Thread: Ampol coming back

Thanks Jonsey, I'm just curious, I don't wish to offer you bundles of loot for it.

Originally Posted by vnx205

Ah! Now I remember.

The volume was set by raising a tube inside the glass bowl. So once it reached the top of the tube at the set level, further pumping was a waste of time.

Thinking about the size of the bowl on the one at Louth, I'm now sure it was the size of a 4 gallon drum.

Between us, I think we now have my recollections finely tuned.

They are called "visible" pumps. As posted, a rack and handle on the front raised a tube inside the bowl, and the rack had "gallon" positions on it to select how much you wanted. Once you pumped the fuel up to the set point it simply overflowed back down the tube, which was open at the top in the centre of the bowl.

The country farming village where I grew up had one of these pumps, and the shop was close to the school. Many times after school all the kids would congregate at the shop. The owners wife was a real goer and was forever teasing the older boys. She used to flirt to us idiots until one of us would work the pump handle for her! Once the bowl was full simple gravity allowed the fuel to drain into the car, or whatever you wanted to fill.

Anybody that still has one needs to make sure it is securely bolted down!

The owners wife was a real goer and was forever teasing the older boys.

I've heard about women like her, never met one, mind. Although there was a suspected one at the Tuck Shop by name of Pat ........... was never sure & certainly never game.

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The Pump.
It's in worse condition than I recall!
6 Gallons max but double sided.
When I found it, it was covered in Chinese Gooseberry vine, I didn't even know what it was.
Can someone turn the picture around, silly thing.
Jonesfam

Thank you Jonesy. Ah, a real olde "horizontal" bare bones pump, but I get the gist of it.

Originally Posted by 4bee

I've heard about women like her, never met one, mind. Although there was a suspected one at the Tuck Shop by name of Pat ........... was never sure & certainly never game.

And neither was I! Ironically enough, her name was also PAT!

OMG! She's relocated.

She must have been a busy girl OF.

Who remembers filling up at Golden Fleece and getting a free or cheap 45 rpm vinyl single record. A cover version of a then current song.
I still have somewhere "Go Now" which was originally an early Moody Blues single from 1965 but done by the Active 8ers ! Active 8 was supposed to be a special ingredient in their petrol hence the name and play on words.

Peter.