My dad bought a gasboy pump from auction today and I can't find much info on it. I figure someone here maybe able to help me out with what the original colors were, value etc. It is complete with surface rust no rust thru on it.I believe it to be a 1950's pump.It is a model 100 and I know these were found mostly on farms or places with a fleet of cars.
Thats cool, I only searched images but I think your Dad's pump should be red, all red seems to show up alot with various different models. There must be some colour left inside to tell you this though..??
Thanks, I will have to look in it tomorrow and see if I can see...My dad is really excited about this little pump...
The Gasboy fuel dispensing pumps were an industry staple, and I believe that the one pictured is from the 1950's. They didn't make many changes to the pumps until the late 1960's, and then it was only an outside cosmetic update with a more modern looking sheet metal. The pumps were usually painted all red if they were sold for private consumer use. If they were purchased by a branded oil company, they were painted the oil company colors... i.e. Gulf was orange and white. If they were oil company colors, then the sides and top were painted the company color (i.e. Orange) and the faces were painted white. The oil company usually put a decal on the front(s) and some had a lighted globe on the top. These were installed at facilities that would make bulk purchase of fuel for filling their own trucks/cars. In some instances, they also had the front panel that showed the gallons backlight illuminated. These pumps had no provision for automatically calculating dollar & cents per gallon, so they were usually used for service vehicles where knowing the amount of fuel that went into the vehicle was sufficient. If you choose to restore this pump, I would keep all the original pump and piping, since it could be put back into service if you ever decided to sell it. Parts are still available for the mechanical parts of the pump. Many car collectors want them complete.
Thanks for the help...do you know what one needing restoration goes for? My dad gave $270 for it which I don't think is too bad and he bought it for him personally with no intentions of selling to make money, I am just curious and figure I am fixin' to learn a whole lot about them by the time we are finished with it!
I have seen them for sale fully restored, but without the "guts" at Carlisle, and if I remember correctly, they sell in the $600 - $800 range. The price is dependent on the lighting, color, and the decals that are applied. I had some NOS Shell pump decals, and they sold a number of years ago on eBay for just shy of $75. The best way to know the value is to search eBay for "Gasboy" or "Gasboy Pump" in eBay Motors.
One thing to keep in mind with gas pumps, money is not always meant to be made on them .... its more about the joy of owning and enjoying the charm of one. As far as what your dad paid ... I guess that was a fair price but in a perfect world it is always better to "trade" off something you no longer want for something that your attacted to, just my opine. Give this site a shot http://www.vics66.com/ some of the more popular pumps fetch a couple of grand when restored and, no, it is not devalued by removing the "guts". In fact some people expect the innards to be removed. I am currently restoring a 1954 Bennet 964 with retractable hose just like the one I handled when I worked at a Richfield Station as a teen ...... its gonna be a keeper! It will be a match to this Lubester .....
