Vintage Gas Gauge

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I got all these vintage gas meter from my aunt's gas shop back in a few months ago and decided to add these items into my vintage collection. You maybe asking why I decided to collect this kind of stuff besides other common vintage items like old phones, records and signage. This is because, all vintage collectors are different, and they do collect different things in their collection. For me, I am more towards old hardware collection, where I collect hardware items as I can easily get them from my relatives.

This gas gauge can be use for Shell gas, Mobil gas and many other gas


Coming back to this, these meters are at least 30 plus years old. These meters are mostly used for high pressure gas tank and for commercial use only. This gauge were used for safety reasons to monitor the gas pressure. The brand for all these 3 gauges is Fisher brand. Fisher brand is still around in today's market and the brand is well known for it's supplies of lab equipment.



At the back of the meter, there is some clear observations of rust. I am not sure whether this meters are in working condition as I never got a chance to even try them out.

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