MustangChris
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we want updates. lol.
Antique Gas pump Resto
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I've been lazy... headed out to the garage today though, I'll be sure to snap some pictures.
Hope to pull the last of the internals out and clean it up a little more, clean the numbers, etc. I'm a little torn on sand blasting everything or just taking them to be 'dipped' by a local shop called redi-strip... they are setup with huge tanks (big enough for a car body/frame) of something like aircraft stripper. It would take all the paint and a lot of the loose rust off... but I might be left with swiss cheese when the pump doors, sides, and top are done. Lol
Hope to pull the last of the internals out and clean it up a little more, clean the numbers, etc. I'm a little torn on sand blasting everything or just taking them to be 'dipped' by a local shop called redi-strip... they are setup with huge tanks (big enough for a car body/frame) of something like aircraft stripper. It would take all the paint and a lot of the loose rust off... but I might be left with swiss cheese when the pump doors, sides, and top are done. Lol
ok, some little stuff... there will be a lot of little odds and ends like these little brass pieces that will take some time to sand and polish. These aren't a perfect finish but they are barely visible in the sight glass of the pump so I'm not going to spend any more time on them. The plan is to use all stainless hardware when it comes to reassembly.
These little spinners are what's in the sight glass on the pump, the brass piece is also slightly visible in there.
Before:
After:
These little spinners are what's in the sight glass on the pump, the brass piece is also slightly visible in there.
Before:
After:
Some of the "heavy lifting"...
The frame is stripped about as far as it needs to be. I might pull the base off to paint it a different color?
the meter pulled out and cleaning it up a little. It does crank over and the number covers drop down. Pulled the meter off the base and will probably remove a few components simply because they are rotting away... the price numbers won't work with the entire assembly if I do this but as of now they are completely frozen, if I remove the rusted crap down there I can set the price to whatever I want.
The frame is stripped about as far as it needs to be. I might pull the base off to paint it a different color?
the meter pulled out and cleaning it up a little. It does crank over and the number covers drop down. Pulled the meter off the base and will probably remove a few components simply because they are rotting away... the price numbers won't work with the entire assembly if I do this but as of now they are completely frozen, if I remove the rusted crap down there I can set the price to whatever I want.
MustangChris
Mythic Level
nice dude. I've seen before and afters of cars after those tanks..... eats the bondo away and suddenly their "near mint" classic resto becomes a swiss-cheese mess of "that dude i got this from ****ed me hard" lol.
the brains in those things are incredible! It's cool that this stuff was all mechanical based.
the brains in those things are incredible! It's cool that this stuff was all mechanical based.
g36 monkey
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this thing is awesome. Really cool to see a restoration taking place!
It might not look like much but these darn things have a lot of inner workings. I've removed the nasty rusted crap (the stuff pictured above) which has allowed me to remove the price per gal parts. Cleaning these up and then putting them back in at whatever price I want, since the metal is gone I can turn them at any time to display a different price. As far as the meter, it is all turning and I'm considering something motorized to have them turn as if you were pumping gas (probably won't be done during the resto, more like a future project). I can probably get a video to show what I'm talking about, hard to explain.
The pump frame has been entirely wire brushed and ready for primer. The next chance I get to work on it and this thing might actually start to show some progress... until then it will be cleaning up some small stuff. Cleaning meter numbers, polishing parts, and painting a few brackets...
Beyond that it will be sand blasting the pump sides, doors, and top. Unfortunately this will be a slow project, have plans next weekend and then NMRA, then out of town after that... blah, blah, blah, excuses, excuses...
The pump frame has been entirely wire brushed and ready for primer. The next chance I get to work on it and this thing might actually start to show some progress... until then it will be cleaning up some small stuff. Cleaning meter numbers, polishing parts, and painting a few brackets...
Beyond that it will be sand blasting the pump sides, doors, and top. Unfortunately this will be a slow project, have plans next weekend and then NMRA, then out of town after that... blah, blah, blah, excuses, excuses...
g36 monkey
Post Whore
Hey, projects are supposed to keep us busy for a while, no worries!
Nice work brother!
Not a real update (or at least not pictures) but trying to decide on the final paint and pump design. Pretty sure I've narrowed it down to richfield or a ford pump... either way the colors of the pump will be the same. Plans are always subject to change though. Been working on cleaning up the meter numbers right now, it's tedious work and not really much to show in terms of picture updates. Hope to start getting the frame and a couple small pieces in primer and paint in the next couple days.
MustangChris
Mythic Level
yellow handle. e-85 FTW.
haha, nah can't do that... the handle is aluminum and the nozzle is brass, I can't paint over that stuff. But speaking of paint, did make a little more headway today. Again, it doesn't look like much and most of this stuff will never be seen... but I want the inside to at least look halfway decent.
Well, I'd post up some pictures, but it looks like flickr is down.
Pump meter and all hardware removed, cleaned up and ready for reassembly
It's slow going cleaning up these meter numbers... if you look at the row on the back half you'll notice how nasty they are. They are cleaning up pretty well though, just taking a lot of time.
The frame is almost ready for paint. 'Jammed' the parts that will actually be visible, those need sanded once over. The base will need sanded and probably one more coat of primer. I'm not going to bother getting it perfect though, it was dang rough and probably not perfectly smooth to begin with.
pump and pump meter almost ready to start putting back together... as mentioned earlier, still need to clean up some meter numbers but I was ready to start painting so I jumped a head bit.
MustangChris
Mythic Level
mmmm progress 
g36 monkey
Post Whore
That's looking awesome!
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