Can anyone point me in the direction of locating some 1970 style gas pumps? I have been looking but so far I have come up empty. I did find some privately printed gas pumps but they looked rough. Pictured below
There is a small town near here that has one gas station and they still use those exact pumps, tumbling digits and everything. Doug
Some really old ones were hand pumped.........the ones with the glass bowl on top. The glass had the gallon markings on it. You pumped the amount the customer wanted, and then it gravity fed into the car.
Some of the gas stations I've been to did not even have pumps. It was gravity feed from tanks up on stands. Ah the good old days. When the gas tank was infront of the windshield or just infront of the rear bumper - just like the Pinto.
The gas tank filler on a '57 Chevy 210 (BelAir) station wagon is behind the driver side flip-open vertical trim piece, right above the tail light on the fin. The gas tank filler on a '59 Chevy is behind the flip-down license plate. Doug
Remember when gasoline prices finally went north of a dollar and pumps weren't engineered for it? I recall some temporary workarounds at gas stations to get past the problem. Eventually, pump mechanicals were re-engineered and installed.
My first car was a 1980 Pinto! For some odd reason, nobody tailgated me... My second car was 1969 Newport, with the gas filler hidden behind the rear license plate that was mounted on the bumper (it was fun watching the gas station attendants looking for my gas cap...). The huge gas tank was right in front of the bumper, between two massive frame members and of course the bumper itself that had enough metal in it to make two Hondas. Basically the gas tank was sheltered inside a tank (armored vehicle). Today, that gas tank would cost north of $200 to fill...
I cannot recall who made this style of gas pump. Gilbarco? These were common in the 1960's, into the 1970's. There seem to be models of the old Wayne and Tokheim styles, but not these?
With your Pinto, if somebody DID happen to get behind you, I bet you made sure you didn't make any quick stops! Doug
Now that you guys mention some of those pump manufacturers, I remember seeing some of those names on the pumps. Wayne and Tokheim, in particular. Veeder sounds familiar, too. Doug
Well, the thread was opened in hopes of locating these pumps in N scale, so yes, your reply was confusing.
My first car was a '74 Pinto! I was 14, no license, and never driven a stickshift-and got it home uphill out of the valley here, lol!
