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while in the middle of my island project, i took on another job. have a friend who wanted a pump, but was looking to get into one on the cheap, so i made him a good deal on this gilbarco 1000 series i had out back. it had been brought to me a few yrs ago complewtely gutted with intentions to put a TV inside. soon after it arrived, the owner passed away & the family did not want it back, so it has sat here for about 15 yrs. heres what i started with:





i dug thru the "junk" boxes & found enough parts to make it presentable again, but had to improvise & hand fabricate alot of parts to keep it cheap. i made a sight glass block off plate from an old globe block off, made the brackets to hold a computer but the trickiest part was making a nozzle rest as it has a shut off handle passing thru it. heres where its at now;

Looks good!

Agreed!

Man that's very nice work

Where did you get the curved glass? Nice work..

curved glasses came from past gas, but think pergl is the one who makes them.

put a few shiny pieces on today. hope to get the lower doors painted first of the week & have it ready to go on the 4th. its heading to NC. just feels strange working on a pump this "new". i drug a few of these home years ago, mainly when buying old pumps & had to take everything or nothing. i would clean them up & when someone came along that wanted a pump but couldn't afford one, i would give them one of these. i was in my early 20's then & could barely afford what i bought & had to pass on alot i couldn't afford, so felt their pain a little bit.

Looks great, well done!

Wally

all buttoned up now except for painting the lower doors & putting the decals on. i'm impressed with how these look lit up.

got this finished up & delivered. was so busy that i forgot to get a pic after it was completed. new owner sent me this after he got it home & set up.

Turned out great!

Very nice and great workmanship. Id say he is very excited to have it.

Any REGULAR guy would be all fired up to own that pump. It does look fantastic lit up. Bears no resemblance to the shell of a pump you had at the start of it all.

thanks guys! i was very happy with the way it turned out. i wasnt too exited at first to do one of the "space helmet" pumps but as i got into it, really had fun with it. now i'm back to finishing up the island project & maybe i'll get back on my 36B i've had apart for a few years...

oh, the new owner was thrilled with it. i set the meter price at 36 cents, which was the average price of a gallon in 1970, so it matched up with his mustang in the background.