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I think this next pump always has a bad rep. Most people don't like them because they are just too heavy and not real pretty to look at but I like the way this one turned out. I currently own one of these pre-visibles and plan on doing mine in a very similar paint theme....by the way the pinstripes are painted on not vinyl. I like to paint then clear them so there are no edges, feels nice and smooth once it is sanded and polished.

Yup another clock owned by Jim again. The bennett was mine.




the short tokheim was mine too. I re painted it and sold it to the owner of the dealership where I work for his private collection.



well thats all for today. See ya tomorrow.

Wow!!! Lots of Great Pumps!!!!

TUESDAY HOW ABOUT SOME MORE....

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I had this pump all put together and delivered when the new owner decided that he wanted white doors instead.

This tokheim has a little story behind it. I drove past this pump one summer day while going through Jackson. It sat out by the road in front of a very run down old farm house. I pulled in and some mean junkyard dogs on long chains came at me but they didn't quite make it to the pump so I stepped up to take a closer look.
The pump was shot it didn't have a straight piece of sheetmetal on it. It looked like it had been run into by a truck or tractor. This thing was bad. I had 100.00 on me and thought that was too much but that is what I was willing to go up to if I could get it.
So the dogs are barking like crazy and some guy comes out of the house looking the part of the old dirt farmer. This poor guy looked worse than the farmhouse he was living in. He spits somw chew and asks me what I need. I ask if he would like to sell his pump and he asks me what I think its worth. I smile because I'm thinking not a whole hell of a lot but I say maybe 75.00.
He smiles now and I can see a whole lot of really bad teeth and he says that he has turned down offers for 300.00. I tell him that I could give him 100.00 cash if he'd like to get rid of it today and he says no thanks and just stares at me.
I thank him for his time hop into my truck and leave.
Another year later I happen to go by his place again and the pump is gone. I figure oh well if someone was crazy enough to give him 300.00 for it good for them.
Some time goes by and I visit an antique mall in the town of Stockbridge and to my total surprise there sits that pump. The asking price? 100.00. I had driven my car to the anitque store that day and my wife was with me. I saw that pump and told her it was coming home with me. I paid 100.00 for it and proceeded to load it into the trunk of my car. As my wife and I were tipping the thing top first into my trunk an old man who happened to be a vendor at the mall walks up and asks what do I want with that wreck? I tell him that I'm going to restore it and he shakes his head and says why do that? I tell him so I can re-sell it and make some money. He says Well I don't see how. (OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH)
I spent weeks hammering the metal straight and smoothing with filler but here is the end result. I only regret that I didn't take any before pictures.


this is probably the worst pump I have ever done!! it was shot.

Tucker--I recently aquired a G&B 65 just like the one you have pictured and I was wondering about color schemes when I saw your post! Looks great, so I printed out the picture of the pump all done up and I plan to do mine pretty much the same way with your permission, of course! Thank you--KEVIN

Very cool! I don't mind a bit. If you'd like I may be able to dig up some better pics. I tried not to go overboard with the pics in my post so I didin't scan all of my photos. It is good to know someone out ther likes my work or may be inspired to do one of there own based on something they have seen.
When I posted these pics on the other channel a guy saw my blue to silver RichField paint job and painted two of his pumps with a fade. They looked great. Show some pics of yours when you get it done!!
My wife always shakes her head when I look at a pump because she knows I'm thinking about how I would want it painted. I can usually get an idea in my head pretty quickly once I see one because I'm not worried about doing absolute correct museum restorations. Just have fun with it. I really have enjoyed using different pearl powders in the last few pumps I have done, they just look great when the sun hits them. They seem to glow. Still having fun just not as much as I used to.

Love the pics! Keep them coming! That is what this great site is all about!

WEDNESDAY. MORE PICS ON THE WAY....






According to the serial number this 36b was supposed to be a station lighter. I purchased two of these pumps at the same time and they both had the same flat style tops. I have only seen one other like it. I have looked in a lot of books and have not seen pictures of a 36b with this top. Looks strange to me. They both had square holes in them so I welded the square hole shut and cut in a circle for the globe holder and light bulb to get the end result. This is a picture of the one I re painted. The other one I sold about a year ago un-restored.

wow!man you have done a lifetime worth of stuff in half the time.great pics !!

I used to be able to come home from work grab a sandwich and head out to the garage until 12 or 1am. Can't do that too much anymore. I'm only 41 but now I have kids and a house that needs a lot of work so pumps have kinda taken a back seat.
I can relate to that Toby Keith song "I aint as good as I once was, but I'm as good once as I ever was".

Great stuff for sure! My favorite thread on here.