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Posted 10 months ago
chevy59
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A few of my antique water pumps around the house, I remember as a kid in the 1970's going to my grand parents lake house and they still used one of these pumps to get the water out of the ground, I remember the water being really cold!. Thanks for looking!
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PINK! How could you? Always loved old pumps, but pink?
Thanks blunderbuss2, it was actually painted red but with weather conditions it faded to pink. It also does look more pink in the picture. I agree, I would never intentionally paint any pink! Lol
I love it ! I have one in black like it and Pink looks like a flamingo :-) I am going to paint mine pink next year !
Thanks Manikan for the love, pink is in, what can I say!
Thanks everyone for the loves!
It would seem that here in Calgary, people are into yard ornaments..from original wagon wheels, to pumps, to milk cans, the theme is western/vintage. My wife was eyeballing your pumps I'm wondering if it was mistake showing your pics.....
Manikin is right! Looks like a flamingo, the color just enhance the shape of it.
Thank you Carlomar and speedway picker!