Reviews & Features – Page 49 – The Garage Journal

This is pretty rad… Steve Johnson is a forum member and a sponsor. He runs Garageart.com and happens to be heavy into nostalgic gas and oil stuff. Recently he got the idea to reproduce the old station attendant oil can stands. They are done and ready to go and are available in just about any brand you can imagine. Check it out:

Mark Moriarity is a bit of a legend in some circles. He’s probably the world’s most renowned restorer off all things crazy and wacky from the late 1950’s up through the 1960’s. He’s restored and owned many original Ed Roth cars, the Car Craft Dream Rod, the Futurian, and others. Put shortly, the man knows his shit.

So I’ve got three of those cheap plastic oil receivers that you get at Autozone and other local parts houses. I detest all three of them. My cars are low and I’ve got to get them way up in the air just to get the damn things in position. And once I do get the oil out and in, I then have to tighten up the drain plugs just right – not so tight that they strip, but tight enough that they don’t leak oil all over my car when I take them to the oil dump. I always fail …

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