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Ive been looking thru the old topics and have not seen much about Pure oil products. Does anyone know who created the Pure Firebird and when? Possibly the early 60s? I always thought it was a cool image!

First of all, welcome to the best darn petro site on the web. I dont know anything about Pure, or much else for that matter, But I thought you might like this....
http://www.gassigns.org/pure.htm

Hold tight, maybe some of the other guys could tell you some....

Pure introduced Firebird Regular and Firebird Super in 1961 replacing the Pure Pep and Pure Premium brand names. Firebird branding lasted until 1970. My theory on this name rebranding is the heating up of the "horsepower wars". Notice how the timeline coincides with the Muscle Car era. I think Pure's AD guys were looking for a more potent name for fueling up the SS Impalas, 409s, and Max Wedge engines. The plastic pump plates were used until 1965 and when needing replaced, a decal was used.

Great info Gary I always wondered about the Firebird Logo.......When I worked for Pure/76 they were replacing the
Firebird with the 76 ball....
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REX LIKES PURE/76

Thanks everyone for all the input, I especially like the maps w\gas stations on them. I have a few myself, matter of fact I have an unusual Standard of Indiana chicago hywy. map Iwould love to post on COTM Standard of Indiana thread, wondered if any of you have said item. Need help posting though, still new tocomputers. I do love the smell of high octane fuel burning in H.O. engines, never get tired of it!!
-Scott-

Hoodchicken:

You gotta a Pontiac Firebird? 'Cuz a nice 300 with the Firebird plaques on it would look killer next to one.

Oh - and if you need any T/A or Formula parts, give me a shout. I got tons.

Later . . .

Jim




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T-way:
The hoodchicken on our T/A is pulling 24 hr. gaurd duty over our pumps, one of which includes a wayne 505 that in time will be wearing the red&white Pure firebird paint scheme. Ilove that short Bennett pump i've seen on another post. Is that Chris Holts pump? Thanx too for the parts offer, Imay take you up on that soon!!!
-Scott-

Scott:

It might be Chris' pump. I'm not sure which post you mean. He has a short Bennet done up in Mohawk sitting in his 'Man Cave'.

I am going to be picking up (another) Tokheim 300 in a week or so. I may be looking to move it without going to the trouble of re-doing it (if you're interested).

And I have to stop at an old farm that has a matching pair of 39's or 300's sitting in the yard. I haven't taken the time to stop yet since I'm not gonna pull them in the mud.

BTW - I got lots of parts for Second Generation Firebirds, and a bit of First and Third Gen stuff if you need anything. I'm looking at getting rid of ALL of it shortly - so if you need anything, let me know and I'll look.

Later . . .

Jim




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Posting pictures on here is AS easy as emailing them.
Use the HELP link at bottom of page.
DB

Pure is once again being marketed in my area.It is nice to see the Pure sign back up at stations. I was surprised to see the Firebird back on the pumps. Brady

Hoodchicken I do have a Bennett 966 and it is a Pure Firebird done in Red and White, theres a Mohawk Globe next to it though I think thats what Jim is thinking of. The Bennetts are nice pumps to restore, and the Pure paint job looks great In my opinion. someday I will do another 966 in Pure I'll just do it in blue and white It'll look great next to the red and white one .

Hood Chicken, I will be listing a nice Bennett 966 on E-bay on Sunday evening. I live closeby in Cedar Lake,IN so please take a look.

John

The mid-south Jobbers Association bought the rights to use the Pure logo from Union 76 when they sold all their eastern interest.
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REX LIKES PURE/76

I just saw this on Ebay...don't know what pump it is from.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-PURE-Gasolin...1QQcmdZViewItem

John F:

Those glass panels almost look like they'd fit my 505. Never seen any around here like that. Rex mentioned the market in the So.East I wonder if those are for a much newer pump? Thanx for posting, interesting!