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Anyone Here Really Know Old Clear Vier Gas Pumps? #3184824
10/18/23 12:58 PM
10/18/23 12:58 PM
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Michael Ecks Offline OP
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Wondering if someone here can identify the specific model of clear view gas pump in the photo. The uncropped photo is one of the original Quartermaster Corps gas stations on Fort Moore [formerly Benning] taken around 1923. The building still exists, though it hasn't been a gas station since the late nineteen forties. The basic form of the building is still there including the overhang over where the pumps were located. I am trying to do some background research on its history and get a better idea what it would have looked like when it was first built.

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Re: Anyone Here Really Know Old Clear Vier Gas Pumps? [Re: Michael Ecks] #3184865
10/18/23 03:07 PM
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Contact the Henry Ford Museum. They have a large collection of gasoline materials and experts that can assist you: https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/expert-sets/101441/


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Re: Anyone Here Really Know Old Clear Vier Gas Pumps? [Re: RobG] #3185167
10/19/23 10:23 PM
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The pump looks like a fry 17 (5 gallon? Or a fry 117(10 gallon) mae west pump
Pic of my 10 gallon mae west

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Re: Anyone Here Really Know Old Clear Vier Gas Pumps? [Re: toplescuda] #3185188
10/20/23 02:29 AM
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it looks taller ?? scope is there another FRY "Mae West" pump model that's taller? here's a couple FRY 17 (5 gallon versions)

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