This page highlights my restoration of a
Southwest Pump Company G.O.C. (Gulf Oil Company) ETA-1 and provides some
documentation I've found along the way. This page includes Southwest ETA-1,
ETA-2, 52-1, 52-1-PC, 1-RC, and GOC-T-1 pumps, as well as Erie ETA-1-129-22
and 128. I've also included information on OPW-1 nozzles, and Veeder Root
computers and electric resets. I'm interested in documenting any
information about this pump series that share an identical look stylized by a
top that looks like similar to a TV, a frame that narrows to the bottom, and
stainless panels on each side. So far, I've seen installation dates on these
pump ranging from 6/65-8/82 and manufactures indicated above. If you can help with any information, you can find
my e-mail address on the front page at
www.1964buick.com.
My ETA-1
Before and after restoration:
My pump started life as a Gulf Oil Company Pump
and has a stamped "installation" date of 1977. The earliest pump I've seen in
this style is below and has an installation date of May of 1965. My pump came from a
Gulf then BP Distributor in a Southern state and was in service until at least
2001. My pump came without hose or nozzle. I installed an OPW-1A nozzle which
carries the date 07 69 and a used Parker gas hose. New polycarbonate was
installed on each side to protect the computer dials. One plastic light diffuser
was missing and was replaced with the same polycarbonate and a piece of opaque
window film. The Veeder Root 2002E computer runs via a 12 volt drill in the base
and is good for gas prices to $2.99. The computer was cleaned and required two
resets discs to replace broken ones that prevented the numbers from returning to
zero.
Other examples of Southwest
ETA-1s/52-1s/52-1-PC/1RC/GOC-T-1s from around the web
1)User Infrogmation, wikimedia.org 2)photobucket,
3-4) eBay via WorthPoint 5)User
"The Upstairs Room" flickr, 6) oldgas.com member davidwski, 7-8)eBay, 9-10)http://auctionhq.com
10) Pinterest user "suzanneprickett" Old Chevron Gas Station, Evant, TX
11) 1981 Dealer news, eBay 12) Google streetview, Old Gulf station, Scottsboro, AL
13) Telegraph Texas, waymarking.com
Erie ETA-1-129-2
Personal collection
1-RC Pump Note that this has the body style of the above pumps, but a non-standard
reset handle, gas nozzle cover, some sort of bracket, and what looks like a
mount for a globe on top. In addition it looks like a gas hose comes out, and
then goes into some sort of gas body to turn back upwards.
This is another model marked as 1-RC, however note it looks like those further
up the page:
Both eBay
GOC-T-1 Pump
Note this pump has cutouts for each section of numbers instead of for a whole
plate, and a different reset lever that seems to double as the handle rest.
1-2) User "dodgeman60" oldgas.com forum,
3) User Iceman oldgas.com (not directly identified as a GOC-T-1, but has same
unique computer cutouts)
Interesting variations
Picture 1 shows a pump that is installed right beside pump 3 above but has a
very narrow opening for the computer cutout. Note also the front lower access
panel may have been
stainless instead of painted. Picture 2 shows a pump that has a black faceplate
for the computer. Picture 3
shows another pump with the aluminum surround chrome plated; I don't think a
globe was factory on this pump. It is described as a Gulf "T" pump.
1)User "The Upstairs Room" flickr, 2)User
"Ginger" flickr, 3)Anniston Pump Shop, apspetro.com
ETA-2 pump Two pumps side by side in same housing
1979 Model ETA-2, Type GOC, Serial 26xxx
Described as a 1975 Southwest gas pump.
1) ImageShack, 2) YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImxOr4BHx-c
3-4)User "Carguy68" oldgas.com forum 5,6,7) eBay via Worthpoint 8)
flick user E.W. Hodel, Greenville, TX, 9) roadarch.com, Plymouth, PA
ETA-1s in action
Linthicum Maryland, 1971
http://www.kilduffs.com/GAS.html
South Loop East, Houston Texas, "gasless Sunday" December 1973
Houston Chronicle
New York, New York, December 23, 1973
Associated Press
7th Street and Glendale, Phoenix, Arizona, Early 1970s
Historical images of Phoenix, Arizona,
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