It does have that effect on people; now I just need to find a pump to go underneath it! LOL

I had a 492 a few years ago that had that identical set up. Never seen another one until now. On mine it looked like it was retro-fitted after the fact.

A few items for me:

I bought all those items yesterday at the ciney retromoteur show

a rare texaco airplane can



a caltex aircraft oil can for motorcycle



a large caltex bucket for 10 €





three ford oil can for 5 € for the three



an amoco can



a nice mobiloil can

Hello All,
Here are a few of my better buys of the last couple weeks....Each of these deals started out with a single purchase on eBay that turned into a better deal! I have a habit of always asking sellers if they have any other like items they are planning on auctioning and if so, I would be interested in an outside deal if they are willing. First off is the Marathon globes. I purchased the Super M lens and asked the seller if he had anything else...low and behold he had a pair of Mile Makers that I ended up buying. The man was super to deal with. The Super M was notched for glass while the Mile Maker was made for a Capco. The National ad glass matches my deco globe. I think they will look great displayed together. It was a good Marathon week!
Same thing on the pair of Mobil banners. The seller listed one but had the other for a future auction. We ended up making a deal on the second one, which is obviously a different version than I originally won. These came out of a 1930s Mobil station in Nebraska that the original owner's son still owns. I love items with a history like this. In the original location for over 70 years!
Darin

Very cool deal Darin. I like the globes and the story of where the ad glass came from. I got a call from a gentleman this past weekend that may have some rare pieces including a globe for my collection. He too comes from a family tradition of owning service stations and I like picking up vintage pieces that have some history behind them.

Thanks for the pictures!

I love this! Got it today.

General Tire Porcelain
Big Firestone Porcelain
Sunray Mid Continent Porcelain
A little ruff--But the price was right!

Summer is here, the buys are starting to pick up again. Seems harder for me to actually find stuff in the winter.

...a National A that I picked up last week, from the end of 1935...the bottom of the dial faces are hinged, to allow access to the computer, which has a side totalizer...

neat a-1 you got there. never seen 1 with 2 piece side panels before. chris

...thanks Chris, but it's an A, not an A-1...the A had an external sight glass; the A-1 had the internal sight glass in the dial face trim...hell, I didn't even know the A's existed - until I found this one, and looked it up in Jack's book...

Great gulfiend! Now I have a new pump for the wish list! NICE ONE!

That A is Killer I didn't know am A existed It is KOOL!!!!

good garage sales/flea markets this weekend..

some maps...........

found lots of oil cans !

best find was this old toy truck. Looks like it was homemade. very cool imo.