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#726778 Sat Mar 16 2019 08:40 PM
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Hi,
New member here. Southwest was my family's business. I know a little about the company history, but when I worked there we were well into the computer age so I didn't have much to do with the antiques you all are interested in. I'll try to answer questions, but you all probably know more about the gear than I do.
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Welcome to Oldgas.


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I collect gas pump salt and pepper shakers
and the plastic coin banks made by AVSCO.
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Welcome!


Looking for Michelin items + NJ oil company related items (Mohawk, Guardian, Whiz, etc) + animal-related petroliana + Gargoyle/Shell/Sinclair items
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welcome aboard .. ... cool


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Welcome to OldGas!


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Thanks!

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Hey, welcome the group! I'm new myself, and actually joined to hopefully find some Southwest parts. I recently purchased about 6 1/2 Southwest pumps (70/72 Series and Gulf GOC).

Were you with the company when they were headquartered in Austin or Bonham?

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Southwest was never headquartered in Austin. HQ was always Bonham (there was an R&D center in Plano in later years -- just software development). Southwest was acquired by Schlumberger, and they had technology offices in Austin. Maybe that's what you were thinking about. While I was there, Schlumberger's Austin offices were in an entirely different division of that company (doing mostly smart cards, as I recall), but I supposed they could have reorganized in some way after I left Schlumberger in 1993.

Edit: Got pix of your new acquisitions?

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Sorry about that, I remembered reading in my research that Southwest's headquarters was moved to Austin around 2000-ish, but that would have been after the sale of the company; I guess I didn't even think about if it were still called Southwest.

Here are a few pics of what I picked up:


They all need a bit of work, but this is just my start of getting into the hobby... I purchased my first pump (the GOC) less than a month ago, then ran across the 70/72s while looking for parts for the GOC. Guess I'm a Southwest guy now!

GOC.jpg 72s.jpg 72.jpg
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Nice! Those are going to be fun.


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