A bit of inheritance

[40FordDeluxe]

My great uncle that owned the 40 had been trying to find a gas pump to put out in front of his garage for years. I remember him trying to find one at swap meets and rod runs etc, when I was growing up. Well the year he passed away he finally got one bought. Unfortunately he passed away before he could do much with it. He did set the gas pump outside by the garage, then parked Sooner, the 40, by it and did take a picture of it. That old Polaroid used to hang on a piano in their house even after Uncle Jerry was gone. His wife painted a picture of this scene for him too.

My aunt had a couple of her sons living with her from time to time after Uncle Jerry was gone. (Not that it really matters, but the sons were not from Uncle Jerry) Occasionally she'd call me over to work on her car or lawn mower, or what ever. Once I noticed all Jerry's pictures were gone and Nancy was surprised too. She told me she'd get to the bottom of it.

The next time I was there she had me work on gathering up all the parts to her 65 Galaxie 500 convertible because she was selling it. I stumbled across the old gas pump, or so I thought, of Uncle Jerry's in her basement. She agreed to sell it to me and said she'd work on clearing out all her antiques away from it so I could get it out. It was missing some covers and pieces but I didn't care. Eventually she just gave me the pump because I'd never take any money from her when I did things for her.

Well, time went on and I bought the 40 from the guy whom bought it from Nancy. A couple years later she gave me the painting of the 40 and the gas pump. Then a few more years went by and she gave me some old pics of the 40 at a rod run in the 80s. Last month Aunt Nancy passed away. I had forgotten all about the old pump. My mom called me a few weeks ago saying Nancy's son Bill, stopped by and was asking my Dad what he thought an old gas pump was worth that Nancy had. My dad quickly asked him, " You mean Jerry's old gas pump?" Mike went silent and then said, "Yeah, that one." My dad told him it was supposed to be mine according to Nancy for all the stuff I did for her and she also said it belonged with the car and it's owner.

Yesterday I was on my way to go get the family so we can go trick or treating and my Dad sent me a picture of something in his yard. I opened the pic to see that Nancy's sons dropped off the old gas pump. It wasn't the one I saw in the basement either. Apparently that one was a parts unit. This one was the one that was out in front of his garage! They told dad that they couldn't get it unlocked and had no interest in it so here it is. I thought that was perfect. They already sold all of his other stuff so why would the pump be any different. Oh well, at least they actually brought it over. I'm betting they have had it for years. I'd still like to see what else they have because Uncle Jerry had all kinds of NSRA and street rod memorabilia.

I have no idea what make and model this pump is. My Dad is going to work on picking the lock so we can check out the inside. My plan is to set it in front of my garage and maybe paint it. Then park the 40 next to it in the summer. I'll put more pics of it as I get them.