I picked this up a few weeks ago and I have it sitting at my front door now for decoration. I know it is a gas pump but does anyone know what kind and what year this thing may be?? what is the value of something like this?
The symbol is ARCO or Atlantic Richfield Company. I do not know the year, nut I think ARCO is newer then the pump
I know in "67" my uncle worked at a station with the same style design pump. The yellow bulb on top would show gas running through it or spin or some thing like that.
is there a place to put a lighted globe on top? If there is I would say late thirties or early forties. If not, late forties to early fifties.
the window has rounded gl*** so I believe late 50s-70s the earlier bennetts had flat gl*** in the door thus easer to restore and more desirable.
this thing is not as rusty as it looks in the pics. Its pretty straight too and has all of the internals. What do you think this thing is worth?
google is your friend do a search instead of expecting others to do it for you theres entire websites devoted to pumps and you can become very knowledgeable
1954-56 bennett..you can buy replacement parts for them still...don't know what it's worth but it's cool
I been looking them up on other sites the only place i can find one is on ebay its a repainted one that says Mobil and its 1800 bucks. I guess this pump could be for any type of gasoline right? by looking at the green and white colors on it could it possibly be Sinclair?
.....Looks like a 54 to 56 Bennett.......gas pumps are just like old cars.....in fact many hottrodders like to have them in the garage with a lot of other stuff(signs,old rims,oil cans,ect.) so the demand is there....I'am not a expert, but at pump auction ...yours is going from $200 to $500 range.........keep in mind to restore a pump costs about $500 in repro parts......you can check out Vic's or Old Gas Pump on the web....they also look cool in your yard without restoring....
that pump is older than the change to ARCO brand name. Prior to that, the company was Atlantic Richfield, so I'd ***ume the Atl/Rich decal was removed and replaced with the ARCO sticker seen on it now. That little spinner in the head was to show gas flowing....apparently no longer necessary as entertainment while pumping because at present prices, the dollar amount spins faster than that little gadget ever did. I just filled the 36gal tank on my F-150 - took 30 gals and ran a shade over $90 for my trouble - and that was at Sam's Club - much more expensive at retail outlets. dj
I had an uncle that owned a gas station, in Burke Texas that had pumps like that cept they had the dinosaur on um. That was in the 60's for sure.
Another sign that you're getting old: You can remember when the gallon numbers spun faster than the dollar numbers when filling up.
I worked at a Sinclair gas station in high school in the late 60's then Arco bought them out so, I'm going with the post that suggests just that.
I made my living (sorta) pumping gas in high school. I recall (this would have been 60 or 610 having a large truck come in to fill up. I think it was a utility truck for power or water company. It had an extra large fuel tank, and at that time (talk about limited thinking) the numbers on the pump only had a dollar position plus the cents, of course. Gas was probably two bits a gallon or so, and I had to shut the pump off (let go of the trigger) and go get the boss and staff to come out and watch the pump go past an indicated $0.00 on the price reader. That would have been around 40 gals or so - motor homes and extended range tanks were not so common - especially in Lizardpiss, WA - as they are now. It was like the event of the day. dj
In 1970 I owned a Phillips 66 service station. Ethyl(premium) gas was 49.9 a gallon and I checked under the hood, cleaned the windshield and vacuumed the carpet! A nice new car was $3000.00 or less and I built a new house(3 bdrm, 1 bath, full ba*****t, for $19,700.00. Seems like just yesterday. 'Course we didn't make $25.00 an hour either. by then the "pumps" were just meters and the electric pumps were remote and relatively recent. Your pump is neater'n hell and the emblem reminds of a Chrysler corp. badge?
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