This is a short history of the pumps most common in the UK between 1945-59 Beckmeter Model M. These were available in two sizes, rather austere looking pump with a clock dial which unlike most other pumps...
Before I start talking about vintage petrol pumps I will tell you how I first got into them. In the mid eighties myself and a friend Peter noticed that as the small rural garages were closing down nobody was...
It has been many years since I have done one of these so this is all from memory, but hopefully it will be of use to you. These pumps from the mid fifties look good and are easy to do up. Standing at 6ft and...
As I wrote in part one I personaly like to keep the internals of these pre-war electric pumps in place, but that is up to the restorer. This is a brief round up of the most common electric petrol pumps in Gt....
As I stated in part one this is not intended as a price guide, more of a brief summary of the most common period petrol pumps, neither am I going to touch onto the subject of globes, I will leave that to...