29.9 a gallon

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Another oldie. These old pumps are just about extinct in the wild now. This was in a truly abandoned setting – I think for fueling farm equipment.

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Screenshot 2025-02-23 at 1.50.30 PM

I had apparently never processed this raw file. Lots of the usual tonal tweaks, cloned out a sign in the UL.


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Wow. Never heard of Norwalk. I love the old gas pumps. the rust and the whole vibe of this pump. way to cool.

You have such a great collection of these “old” almost extinct things. They are so full of character. I can see a project?

Diane, a truly wonderful classic here. The detail overall is excellent and provides rare view of the earlier pump.
I started driving when the stuff was around 19.9 a gallon and recall it being in the 23.9 to 25.9 range for what seemed like forever. Watching an old repeat of the original Mission Impossible series recently as they were headed down Wilshire Blvd. there was a Gulf station displaying 30.9 on a sign.
Obviously from a previous life now… :sunglasses:

Thanks, @Gill_Vanderlip, @glennie and @Paul_Breitkreuz! It’s almost too late for a project if you want to shoot stuff like this in the wild, although there is a lot in assorted local museums and tourist traps, but the lighting and BGs will be horrible. There may be details to be had. There could be a project to comb through the archives, too much of which is not keyworded or organized.

Marvelous find - Jim the antique car collector (and I) love it!
He says his dad had a pump like this in Kansas for the farm needs.