I would like to respond to the post that they use of lead was done at the factory. A few years ago I wrote an article about the Tokheim 39 gas pump. One of the things I did was to determine how many Tokheim 39s they made. It took a while, but I came up with over 125,000 39s. I cannot see any of the four large pump companies, Bennett, Bowser, Tokheim and Wayne paying someone to lead fill a hole in a door, when all they had to do was stamp out a brand new one. Almost every state had at least one company rebuilding used pumps. The assumption that any pump you have spent its entire live in one station is wrong. The used pumps business was so large that I have been working on an article for "Check the Oil" magazine explaining the business. I don't know who did that to the doors you have, but I have owned over 200 gas pumps and I have never seen anything like that.

Jack Sim


Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.com
Air Meter ID book also available