Gulf Marine Dock Pumps?
GULF MARINE DOCK PUMPS
Today we have one photo. And many questions. The biggest one… What kind of pump are these? I love them, and they are small enough to be cool barn art. But I am not sure how to even search for them? I suppose many..okay all of them became rust buckets, since they would sit on docks. But there has to be some around. Okay thats the one question,
Cool look, cool logo, fantastic color
the other is, what in the hell are those people looking at out on the water? Dont they know there is a Chris Craft there.. A cool coke case? THOSE PUMPS! BTW Slide is on ebay, and is of New Jersey.
I love the Coca Cola yellow of that time!
29 cents.. In todays money ..its.. $2.80 per gallon, according to my inflation calculator based on a year of 1953 ish. So it may be off a tad.
I was told by a Coca Cola bottler who started in the 1920’s that the yellow color was used during WW2 because the war effort need the lead. Which the color red back then had a fair amount of lead in it. Coke went back to red in the late 40’s but the yellow crates were still used into the 60’s.
My uncle who had a Model T pick up for his first car. Painted in Coca Cola yellow. Because the local bottler gave him him several gallons of the yellow paint in the late 40’s.
Thanks for the interesting history lesson.
Apparently yellow had enough lead in it to stop painting Toronto cop cars yellow. A coke collector would know. Anybody?
The people on the dock are looking for their Century. 😀
That is the Beach Haven Yacht Club just down the road from me. Pumps are gone now – Sorry Matt. Being salt water and the 1962 Nor’easter pretty much destroyed everything I doubt they are even in storage somewhere down there.
Here is a link to another shot of the dock: https://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-JERSEY-POSTCARD-VINTAGE-LONG-BEACH-ISLAND-BEACH-HAVEN-YACHT-CLUB-DOCK-BOATS/123704614984?hash=item1ccd5ea048:g:iXQAAOSwDmBY3uJH
yes it is. I wonder if they are multi use boxes. Elec, water?
Here is that photo
And here it is color corrected
OHHHHHHH! SNAP!
I recall pumps sort of like that back in the day?
didn’t we all use Amaco back then…”whitel gas” best to mix oil with or some such???
John in Va.
Marine “White” as I recall was a straight run “un-leaded” gasoline for marine use.
Could this be it, Matt?
Today’s gas pump picture!
My parents had a resort in the 60’s and the Mercury guys all had to have white gas. The best part about those days was the gas dock. We a little pad for each unit, you would fill your own tanks write down the amount and then pay at the end of your stay. Can you imagine that today.
Oh I like the new petrol pumpers much better, like above. Who wants to admire a dumb red box?
I mean i suppose you could have dinner with it, but thats about it. It won’t help you clean up your flat. You cannot cuddle with it while watching Die Hard at Christmas. You cannot fly to Barbados for a week with it. Yep, the one above is just so, so much better in millions of ways.
That pump is an ERIE 4011/4102- Made in 1948
Airport or Marine pump. Has the hose reel built in
Latest value from Jack Sims Gas Pump Bible is $650.00
Larry, I love your collection of Marine Petrol. memorbila. Looks like some good decorations in your garage/mancave. Matt needs to story on that.