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#30006 Tue Jan 31 2006 05:56 PM
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just curious as to the most popular oil brand when it comes to restoring pumps.

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Probably Texaco. Mobil, Shell, and Sinclair are probably close seconds.

Wes

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I HAVE:
3-MOBILGAS (1 IS MARINE)
1-TEXACO
1-LION
1-RICHFIELD
1-GULF
1-PHILLIPS 66
1-CALSO
1-AMOCO
1-SINCLAIR
1-FLYING "A"

EXCEPT FOR THE LION, THESE ARE ALL EAST COAST BRANDS AT ONE TIME.

DOC @ TAG/WEST


DOC @ THE AMERICAN GARAGE
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A few years ago, it was ANY pump that was painted red [TEXACO, MOBIL etc.]. But now I think it is leaning towards the Black, Green, Orange or Yellow painted brands [Gilmore, Polly, Shell, Gulf etc.].
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4 Texaco Two red, two silver. Am giving serious thought to doing apump basd on colors. Polly, Gilmore,other great colors.


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#30011 Tue Jan 31 2006 08:32 PM
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someday i will finish my gulf marine... blue and white... m&s80.. plain and simple. red and white pumps are a dime a dozen with polly colors right behind. BUT... do em' anyway you feel... hmmmmmmmmm... kinda partial to the red and cream scheme too... hmmmmm... who did that...

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I'm guessing D-X, but I have been wrong before.
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Hey kmann, how about a cream and red Wayne 50A show case with a bearcat globe. One day soon. I think mobil texaco shell but out on the west coast you see alot of polly and richfield. I think it depends on your area. Richard

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Customers are ordering pumps both restored & reproduction in Texaco (Star & Firechief) about 4 to 1 to any other brand. Next would be Mobil, then probably Pollygas.

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Just depends what you intend to do with the restored pump...If you intend to keep it, paint it whatever color/scheme you like best. If you intend to sell the finished product, TEXACO (painted in Dodge Viper red) is always a good choice. Last year I restored 26 pumps, and have already done 3 this year. My best sellers are Polly (3 color) and Gilmore (4 color)..Another thing about selling restored pumps,,,folks on the left coast really don't want east coast/midwest brands. They want to stick to the west coast brands they are familiar with....Warren

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Here is a shot of a pump I did in Marathon with my own color scheme. I wanted a pump with diffeent colors instead of red, and white and blue.

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go git' em' gator... i think those colors are class !!!... i got to check some of the pump archives on this site... the one i saw might have been either a gilmore or on the dx as ken said... sorry squick.. i can't pull that pic up here at work.. not your fault... some are blocked out here.... check it out when i git' home..

kmann

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Nice resto!
I like those Canadian GB's with the extra crome.
thanks for the peek.
Claes

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From reading these posts, guess I am the only guy who has a Sunoco pump. When I first started collection pumps, I always said I was not going to do Texaco - EVERYBODY HAS TEXACO PUMPS ! Then I said - not gonna do a Mobil pump - EVERYBODY HAS A MOBIL PUMP ! I am going to do my tall 39 in Texaco(thinking about red and CREME), and I will probably do a pump up in Mobil as well. I want one of EACH BRAND ! Brady

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1Petrofan. I may get flamed for saying this. On the one hand I believe people should be able to paint their pumps whatever they want....but, (you knew that was coming) I am enough of a purist to encourage you to paint it a true Texaco red and not add the other colors. Whenever I see a two toned or a green, even the trim, Texaco gas pump. In the back of my mind I still say, "that's not original" Please take this comment in the spirit for which it is ment. I screwed up on my Texaco pumps and didn't paint the bases black and it still bugs me. Good luck with your project, whatever color(s) it ends up.


Alex
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