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I have a chance to purchase this can someone please tell me what this is
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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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Some kind of scale tank.possibly a toy or salesman sample?Pretty cool though!
Last edited by oldnfuelish; Sat Jan 28 2012 06:47 PM.
Looking for gas,oil related clocks,especially neon and spinners .clock repair available. Mick
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they said you open the door and there is a small greese gun inside could it have been toping off oil in a car located by a gas pump
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its 31 inches long 15 inches tall 20 inches wide
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 Well not sure,but something like this,doesn't look like something out by an island.Might have been on a truck
Last edited by oldnfuelish; Sat Jan 28 2012 07:07 PM.
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you might be wright on a salesman sample
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on the STL craigslist, the guy is fishing for the best offer. cash talks so he/she says
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Last edited by oldnfuelish; Sat Jan 28 2012 07:07 PM.
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Well a nicely made part of a pedal car, or a display for a tank maker like Butler or McDonald. i think the fill holes would be a gave away, if they cast I would lean to a scale from a tank builder. If they are press steel then I would lean to a good sheet metal fabricator making something for his or her kid.
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Whoever made it, it looks pretty good!
Heres a picture of the complete unit on the back of an old truck!
Quite a bit bigger but I suppose they were made in 2-3-or 4 compartments!
Last edited by K W FRITH; Sat Jan 28 2012 08:36 PM.
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I've seen a scale model of tanks in some of the old Morrison Bros. photos I have. It wouldn't be odd at all for the tank if it was a model to be seperate from the truck. Most of the tank companies sold the tank and sent it to a local dealer to have installed.
I have invoices for all of the trucks that the Iowa Oil Company used from the 20's and 30's. Everyone has a seperate Morrison Bros. invoice attached to the original truck paperwork. The would modify the mountings, etc depending if it was a Mack, IH, Graham, Dodge, etc.
McDonald didn't make tanks as all, they bought them from Morrison down the street in Dubuque.
If you get it and it's marked Morrison, let me know.
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Could be wrong but it does look like a small scale down salesman sample. Rear cabinet looks just like what was on the old delivery tankers and they would have a grease gun with fittings for attaching to tanks or drums.Oldgoaly Right about the fill holes on top .
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