SHOW OFF YOUR VINTAGE METAL CANS AND CONTAINERS!! oil, gas, ointments, and just cans

[Beerhippie]

Narragansett had gone out of business and was later resurrected by a senior executive from Nantucket Nectars. Getting Genesee to take on production of the lager was the quickest way to get cash flow. They've since built a small production site for micro brews, but Genesee still makes the lager.

Personally, I think it tastes disgusting, but that's because I hate lagers as a whole.

It's popular around here because of the Rhode Island heritage. Sad that they haven't figured out a way to bring production of all of ot back to RI.

Mike

Have you had a real lager, or are you basing this on the American Lager (actually a recognized style)?

We call American Lager "canoe beer". Why? Because American Lagers and *** in a canoe have something in common: They're both f^@#in near water!

 

[mikeinri]

Probably American lager.

I used to like Sam Adams Boston Lager, but at some point switched to Guiness, then to IPAs and haven't looked back.

Once in a great while (literally if I'm at an event with a sponsor-supplied beer and no other options), I'll drink what they have. That tends to range from Heineken to Stella Artois to Narragansett, but I draw the line at Bud (or worse, Bud Light).

Mike

 

[Jay__Dub]

Probably American lager.

I used to like Sam Adams Boston Lager, but at some point switched to Guiness, then to IPAs and haven't looked back.

Once in a great while (literally if I'm at an event with a sponsor-supplied beer and no other options), I'll drink what they have. That tends to range from Heineken to Stella Artois to Narragansett, but I draw the line at Bud (or worse, Bud Light).

Mike

Old Vienna Canadian Lager for me. I hear they had to lay off the 3rd shift when I quit guzzling about 40 years ago.

Got this plain jane Montomery Ward oiler.

 

[Jay__Dub]

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

Vintage anti seize can arrived today. And it’s full too. Very liquidy. Anyone know when they stopped using the metal cans and switched to plastic? Copyright on the can is 1968 but I’m sure they didn’t switch the design every year.

 

[four.cycle]

^ I can only tell you that I bought MY can when I owned the Opel, so... about 1977 or so. Same exact size can. The graphics on mine are mostly worn off, but they do look similar. I was using some yesterday. The can is about a quarter full.
I keep it in the little box that the Opel voltage regulator came in.
I crashed that poor little car. It looked kind of like the one in the pic, but homlier. The dual Solex 28mm carbs were kind of fun though.

 

[BlakeTheCarGuy]

^ I can only tell you that I bought MY can when I owned the Opel, so... about 1977 or so. Same exact size can. The graphics on mine are mostly worn off, but they do look similar. I was using some yesterday. The can is about a quarter full.
I keep it in the little box that the Opel voltage regulator came in.
I crashed that poor little car. It looked kind of like the one in the pic, but homlier. The dual Solex 28mm carbs were kind of fun though.

That can has seen many years of service for sure. Love it man. Nice car too.

 

[d42jeep]

I can’t be sure when I bought mine but I used it every day from ‘76 to ‘82 on the threads of every spark plug I installed and every bolt that threaded into aluminum. It’s not empty yet but I picked up a plastic one at a sale just in case. I continue to use it whenever I need it.
-Don

 

[Provincial]

Not a can, but a metal container. I found this at an auto swap meet, and the seller threw it in with some wrenches I bought.


"ELGIN WATCH MATERIAL" and barely an inch long! I'm gifting it to a friend whose hobby is repairing old watches.

 

[FJ 432]

^ I can only tell you that I bought MY can when I owned the Opel, so... about 1977 or so. Same exact size can. The graphics on mine are mostly worn off, but they do look similar. I was using some yesterday. The can is about a quarter full.
I keep it in the little box that the Opel voltage regulator came in.
I crashed that poor little car. It looked kind of like the one in the pic, but homlier. The dual Solex 28mm carbs were kind of fun though.

An Opel Kadett one of my favorite owned cars. One of the smoothest 4 speed manual transmissions ever.

 

[Jay__Dub]

 

[h~moto]

These are some of my latest finds.

 

[pcrov]

*Just* found this glass bottle out in late gramp's garage. Still full!

Any advice for cleaning it up without risking damage to the paper label?

 

[Jay__Dub]

These are some of my latest finds.

Great finds. The "Kant Rust".

 

[Outlawmws]

Any advice for cleaning it up without risking damage to the paper label?

If that is unfinished paper I think you will need to live with it.

 

[pcrov]

If that is unfinished paper I think you will need to live with it.

Yeah it's unfinished. Has a good texture to it too, very cloth-y. To the display shelf it goes!

 

[Private Lugnutz]

These are some of my latest finds.

