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I've probably pumped a couple of million gallons with a hand reset pump.I was in high school at the time of the Arab oil embargo,and the gas shortages.I could get time out of school to work at energy related jobs.I worked at an American station,and had all the gas I wanted.My folks did too.When things got back to normal,the oil company that owned the building showed up with new gas pumps.Our old pumps went to,$9.99.The new pumps went to $99.99,but were still mechanical.Our gas was still about 45 cents,but the owners said it would be going up fast in the next couple of years.They were going to be ready.I still own the first pump in town that dispensed leaded gas,it was installed at the end of a porch on a little gas station.It was installed right after the war,and he said he never sold too much of the stuff,and closed all of his pumps down in 1956.