American "Duncan Parking Meter"
Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2022 9:28 pm
Over the years I've tried more than once to achieve something with an old parking meter.
Apart from sticking a broken one on a bit of scaffold pole and shoving it in the back garden, I failed miserably.
The ex Brighton & Hove ones being sold through Exchange & Mart at the time were salt air damaged, no locks and described as “working perhaps”.
Very recently I went over to visit an old mate (fellow collector) who shall remain nameless. Anyway Carl Stein and I go back ages, but see each other rarely these days. I sat down and before we said anything he produced a working Parking Meter on a small stand. Plonking it down in front of me he inserted a shilling and wound the handle ….
“Right” he said “15 minutes, now what do you want to discuss?”
Suddenly my interest was rekindled!
It took a few months but I tracked down an American Duncan Meter. It had locks, it worked and was exactly as it was the day it was removed off the streets and wrapped in a cardboard box.
I also had access to a small cast iron stand.
So a spot of rattly can, a quick blast of home made water transfers and a first time dabble at Hydro Dipping.
Now ….
Apart from sticking a broken one on a bit of scaffold pole and shoving it in the back garden, I failed miserably.
The ex Brighton & Hove ones being sold through Exchange & Mart at the time were salt air damaged, no locks and described as “working perhaps”.
Very recently I went over to visit an old mate (fellow collector) who shall remain nameless. Anyway Carl Stein and I go back ages, but see each other rarely these days. I sat down and before we said anything he produced a working Parking Meter on a small stand. Plonking it down in front of me he inserted a shilling and wound the handle ….
“Right” he said “15 minutes, now what do you want to discuss?”
Suddenly my interest was rekindled!
It took a few months but I tracked down an American Duncan Meter. It had locks, it worked and was exactly as it was the day it was removed off the streets and wrapped in a cardboard box.
- s-l200.jpg (10.43 KiB) Viewed 1587 times
I also had access to a small cast iron stand.
So a spot of rattly can, a quick blast of home made water transfers and a first time dabble at Hydro Dipping.
Now ….
