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Advertisement leaflet for the 'Bristol' tyre pump, detailing its features, price, and advantages over other tyre inflators.
| Identifier | ExFiles\Box 149\5\ scan0064 | |
| Date | 14th September 1925 guessed | |
| Important Notice! THE MANUFACTURERS OF THAT MOST POWERFUL OF ALL TYRE INFLATORS. THE “BRISTOL” PUMP Original and Powerful Leverage System FEATURES: - LOW FOOT LIFT: Maximum lift for comfort—10-in. only. Greater volume delivered than any other foot pump of equal lift. - DUPLEX CYLINDERS: High pressures obtained with the ease of single acting pumps. - ACCURATE DIAL GAUGE: Accuracy of readings guaranteed. Needle keeps quite steady. Pump can be used as a tyre tester. - NON-RETURN VALVES: The “Bristol” is the only pump fitted with perfectly designed non-return valves, which ensure absolutely steady gauge readings. - RUBBER STOPS: Stroke action is easy and smooth throughout. Rubber buffer-stops avoid metallic contact and ensure silence. - STEEL BARREL: Barrel is of highest grade weldless steel—an exclusive feature, and giving far more strength than ordinary brass barrels. Announce THE RESULT OF THEIR EXTENDED MANUFACTURING FACILITIES ENABLES THEM TO BRING THE PRICE OF THIS REMARKABLE TYRE-INFLATOR DOWN TO THE LEVEL OF THE CHEAPEST. Complete with Accurate Dial gauge - 40/- - in strong Wood Box with hinged cover The improved “BRISTOL” has gained the ungrudging admiration of both expert and novice, and now it is sold at the popular price of 40/-, complete with accurate DIAL PRESSURE GAUGE, Universal Tyre Connector, and strong Wood Box, there is no doubt the “BRISTOL” is indisputably the best value of all the tyre pumps. Although tyres are made “better and better” —yet sooner or later the inevitable puncture comes, and the spare is found soft, then the “BRISTOL” will put it up again from 30-60 lbs. as required in as many seconds. Remember the “BRISTOL” is the best of all the tyre pumps. All the best garages have the “BRISTOL” in stock.—Do not be put off with something “just as good,” when you can have “the best” for the same or less money. Write us now. Special Running Board Box, designed to exclude dust or rain, can be supplied (complete with fixing screws and good lock). A few of the many special points only: 1. The maximum height of the Toe Step is only 10 inches—many Pumps have Toe Steps reaching to the impractical height of 13 to 14 inches. 2. Owing to the unique design the output of air from the two cylinders is obtained with the easy effort of only one. 3. Does not creep away from operator when in use. 4. The ease of operation is astounding. 5. Built by Pneumatic Tool experts, it will last a lifetime, and is fully Guaranteed for Two Years. More powerful than many so-called Garage Pumps at double the price, yet exceedingly compact and of convenient shape when folded—see illustration below Any motor trader who may be without stock at the moment is invited to get into touch with us immediately. Pub. T 23 BRISTOL PNEUMATIC TOOLS, LTD., WORKS: FISHPONDS—BRISTOL. Telephone : FISHPONDS 17. Telegrams : “PERCUSSION, BRISTOL.” London Office : 54, LOWER THAMES STREET, E.C. 1. | ||