|
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 143
Petro Enthusiast
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 143 |
What type of pumps do you have? Visibles, electric ??
Last edited by Gasoline George; Fri Sep 09 2016 06:02 PM.
|
|
|
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.
|
|
|
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,040 Likes: 9
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Jul 2004
Posts: 1,040 Likes: 9 |
I've gone full circle on this topic. When I first started I wanted to gut every pump I bought and do them up with repop plates and globes and throw two different colors of paint on them. A few years later, it could kick myself for taking a couple pumps and removing the aged patina to do it up to make it look like new. I've said it before, my friends do not understand how I can not do up my more recent finds like I did up my earlier pumps, but I couldn't be happier leaving them like I find them, guts and all. Brady
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54
Active Member
|
OP
Active Member
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54 |
Well im not an expert on these but I believe they are all electric. None have any large areas where you can see the gas being pumped. the 1930 has the clock face for the gallons. Several others range from 1950 to 1960.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 7,791 Likes: 10
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Nov 2000
Posts: 7,791 Likes: 10 |
I like the comment "if needed they could all pump gas again." About once a month I get a email asking me if I know where they can get gaskets for their old pumps.
Inside the pump and the meter is about one gallon of the worse smelling old gas. Sell this pump to someone, he puts it in his family room, somebody decided to turn the pulley and out comes the gas. That is why I never sold a pump with the guts still in them.
Jack Sim
Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.comAir Meter ID book also available
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,683 Likes: 13
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2000
Posts: 1,683 Likes: 13 |
IMHO guts in electric pumps will always be worthless, never had a soul in over 20 years of collecting ever want to look inside of one. Like everyone said, do what you want. I personally will never pay more for a pump with guts. I'll still gut every one I get. It's the first thing I do when they are unloaded at shop. The beauty to me will always be the external cabinet. To each his own I guess, just have fun!
KJV Psalms 16:11
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,044 Likes: 147
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 4,044 Likes: 147 |
One reason I gut my pumps is I have limited space so I use the pumps with swing open or lift off doors as storage.
I likeShell
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,670 Likes: 48
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,670 Likes: 48 |
Guts are a great hidden theft deterrent as well.All mine have shown me that.
Collecting Vintage Sunoco
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54
Active Member
|
OP
Active Member
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54 |
Makes them very heavy with the guts indeed.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,871 Likes: 49
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 1,871 Likes: 49 |
I let the pump tell me what should be done. There is point that the condition dictates what should be done. The ones that are badly in disrepair deserve to have a second life so I restore them. I have pumps restored but most are as they were found. Those are just cleaned up and allowed to be as is. When I do restore them I usually gut them because they end up in our great room which makes it some what easier to handle.
But it is what you want, pretty simple.
Have gas all the time
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54
Active Member
|
OP
Active Member
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54 |
I appreciate all the comments and a bit surprised it is more of a hot topic than i expected.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,304 Likes: 27
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: May 2012
Posts: 4,304 Likes: 27 |
Its been asked so many times. My opinion is I leave the guts in all pumps period.
Braden Splichal
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 360
Petro Enthusiast
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 360 |
All I can say is I have never been inspired to buy a pump because of what was inside. But as of lately I haven't gutted any, can't say why I just haven't....
Always looking for Frontier and Beeline items.
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,670 Likes: 48
Veteran Member
|
Veteran Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,670 Likes: 48 |
And once their gone,they're gone.
Collecting Vintage Sunoco
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54
Active Member
|
OP
Active Member
Joined: Sep 2016
Posts: 54 |
If only new gas pumps looked as good, had as much detail as the old pumps. Wonder if anyone would ever collect a more recent pump. I know I probably would not.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 842 Likes: 48
Petro Enthusiast
|
Petro Enthusiast
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 842 Likes: 48 |
If you're selling them, leave the guts. They're only good for scrap and the work and mess involved to remove them is not worth your time and effort.
|
|
|
|
|