Petrol? Education?

[49MGTC]

Hello All; I need some education and perhaps some advice. First let me tell you my plan. I am planning to acquire a vintage gas pump. To those of you around the world it may be called a petrol pump. I know something of the gas stations in the 40's and 50's in this country, but know nothing of them in England. It is my plan to restore this pump to go with my MG. My first thought was to restore it to ELRECO (El Dorado Refining Company) as that was the local refinery where I grew up in El Dorado Kansas. After considering this I decided that maybe I would restore the pump to an English Company to go with the MG. Then my final plan was to create my own company for restoration purposes. I am going to call it BNA Oil Company or something like that. BNA stands for Bud and Anne. Now for my questions: 1. What brand (manufactures) were used in England? In this country there were Tokheim, Wayne, Bowser, etc. Were any of the common manufactures in the US also used in England? 2. Does anyone have any pictures of gas stations in England which I might use for a reference? 3. What were gas stations (US terminology) called in England? Petrol Stations? 4. What were Oil Companies called in England? Petroleum Companies? 5. Should the name of the top of the pump be BNA Petroleum or BNA Petrol, or....? 6. Does anyone have a pump to sell, or know of one that could be bought? 7. In England where was petrol mostly produced? (what cities etc.) I would like the pump to look authentic, but do not want to limit it to a specific brand of fuel. I would like to make the pump work but do not plan to use it for gasoline/petrol. I also own a very old visible type gas pump. I also intend to restore this pump and would like to partially fill it with some type of non flammable fluid that looks like gasoline/petrol. 7. Does any one know of a fluid that looks like gasoline, but is non flammable? Well that about covers it. If you do not wish to clutter up the MG list with responses then please contact me off list at flynlow@usaviator.net. Thanks for any and all advice. With kindest personal regards, I shall remain, Sincerely, Bud Silvers TC 8192

[Diecuts@aol.com]

Hi Bud, I have a 1950s pump that shows petrol at .23 per gallon. Union 76 . Still works and is still over the tanks. I am planning on removing the tanks and wondered if pumps like this have any value? No rust to speak of , just past it's prime. Also, for fun, look up Gus Wilson, the mechanic from Popular Science. All of his stories are on line and one of them discusses fuel , interesting as it is from the 1930s perspective. Petrol has certainly changed from back then. Cheers, Lee Jacobsen , MI TA2969 tickford [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[LKe1021587@aol.com]

Bud, Try http://www.weberspump.com/acatalog/index.html for all things related to nostalgic gas pumps and signs. Mike K. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[FIGSMG@cs.com]

Why not BP. They have a rich history and some great logos in the past. For more hardward and history try to get the IOWA GAS Convention held in Des Moines on August 4-5-6. You can take part in a swap meet for oil and gas memorabilia that is one of the best in the country. More info from www.IowaGas.com Have fun, Cheers Fig [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[David Lodge]

Hello Bud, The only thing i can help with is item 3, we always called them garages. All the best, David Lodge ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE ----- From: "49MGTC" 49MGTC@usaviator.net> To: "MG T-ABC GROUP" mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com> Subject: [mg-tabc] Petrol? Education? Date: 15.4.2005 - 17:41:21

> > Hello All; > > I need some education and perhaps some advice. First > let me tell you my > plan. I am planning to acquire a vintage gas pump. To > those of you around > the world it may be called a petrol pump. I know > something of the gas > stations in the 40's and 50's in this country, but know > nothing of them in > England. It is my plan to restore this pump to go with > my MG. My first > thought was to restore it to ELRECO (El Dorado Refining > Company) as that was > the local refinery where I grew up in El Dorado Kansas. > After considering > this I decided that maybe I would restore the pump to > an English Company to > go with the MG. Then my final plan was to create my own > company for > restoration purposes. I am going to call it BNA Oil > Company or something > like that. BNA stands for Bud and Anne. Now for my > questions: > > 1. What brand (manufactures) were used in England? In > this country there > were Tokheim, Wayne, Bowser, etc. Were any of the > common manufactures in the > US also used in England? > > 2. Does anyone have any pictures of gas stations in > England which I might > use for a reference? > > 3. What were gas stations (US terminology) called in > England? Petrol > Stations? > > 4. What were Oil Companies called in England? Petroleum > Companies? > > 5. Should the name of the top of the pump be BNA > Petroleum or BNA Petrol, > or....? > > 6. Does anyone have a pump to sell, or know of one that > could be bought? > > 7. In England where was petrol mostly produced? (what > cities etc.) > > I would like the pump to look authentic, but do not > want to limit it to a > specific brand of fuel. I would like to make the pump > work but do not plan > to use it for gasoline/petrol. > > I also own a very old visible type gas pump. I also > intend to restore this > pump and would like to partially fill it with some type > of non flammable > fluid that looks like gasoline/petrol. > > 7. Does any one know of a fluid that looks like > gasoline, but is non > flammable? > > Well that about covers it. > > If you do not wish to clutter up the MG list with > responses then please > contact me off list at flynlow@usaviator.net. > > Thanks for any and all advice. > > With kindest personal regards, I shall remain, > > Sincerely, > > Bud Silvers > TC 8192 > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > >

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[joecurto@aol.com]

Lee by now I assume you have found out that used gas pumps are a BIG collectable, be kind to them you could probably finance a restoration of a car fro what some of them are worth. I too have a gas price sign from about 1967 23 cent per gallon, 10 cent fed sales tax, and 1 3/4 cent city tax. When I was in High school in 1967 I used to tank up the TD with 10 gallons of gas fro 2.80 cent /28 cent a gallon, My pops had a Pontiac StarChief with about a 25 gallon tank, and without embarrassment you would ask fro 3 dollars worth of gas and get almost a 1/2 tank. Joe Curto [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]