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When your pump left the Wayne factory it was "RED." The owner of the station added any colors he wanted, but he wasn't interested on how his pump looked, he was interested in selling gasoline.

There could be four Shell stations, each on a corner of an intersation, I will guarantee you that not two stations will the pumps will be painted the same, nor will they have the same decals or pump plates, nor will they have the same globes.

We all get wrapped up in what is "CORRECT." Unless you had a station in the center of Time Square, New York City, Shell didn't care what your station looked like, they just wanted you to sell more gasoline then the station across the street.

Just take a good look at your pump, decide what colors would look good, remember to match the decals/pump plates/globes for color. No sense in painting your pump "what someone tells you is Shell yellow" only to find it doesn't match your decals or globe.

As Dick Bennett and I have told tons of guys on this website, have fun with your pump, paint it what you like, there are no pump police out there to tell you it isn't correct.

Jack Sim