a plus in collecting circles...
...just my two cents worth - if I had that pump that's what I'd do...
...if you decide to go that route, I have a pretty nice Fire-Chief sign that would look perfect on that pump...just enough wear...major vendors that do lots of restorations (like Vic's Place, or Severn Gas Pumps) probably have used ad glass that's too good to throw out, but too weathered to use on a complete restoration, that they could hook you up with for not much cash...Texaco would be a great choice as Texaco collectors are legion, and there are a lot of used parts out there...
...Good Luck!!
