Originally Posted by
Binky
A couple of years ago I was given this scathingly brilliant old SILCA pump by a woman who was cleaning out her garage.
The SILCA air pressure gauge goes up to 16 bar (250 P.S.I.).
Can anyone tell me the approximate age of this pump ?
I read on the internet that the older Super Pista pumps ( before the 1950s ) had wooden handles and Columbus tubing.
The foot of this pump dates it as being from the 90's, and the wooden handle makes it a Super Pista. The 1980's pump had a different foot design which had the year stamped into the bottom of the foot: I have an '88, and have seen '87 and '89 stamps too.
Earlier Columbus tubed pumps had a Columbus decal on them. I don't know whether later pumps without the decal still had Columbus tubing or not, but suspect they didn't.