|
|
#656907
Sun May 29 2016 07:16 PM
|
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 5
Member
|
OP
Member
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 5 |
|
|
|
Please - NO offers to Buy or Sell in this forum category
Statements such as, "I'm thinking about selling this." are considered an offer to sell.
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,282 Likes: 12
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Oct 2007
Posts: 12,282 Likes: 12 |
I have one but its quite a bit different!
Everything Cities Service
Specializing in old Gas Pumps
kwfrith@gondtc.com
Cell#-701-739-6133
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,369 Likes: 1
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,369 Likes: 1 |
Cool charger... I just clean it up real good and leave it as is.
Looking for Keystone,Pure,Sinclair,Texaco,Sterling and Gulf...Thanks, Brian
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,643 Likes: 42
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: May 2005
Posts: 4,643 Likes: 42 |
Welcome. Don't do a damn thing to it and leave it just like that. 
Collecting Vintage Sunoco
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 5
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 5 |
Thanks for the advice everyone. I'll leave it as it is and just clean what I can. I will post pictures of other things that I've been collecting from him. I really appreciate the input.
Last edited by Optimisticolivr; Mon May 30 2016 01:41 PM.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 5
Member
|
|
OP
Member
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 5 |
I see you deal with a number of gas pumps. I'd be interested in hearing if you have any thoughts on this one. It has been installed at the farm in my driveway since my grandfather put it there decades ago. I'm not sure if it's worth my time to restore it or just look for a better pump if I want one for my collection. At the moment it is still connected to the underground tank, it hasn't been used since the mid 80's. I found a pump nozzle that is still in the box from around the 50's or 60's that was kept as a spare for it. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,004 Likes: 27 |
Nice Erie! That is a great pump and you need to keep that one in the family.
Drive with Care and Buy Sinclair!! I buy Sinclair globes, signs, cans, ect.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,004 Likes: 58
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Jan 2013
Posts: 2,004 Likes: 58 |
The Erie 70 was made in 1937. That pump has a lot of patina (almost 80 years) on it!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,233
Veteran Member
|
|
Veteran Member
Joined: Dec 2010
Posts: 1,233 |
That patina is all rust! lol
Where as your battery charger will clean up nice, there is barely paint on your pump and will look really nice restored IMHO. But on this list you will find a lot of different opinions on what others would do. Some are never restore folk while others would restore in this condition. Ultimately ya' gotta please yourself, tho if you plan to sell it, don't so the next person can choose to restore or not.
That you have an out of the box nozzle is a big plus as you can get a hose for this. And I imagine the pump is complete otherwise.
Because your pump is a family pump, you probably can find out from the older generation what brand it was and the colors. It looks like it was white, but there may have been bands of other color on the pump as well. Most people match any colors that might have been on the pump to colors from the reproduction brand decals or pump plates that they put on the pump for the restoration.
As a farm pump it might not have had decals, but the circular paint chip pattern suggests otherwise.
If you type Erie 70 in the oldgas google search box in the upper right of this thread, you can find old threads about the pump. You can also go to the OLDGAS vintage gas pump image album to see some other Erie 70 pumps.
If you have any future questions about your pump, consider posting them in a separate thread with the subject line Erie 70.
Have fun!
Last edited by Nicole; Tue May 31 2016 02:47 AM.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
