MONCTON – Tucked away in their Moncton-area garage, the Jones boys are getting all shined up for the Atlantic Nationals Automotive Extravaganza this weekend.
Only this time the two gear heads are not working on a hot rod — they’re pumping out an idea born just a few months ago.
It came from the oldest brother, Leslie, who wanted to restore a gas pump for a prop in his garage.
“I actually has a real one and I was going to restore it. But, by the time I got paint and primer and pieces I was missing… I was into like almost $4,000 to restore one,” Leslie said.
He said that was just too rich for his, in fact for most people’s, blood.
So, Leslie came up with an idea. He wanted to use a mold he had picked up at a flea market, in the U.S., to start making more affordable, plastic forms of old fashioned fuel pumps, and then sell them to car enthusiasts like himself.
At first, his younger brother Ed was not convinced that was the best idea. “I thought here we go again another crazy idea,” Ed said.
But, the two bothers decided to give it a shot.
Just a few weeks ago they started producing wall hangings that look like fuel pumps.
The flats can be personalized with custom logos.
The Joneses says the hangings are the perfect accessory for any man cave.
“They want to have their favorite gas company from old or their favorite car on it,” said Leslie.
These two good ol’ boys know all about cars.
They grew up working on them since they were knee-high to their dad, Don Jones.
He said his dad would have loved this creative idea.
“He’d be impressed. He’d be right in here with us all pumped up about it,” Ed said.
But, Don passed away just a few years ago and the garage still feels empty without him, the brother said. So, the boys found a way to honour him — they stamp his initials on a logo on the front of every unit.
They both think that would make their dad proud.
The Jones brother’s plan to unveil their creation at the Atlantic Nationals this weekend. They hope their dad is somehow watching them from a garage from beyond.
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