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Can anyone help me date this photo any better then the 20s ?
Thanks Doug
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Doug, This looks to be the globe on the near pump. And the background pump globe, which says Liberty, is dated the same. Globe CD says 1928-1930. You know these fellows?
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Steve Coppens Always interested in Sunoco items! Really want a Sunoco National pump ad glass!!
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Thanks Steve No just found it on ebay. I'm collecting Dixie now, it's from my home town. I was hoping this photo was taken in the 20s ? I can't find a lot of info on Dixie yet. The pumps look very old. Very hard getting back into collecting when all I did was Texaco for almost 20 years. Thanks for adding the photos. ; )
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Lonnie Hop did a Company Of The Month feature on Dixie Distributors in the showcase forum several years ago.
Wanted: Gas pump globes:Sinclair & affiliates, IL companies. Ripple bodies. Anything Sinclair, Stoll, Pierce, 4 Bros. http://www.lastgas15.com/
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So Dixie Oil Co. was formed in Kalamazoo Mi. I was told Ann Arbor, Mi
Matt Thanks for the link !!! Awesome information and photos.
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The pumps are Dayton 200s. They were hand-operated blind pumps. Dayton started to make them in 1923, so the picture is after that date.
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Author, 1st & 2nd editions of Gas Pump ID book, 3rd edition is now available at www.gaspumpbible.comAir Meter ID book also available
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Do we have to buy it dinner first?
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Do we have to buy it dinner first? ???
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