Vintage Promotional Metal Coin Gas Pump Banks Blue Sunoco.

Vintage Promotional Metal Coin Gas Pump Banks Blue Sunoco.

U.S.A. 1950s

Size: 10 cm L x 5.5 cm W

Vintage 1950s Blue Sunoco promotional tin coin bank shaped like the famous Custom-Blended gas pump. Features original graphics, blend selector, dual nozzles, and coin slot. Great condition for its age.

SUNOCO :

Is an American vehicle gasoline master limited partnership company organized under Delaware state law and headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Dating back to 1886, the company has transformed from a vertically integrated energy company to a distributor of fuels and operator of energy infrastructure. It was previously engaged in oil, natural gas exploration and production, refining, chemical manufacturing, and retail fuel sales, but divested these businesses.

The partnership was known as Sun Oil Companyfrom 1890 to 1976, and as Sun Company Inc.from 1976 to 1998. The Sunoco name is a contraction of SUN Oil COmpany.

In 1956, the company introduced "Custom–Blended" fuel pumps, an innovation that allowed customers of Sunoco service stations to choose from several octane ratings through a single pump. Sunoco stations offered as many as eight grades of "Custom–Blended" fuels from its "Dial A Grade/Blend Selector" pumps ranging from subregular Sunoco 190 to Sunoco 260 and super-premium grade of 102 octane. The Sunoco 260 was advertised as "The Highest Octane Fuel You Can Buy!" and very popular with operators of V8–powered muscle cars of the 1960s.