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Post by BR[] on Jan 9, 2013 18:29:57 GMT -5
Doesen't look 11 feet tall in the pic. Funny thing is I found that this
1928 Fry (May West) pump was made 3 miles away in Rochester, PA.
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Post by stan65cutlass on Jan 9, 2013 18:32:17 GMT -5
veeerrryy nice, gotta be hard to find parts though.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 18:36:03 GMT -5
Pretty!,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, But they ain't cheap!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 19:33:15 GMT -5
Now that is one gorgeous specimen.
That is a "build" I would have enjoyed following. Why so quiet about it? Would have been interesting to many I`m sure. Good work
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Post by BR[] on Jan 9, 2013 21:35:45 GMT -5
I've had it in my cave for 12 years, but I only have an 8 foot ceiling. I couldn't mount the base or the globe, so I finally decided to bring it down to my shop where I have a 14 foot ceiling and I could, for the first time, enjoy it all together.. It looks small sitting there.
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Post by RAM Z on Jan 9, 2013 22:06:53 GMT -5
I need a photo of you next to it, because I dont believe its 11 feet tall.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2013 23:02:59 GMT -5
Never seen a real one shorter than 11 / 12 feet. They have to be that high, so the gas can flow into what ever they were filling. Model "A"s had the tank in the cowl ya know.
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Post by mongoose on Jan 10, 2013 6:21:03 GMT -5
So how do they work?
Did the pump/crank handle at the base pump gas from a storage tank up into the glass "bowl", and then the squeeze bulb was used to start the siphon out of the bowl down the hose into the car's gas tank?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2013 7:15:19 GMT -5
No siphon involved. The attendent pumped "X' amount of gallons up into the glass from a storage tank flipped a lever and it ran into the car.
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Post by BR[] on Jan 10, 2013 20:48:47 GMT -5
OK Z you got me it's a little one  |
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Post by BR[] on Jan 10, 2013 20:49:40 GMT -5
Carl is 5'9" I measured it today and it is over 10 FOOT  |
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Post by RAM Z on Jan 10, 2013 21:41:59 GMT -5
Looks great Glenn. Honestly though, it looks the size of a christmas ornament in that first photo.
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Post by real57vetteguy on Jan 11, 2013 9:58:12 GMT -5
Very nice, the pump and the work!
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Post by Big Mike on Jan 11, 2013 10:44:27 GMT -5
That is really sweet looking and old. Those are the very first types of pumps, pretty cool.
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Post by tp on Jan 27, 2013 13:58:55 GMT -5
i would love to have one those in front of my garage LOOKS REALLY COOL GLEN GREAT JOB ON THE RESTO
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Post by Deleted on Mar 2, 2013 10:04:34 GMT -5
Very nice restoration.....way cool!!
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