The owner that redid this Boyle and Dayton did custom things to it but I think it was because of 2 reasons.
1 he was doing it during the early-mid 80s and there wern't many reproduction parts at the time and I figure he could not find the original parts at that time either.
2 I think he liked 'nautical' things and this pump kinda looks like a light house to me.
He kept most of all the parts on the inside and covered them with repop skins that are a good thick high quality sheet metal.
I've been trying to figure out what I'm gonna do with the pump and I've decided to re-do the pump and up the customization to make this thing droul worthy.
I understand both sides of this debate and agree with both sides and I have my own personal rules that I follow when it comes to stock vs. custom.
I will go custom to this one because it was already done but my Erie 77a that is a original Chevron Supreme pump, I am NOT going to touch except to get more of the many layers of paint and concrete off of the original decals and pieces that are abundant on this pump. I really hope that the person that gets the 77 either keeps it the way it is or that they do a full on restoration back to Chevron Supreme, but I don't have the right to tell them what to do with their pump, I can only heavilly sugest it.
I personally would take a pump back to original if it was a rare pump like a Godshalk (there is one for sale on Spokane CL right now that is killing me that I can't go get it
http://spokane.craigslist.org/clt/3691728480.html ) or the many others that were made in the teens and 20s that aren't hardly seen anymore but a pump like my B&D, there are many amazing stock examples that people have done out there (look at the amazing job that Craig Osbeck did on the !4! that he has or the many others that have been pictured on here) so, I don't feel obligated to take it back to that.
BUT IT'S ALL JUST MY OPINION and it's fun to share and see the amazing jobs everyone is doing wether it is custom or stock.
