For the most part, we customize almost every pump we restore to some degree. Even though most of mine are restored to an original theme, I'm pretty sure they never came from the factory with base/clear paint, polished fittings and nozzles, powder coated bases, and mirror polished stainless trim. I have plans to customize one into a display cabinet for my Texaco die cast planes that I am going to use a fantasy Texaco Aviation globe on. I'm looking for one that is incomplete to do that with as I wouldn't want to mess up a perfect pump or one that is super rare and valuable to do that sort of thing to. But hey, I say do whatever trips your trigger......most of the time you could redo it back to original if you wanted to anyway unless it was a full on George Barris type job with Caddilac tail fins welded on it or something.......
