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#101675
Mon May 17 2004 02:17 PM
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Hey Guys (and Gals),
New to the vintage gas station collector hobby but I think I may be off to a great start. At a yard sale over the weekend I found a restored original gas pump. Here is what it is;
Gilebert & Barker
Truemeter (looks like a watch face)
With the globe light its at least 7 feet tall.
Its red and green.
Has what I can only describe as 2 tiers...the shape is like two rectangles stacked in each other with the top one being smaller.
Its original for sure...and has been restored. What is this thing worth? I paid $550.
Any help would help so I can prove to my wife that I am not a fool!
TC
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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.
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#101676
Mon May 17 2004 05:22 PM
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yo tc: post a picture and the oil animals will nail it for you.
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#101677
Mon May 17 2004 06:29 PM
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Youre not a fool...you got a good deal. Its my dream to find one of those at a yard sale..I would have probably paid more than yo u did too...can i post a picture for you? i am sure everyone wants to see it. Thanks
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Hubba the GAS GEEK , OIL FREAK of Shoreline WA
Hubba: GAS GEEK , OIL FREAK of Seattle WA
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#101678
Mon May 17 2004 07:04 PM
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Hi TC,
Sounds like a G&B model TM on page 181 of "An Illustrated Guide to Gas Pumps" by Jack Sim. If that is true, you paid less than half the book value for a complete unrestored pump. Nice looking pump. Get the book.
We can't help you with the wife thinking you are crazy. Some of the rest of us are working though that one too. Some wives just don't see the beauty in this stuff. Some wives do, and they are married to very lucky husbands.
Send Hubba or me a picture and we will post it for you.
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Jim "Oldgas" Potts
Your host and moderator
Jim "Oldgas" Potts
Your host and moderator
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#101679
Wed May 19 2004 03:30 PM
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I have the pics...where should I email them?
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#101680
Wed May 19 2004 03:38 PM
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TC,
Email the picture to me and I'll post it later tonight.
Bob
Lastgas15@aol.com
Wanted: Gas pump globes:Sinclair & affiliates, IL companies. Ripple bodies. Anything Sinclair, Stoll, Pierce, 4 Bros. http://www.lastgas15.com/
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