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#171381 Fri Jan 22 2010 11:52 PM
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This "box" came with the Southwest OK7 I got this week. It was pretty rusty, and still has some pits inside lower left of pic. Was this possibly being used as a price box, or, what is it?
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Was it attached to pump ? Inside or outside ?
What is the size ?

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Dick, I bought the pump in a disassembled condition, and this was with it. I bead blasted it tonight, but it was in approx. the same condition as the rest of the rusted parts. It measures 5.5" x 6" x 2". The tab at the top/right corner has a 3/8 hole through it, which is the size of the tierods and another rod that came with the pump. The cast plates that go on the cylinder use 9 tierods, but there were 11 different rods taped together. I don't know what the 2 extra ones are for.

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Just a guess:
to hold a Receipt Book for local users who would charge gas & be billed @ end of month [local hardware, plumbing & meat mkt here still have charge acctounts].

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Originally Posted By: Dick Bennett
Just a guess:
to hold a Receipt Book for local users who would charge gas & be billed @ end of month [local hardware, plumbing & meat mkt here still have charge acctounts].

When I was traveling over the xmas holiday I stopped at an old gas station in a little town and saw a notebook on the counter with names and amounts handwritten in it. I asked the attendant about it and he said he allows some businesses and individuals to charge their gas. I was shocked that someone would still do this. He said a lot of them were from snowmobile clubs that would make small purchases and settle up at the end of the month.
John


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