Photo of The Day

[compressor man]

This fantastic gas pump is about 15 miles from my home.
Chris

[Chuck Doan]

Hmm, I may be building one of that very style soon. Nice! Did you get any measurements?

[compressor man]

Hi Chuck,
As a matter of fact I did get some measurements. It is 71" h x 21" w x 18" d.  I also have pics of each side along with close-ups of the labels if there is interest.

Chris

[Mobilgas]

Chuck,  This gas pump is a Bennett 543-B....1940-1941 two ad panel model.....as all i can see in the picture is 2 ad glass panel's if theres one in the front theres one in the back.  Now if it has 4 ad panels with 2 more on the side's it's a model 543-F.  I have bought and sold a few of these over the years.  Being Bennett was based out of my state MICH, there were quite a few in my area on the local Farm's. 

[Chuck Doan]

Wow, thanks Chris! Regarding the pics: there is interest!

Thanks Craig for the further info. I plan on the style with 2 ad glass panels. Now I can do more searches.

[compressor man]

Here are some more pics of the pump.
Chris

[Mobilgas]

If the Gas pump was close to me i would be trying to buy it.   had a feeling it might of been a 4 ad glass pump.

[Chuck Doan]

Thank you Chris! These will be very helpful. Nice cement base too, interesting tilt.

[compressor man]

One more

[Chuck Doan]

Thanks Chris!

[Chuck Doan]

Sometimes a photo of the day turns into a project. I used Chris's pics and measurements to start a computer model for eventual printing:



Maybe to turn into something like this:




Maybe.

[finescalerr]

Oh, goodie! -- Russ

[marc_reusser]

Tres manifique!

[Bill76]

Je dirais même plus, Marc, très magnifique ! Very inspired project.

[Malachi Constant]

Oh cool!  Chris' photo sparked the same idea here ... I've got a Sinclair logo on the (one) completed end of Chambers Gas & Oil garage and thought this pump would make a refreshing change from the old visible pump that everyone seems to model ... although Chuck's version of that makes it rather tempting.  

Anyway, long way to go before I get that far ... so I can watch Chuck make this one and see what I can copy in 1/35 ... mine will have to be "clean & pretty" though, as I'm modeling roughly the era in which the pump was made.

Thanks to Chris for the pix & dimensions and Chuck for the nice drawing!  All saved for reference ...

Still on the fence ... and plenty of time to decide here ... alternative might be Wayne 851 from 1930 shown below ... my garage will be circa 1942, so the pump shown above might be a little too "new fangled".

Cheers,
Dallas