Hand operated petrol pumps were first installed commercialy around 1920 / 1921 by companies such as the Anglo - American Oil Company, Shell, and British Petroleum. Each Petrol company had its own livery and branding and some of these liveries looked particularly stunning which helped to draw the motorist to their branded pumps. There were also various petrol pump manufacturers some of which are illustrated through their petrol pumps on this part of the Vintage Garage site. We welcome photographic contributions so If you have a petrol pump that you would like to illustrate here then please send in a large format image.
If you have a petrol pump that you would like to feature here then please email the largest possible size
as this will help us to crop and re-size but to still maintain image quality and detail which is important. Also please include any relevant information such as model numbers, dates etc and also whether you would like a photographic credit. If you have already sent images in of an unrestored petrol pump that has now been restored then please sent some new images in and we will update the relevant page.
Please click here for more details about submitting images.
Your contributions are important and welcomed. Each image sent in helps to make the past a little bit clearer.
If sending images please send as large as possible as this helps with cropping and resizing whilst still maintaining a minimum quality of the original. Images between 1000 and 2000 pixels are preferred. Unfortunately we may not be able to use your image if it is too small.
We do not assume copyright of any image sent in but we do reserve the right to use any image to give the best use and effect for Vintage Garage, and to retain that use. We are pleased to give photo credits but some contributors prefer to remain anonymous. We will assume the latter unless you inform us otherwise.
If any images you send in are personal and you wish them to be marked to deter copying then please let us know and we will put a 'Protected' marker on them. This will not prevent copying but will make the image unviable accept for any personal use.
Where possible, please let us have any dates, makers names or model numbers or any other detail which will help to explain your images.
We take this opportunity of saying thanks to all those contributors who have given so generously in the past.
