Vintage Rheem Oil Pump: Fully Restored Extractor/Lubester – VA04

Vintage Rheem Oil Pump: Fully Restored Extractor/Lubester

This is an original vintage Rheem oil pump, extractor from the 1920s. This very rare antique pump had been completely restored using all original and historically correct parts, by our master level American restoration technicians and custom painted in the Standard Oil gas company classic red, white, and blue color scheme.

All vintage petroliana offered is a genuine collectable piece of Americana and an appreciable assets, not a fake reproduction. All new items are hand crafted in the same hand and materials as it was done in its era "When Things Were Made in America to Last Forever". If we say "Restored" we mean complete restoration to its original production offering in its era. If we say "Restormod" we mean exact copy with some improved modifications or customizations. All items are fine collectable art at the highest world class collector level. Contact us to request your antique gas pumps and vintage Americana at 1-800-292-0008.

Vintage Rheem Oil Pump Specifications:

• Gas Company: Standard Oil
• Make/Model: Rheem Oil Pump Extractor
• Era: 1920s
• Color: Red, white, and blue
• Height: 42"
• Base Diameter: 20"
• Condition: Antique/Restored museum quality and historical correct

Oil Pumps and Gas Station Historical Information

Standard Oil Co. Inc. was an American oil producing, transporting, refining, and marketing company. Established in 1870 as a corporation in Ohio, it was the largest oil refiner in the world. Its controversial history as one of the world's first and largest multinational corporations ended in 1911, when the United States Supreme Court ruled that Standard was an illegal monopoly. John D. Rockefeller was a founder, chairman and major shareholder. With the dissolution of the Standard Oil trust into 33 smaller companies, Rockefeller became the richest man in the world. Standard Oil (Indiana) was formed in 1889 by John D. Rockefeller as part of the Standard Oil trust. In 1910, with the rise in popularity of the automobile, Indiana Standard decided to specialize in providing gasoline to consumers. In 1911, the year it became independent from the Standard Oil trust, the company sold 88% of the gasoline and kerosene sold in the Midwest. In 1912 it opened its first gas service station in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Red Crown Regular and White Crown Premium (later Gold Crown Super Premium) gasoline were marketed by parent company, Standard Oil (Indiana), in its prime marketing area in the Midwest.

Rheem Antique Oil and Gas Pumps - Rheem Manufacturing Company of California began manufacturing gas pumps and oil pumps in the 1920s. Founded by brothers Richard and Donald Rheem in the mid-1920s after purchasing a galvanizing plant in San Francisco, California, they continued making pumps through the mid-1930s including oil extractor pumps, visible gas pumps, and clockface meter pumps. In 1936 Rheem discontinued manufacturing pumps when their water heater side of business began coast to coast distribution. Today Rheem continues business as a producer of heating and cooling products with a distribution throughout North America.