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I finally got my first pump home this week, and have been cleaning/inspecting it over the weekend. The ID plate at the reset handle says "Gilbarco Calco-Meter", "Model 96C1L", "Serial 976329" along with the other standard information such as the patent nos. Is there any way to tell what date this pump would have been made and originally placed in service? Which companies would have used this model, and were there any brands that would not have used it? It currently has Phillips 66 ad glass and decals with red and green paint, but I know there is blue paint beneath the red. I've ordered a couple of books that have not arrived yet, so I don't have any other source of information at this point. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

Welcome. According to Jack's book, this series was produced from 1938-1940, in different configurations. I've never had a way to detect which exact date it was manufactured, nor have I thought much about it? Most of these pumps that we have in stock were used by some branch of Standard Oil. If your pump shows some blue paint, it might have been as well? Good luck, Paul www.severngaspumps.com

I think your pump is from the late 30's and was used by Standard according to paint under the Phillips 66 paint. However any company could have used this pump. It wasn't made for a specific company.

According to Gasoline Pump Blue Book that serial no should be 1948.
This book shows it ran from 1938 to 1951. A lot of these were Esso Pumps(Standard Oil of N.J.) I bought two of these that still had tags attached to the frames that said "Property of Standard Oil of N.J. If you have that tag it was definitely a ESSO Pump.

Doug,
Thanks for the info. I haven't even looked for a tag on the frame, but I'm going to head out to the shop and look for one. What part of the frame would it be on?

You probably need the side panels off to see it but it was mounted to one of the four frame uprights. looks like an ID tag and was either held on with twist wire or rivets I don't remember. I think they were on the lower half of the frame.

Standard Oil has some sort of relationship with G&B, so like everybody has said, it is likely to be a Standard pump.



However, it IS about 60 years old, so it could very well have a colorful history. Pumps were sold, stations re-brand, pumps even wind up on farms. There is no way to tell, with out a careful removal of the paint to find out whats underneath, to say who originaly owned that pump.

I haven't had the side panels off yet -- just the two "front" panels. I just looked for an ID tag on the frame, but didn't see one. I'll look again when I have the side panels off for the restoration.

I actually think this pump ended up on a farm pumping diesel. I don't really care about making this pump "original", but I don't want to do it in something that is obviously wrong. I'm thinking about making it a Sohio pump, which seems like it would be period correct for this pump. I would be interested in buying an original Sohio Supreme or Sohio X-Tane globe if anyone has one for sale.

Doug is correct with his info on the pump.

For more information about your pump see:

http://www.petrolianacollectibles.com/gilbarco%2096.htm

Jack Sim