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I bought an old drill press and it was mounted to a round (maybe 2' in diameter)cast iron base that is marked CONOCO in the casting. It also has about a six foot pole attached.

Is this worth getting a picture of and putting on the classified or should I just use it as a boat anchor?

Thanks, Fritz

i would say its worth posting a pic of cause lots of guys like conoco.not worth a mint but yes you should be able to get something for it if you are going to sell.also put it on for sale in the forum. mick

The first thing I did when I got into this hobby was buy out a Marathon jobber, but before he became a Marathon jobber he was a Conoco jobber. He sold me everything he had, I just had to go out and walk his property to find it.
I found frames that held Conoco signs, but one day I found some four sided bases that had the Conoco logo and the Conoco name on each of the four sides. These, I found out later, were the bases of the tall poles at Conoco stations. Today, they are in somebodys collection.
Anything that has the name of the oil company on it is collectible, put it on this site, somebody will want it.

Jack Sim

I would be interested in it being that I need one.

Thanks for the replies. I'll get couple of photos & get it on the for sale forum. fritz