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Posted By: gulfiend! Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Mon Mar 11 2019 03:14 AM
...was the Tokheim 850 dome produced in both cast iron and stamped steel?...
Posted By: 57-Chevy Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Mon Mar 11 2019 02:20 PM
Yes
Posted By: gulfiend! Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Mon Mar 11 2019 03:22 PM
...thanks - I thought so, but wasn't sure if my memory was just playing tricks on me...
Posted By: tbuckles Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Mon Mar 11 2019 05:08 PM
Although that is correct, I've never seen a cast iron top on a known perfectly original common 850. The only ones that I know for sure that used the cast iron top was the twins. But then again that only means I've not seen everything..lol.
Tom.
Posted By: 57-Chevy Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Mon Mar 11 2019 06:36 PM
A friend found one last year at Dixie in with some other parts. Miles has had a few. I also saw a single 850 at Hershey last year with the cast iron top.
Posted By: tbuckles Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Tue Mar 12 2019 12:27 AM
It's a long story but at least one cast iron top originally came from a bulk house in eastern North Carolina, went to Indiana then to Florida then to Dixie then to Miles then to Long Island New York....oh heck it's been around....lol
Posted By: Tico man Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Fri Mar 15 2019 12:09 AM
I have one from a pump that was never taken apart.....nerver saw another one...Tom
Posted By: Fueluser Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Fri Mar 15 2019 11:47 PM
I have one on my 850...... unmolested until I took it apart. Just as an aside .... it didn't have the light reflectors. John
Posted By: KZ1000 Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Sat Mar 16 2019 03:24 PM
This is the first pump I got after running a free ad in a small paper back around 1989, Its 100% original, chain driven pump mechanism still works. Cast iron top, roller nozzle was on it, the old man called me a week later and said I forgot the sightglass on the wood pile, bonus find, with original tag to complete the pump.

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Posted By: gulfiend! Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Sat Mar 16 2019 06:17 PM
...that's a beauty, Rick...
Posted By: tbuckles Re: Tokheim 850 dome variations? - Wed Mar 20 2019 01:36 AM
Very cool, thanks for sharing Rick. I'm guessing since it's a chain drive then maybe the cast iron tops were only on the very early ones. No matter what the cast iron top is rare.
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