Love that "Oily Bird" can and I don't remember seeing one before. Would pair well for display with the Ronson wrench set, world's best lighter, or any of the other mass market products they had a flair for making.

 

[Jay__Dub]

 

[INSP380]

One of my favorite cans….Hurst!

Steve

 

[Smokeshow69]

Scored these 3 cans and a few other items today for $10. Thought the Alemite cans were pretty cool given the Alemite name being synonymous with lubrication tools and equipment. The keystone can has a nice logo as well.

 

[Fretters]

This's my bin, in the workshop.

 

[brockmub]

@Smokeshow69 Here's my household oiler of that Keystone. Regular oilers for scale. Those Alemite grease cans are pretty cool.

 

[brockmub]

@Fretters I like the use of the old grease can for a garbage can, way better than some plastic junk from the Dollar Store. I have similar setup because I think the big cans are cool but it's tough to collect/display them.

 

[Smokeshow69]

@Smokeshow69 Here's my household oiler of that Keystone. Regular oilers for scale. Those Alemite grease cans are pretty cool.

That keystone is nice! Does it smell like regular oil? That's what the inside of my keystone smells like and it's nearly full so I was wondering if it had been refilled at some point or if it's still got the original contents? The Alemite cans were too cool to leave behind. Plus they have no zip code so that makes them fairly old. The Alemite cans are made by cinco.

 

[brockmub]

It smelled like I would expect penetrant to smell. Kinda like Liquid Wrench and regular oil.

 

[Smokeshow69]

It smelled like I would expect penetrant to smell. Kinda like Liquid Wrench and regular oil.

Yup,
Same thing as my full size can.

 

[DetailSeeker]

I've got a German oil can and a hundred-year-old grease gun. (The latter will be going to the local tool library tonight.)

Cleaning the grease gun was goopy, but not terrible. The oil can, on the other hand, absolutely reeked, and it is soldered shut.

I resorted to half-filling it with Simple Green (and squirting it out), spraying a bunch of WD-40 into it (ditto), and then filling it with rubbing alcohol, squirting out about half of that, pouring out what I could, and leaving the can open so anything left could evaporate. It still doesn't smell pleasant, but it's not nearly as bad.

 

[brockmub]

@DetailSeeker I've got the same one, just a little more bent nozzle.

 

[DetailSeeker]

@DetailSeeker I've got the same one, just a little more bent nozzle.

Nice! (I think nicer, even; the PRESSOL stamp is cool, and I see a distinct lack of solder-muck.)

 

[Outlawmws]

he oil can, on the other hand, absolutely reeked, and it is soldered shut.

I resorted to half-filling it with Simple Green (and squirting it out), spraying a bunch of WD-40 into it (ditto), and then filling it with rubbing alcohol, squirting out about half of that, pouring out what I could, and leaving the can open so anything left could evaporate. It still doesn't smell pleasant, but it's not nearly as bad.

Assuming no aluminum in the oil can. Hot lye will de-stink it. I have a 90 YO Coleman lantern that had a god-awful stench (ancient RUG?) , all gone now!

 

[Jay__Dub]

Picked up this 60's Ford 5 Gal

 

[Smokeshow69]

Picked up this old sweaty Veedol 1gallon can of chassis grease at a local barn sale yesterday for $5.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is a 1941 Nesco water can I found at a Gardnerville estate sale today. Some unusual features of Jeep cans made in 1941 is that they were galvanized so the paint didn’t stick particularly well. The 1941 water cans are different than the later wartime water cans in that they have the same sized opening as the gas cans. The later water cans have larger outlets.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

Here is a 1941 Nesco water can I found at a Gardnerville estate sale today. Some unusual features of Jeep cans made in 1941 is that they were galvanized so the paint didn’t stick particularly well. The 1941 water cans are different than the later wartime water cans in that they have the same sized opening as the gas cans. The later water cans have larger outlets.
-Don

Cool can!

No gauge info?

 

[Provincial]

Cool can!

No gauge info?

Water isn't flammable.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Got this old Veedol can for my collection. I've been trying to snag one for years, but the prices are usually completely insane. I can usually get 4 cans for the price of one of these. This one is scratched, and beat up, but so am I.

 

[don long]

I found this old oil can in a pile of trash the other day and it followed me home. So I had to give it a little love.

Before



After



It is over to my sign painter for some special effects.

 

[Smokeshow69]

Found this super cool Sears Cross Country oil can at a sale yesterday. It’s kinda odd in that it’s a bit taller and more narrow than the following type of can dimensions we are more used to. I think a lot of these probably fell over due to their height and got damaged due to their irregular size. It's a 5qt but its just a bit odd in overall dimensions

 

[Smokeshow69]

Pictures

 

[brockmub]

Pictures?