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

[Smokeshow69]

Pictures?

Now it let me upload a photo. That was super weird… wouldn’t let me upload a s I probably tried 10 times over 3 hours

 

[Provincial]

Many engines took 5 quarts of oil for a change in those days. That is probably the reason for packaging to the "odd" size.

 

[Provincial]

Now it let me upload a photo. That was super weird… wouldn’t let me upload a s I probably tried 10 times over 3 hours

How big is the photo file? The server may have been overloaded over the weekend, and rejecting large attachments. Or, possible your internet service provider. I know my ISP will reject large files, and especially during times of heavy use.

 

[Jay__Dub]

 

[Outlawmws]

Oh, I like the graphics on that one!

 

[Smokeshow69]

Added to my can collection today

 

[Beerhippie]

Not terribly old:





but you don't see too many cone-top cans new these days.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Picked these beauties up. Have not seen these before, although I'm sure there are millions of them laying around across the countrie(s).

 

[brockmub]

Very Cool

 

[59Sled]

Protecoseal S883A that I started to polish. Still need to do a little more to it.

 

[59Sled]

Have this older Eagle no66 oiler.

 

[Outlawmws]

Protecoseal S883A that I started to polish.

Is it SS?

 

[59Sled]

Is it SS?

Yep. This one is stainless steel. Later on they painted them red.

 

[d42jeep]

Here is an oiler found at a recent estate sale. I can’t find any brand markings.
-Don

 

[Outlawmws]

I can’t find any brand markings.

I think that is most of mine...

 

[brockmub]

Here’s the cans I just added to the collection.

 

[Smokeshow69]

That Norse cleaned up nice! I like that EIS brake fluid can as well. Cool graphics

 

[Beerhippie]

Hit a storage unit sale yesterday and picked up a new can. Vintage? Is '83 old enough?



Sandrik (not a typo) 5L Jerry can--and a real German can! All the markings are consistent with being W. German army.

But the gasket is also 1983. DO I trust it? Nope.

Make a new one--I have Viton sheet, an XActo knife and shaky hands:



Perfect? Nope. Will it work? Most likely.

Fitting the gasket is a bit of a fiddle. The center of the cap is rolled over, so I need to tuck the inside edge under that rim.

Getting it started is always the hard part:



Then it's just like mounting a tire on a rim:



I replaced that ribbed Crafty screwdriver with two smooth ones. Much better. Soapy water for a lube.

Done:





Feels good. I'll test it tomorrow. This will be my Coleman fuel can for the new Vanagon.

 

[Farmer J.]

Nice useful good condition can. It doesn't look rusty at all, and i suppose the inside is just as good.
I've done the same having to make a gasket, except i cut one from the side of an old rubber boot..
If 1983 is old enough for vintage i had better check the dates on a couple of jerrycans that I bought new around that time.

 

[Beerhippie]

Nice useful good condition can. It doesn't look rusty at all, and i suppose the inside is just as good.
I've done the same having to make a gasket, except i cut one from the side of an old rubber boot..
If 1983 is old enough for vintage i had better check the dates on a couple of jerrycans that I bought new around that time.

No rust at all!

If '83 is "vintage", then am I an antique?

 

[four.cycle]

does your birth year start with 19 ?

 

[brockmub]

Hit a storage unit sale yesterday and picked up a new can. Vintage? Is '83 old enough?



Sandrik (not a typo) 5L Jerry can--and a real German can! All the markings are consistent with being W. German army.

But the gasket is also 1983. DO I trust it? Nope.

Make a new one--I have Viton sheet, an XActo knife and shaky hands:



Perfect? Nope. Will it work? Most likely.

Fitting the gasket is a bit of a fiddle. The center of the cap is rolled over, so I need to tuck the inside edge under that rim.

Getting it started is always the hard part:



Then it's just like mounting a tire on a rim:



I replaced that ribbed Crafty screwdriver with two smooth ones. Much better. Soapy water for a lube.

Done:





Feels good. I'll test it tomorrow. This will be my Coleman fuel can for the new Vanagon.

I like the repair, after a little while that gasket will look like it's made for it. Those little tiny nuances are just the reminder that YOU fixed it. Great job.

 

[59Sled]

Cleaning the garage today and found this hidden in it. Totally forgot I had this.

Not 100 percent of the age. Thinking late 40’s to mid 50’s. No markings on it. Need to find the top cap for it.

 

[Beerhippie]

does your birth year start with 19 ?

If I were a car or truck, I'd be eligible for "antique" plates.

 

[Dagny]

I really need to learn how to do pictures on here. biggest problem they are on my phone.

 

[Smokeshow69]

I really need to learn how to do pictures on here. biggest problem they are on my phone.

Not a problem...you can write a post from your phone or you can write a post from you pc and then edit the post from you post and upload photos

 

[Beerhippie]

I really need to learn how to do pictures on here. biggest problem they are on my phone.

I email them to myself from the phone.

Not a can, per se:





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[Smokeshow69]

Added a couple cans to the socony vacuum/ Mobil collection. The tavern was $12 and the luster cloth was $5. The cans have major condition issues but they are cool as heck and have the “look”!

 

[59Sled]

Never paid attention to this 3-1 can. I just assumed it was new. Don’t remember when I got it. But know I had it for a while. Maybe got it from my mom.

Well today I notice the price tag that says GEMCO. GEMCO closed in 1986. Guess this will now be part of my display.

 

[cody1325]

Never paid attention to this 3-1 can. I just assumed it was new. Don’t remember when I got it. But know I had it for a while. Maybe got it from my mom.

Well today I notice the price tag that says GEMCO. GEMCO closed in 1986. Guess this will now be part of my display.

I have stuff I won't open for that very reason. I've got stuff in my cabinet with Hill's, Heck's, Ames, Ammar Brothers/A-Mart, and Magic Mart (the A-Mart chain rebranded to Magic Mart in the 1980s, closed in 2018) price tags still on them. I even have an unopened box of Blue Grass Hardware corrugated fasteners.

 

[Outlawmws]

I picked these up a week back - 3 in 1 oil and an small oil can. Not too sure about the practicality of the oil can as it has no provision for sitting upright - needs a stand or maybe a magnet to a metal surface...

Not sure who "BLG" was but a 15c price indicates pretty old! Also my first 1 oz can. for anything. I've been looking for one!

 

[MShaw]

The interesting thing about 3 in 1 oil, one of my college professors taught an evening class in small electric motors for housewives and every time someone brought in a motor with dry and caked up bearings it had been faithfully oiled with 3 in 1. Just saying.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

The interesting thing about 3 in 1 oil, one of my college professors taught an evening class in small electric motors for housewives and every time someone brought in a motor with dry and caked up bearings it had been faithfully oiled with 3 in 1. Just saying.

Many years ago (mid 80s), I had a refrigerator start making a squealing noise. Disassembled far enough to determine the fan was making the noise. Removed the fan and examined it to find a small square box on the end of the motor shaft. Box had a hole in it for oiling and looking in the hole could see white felt, indicating the motor had never been oiled when new. Started dripping 3-in-1 oil into the hole and kept at it until it would not accept any more oil. Reassembled the refrigerator and continued using it for another 15 years with no fan problems.

 

[kabinenroller]

Here are a few I have aquired.

 

[Jay__Dub]

Picked up a couple smalls. I already have the 3 in 1 but I don't have the Liquid Wrench.

 

[driftpin]

I like all the vintage containers, but I don't have room for what I would like to have now, or to collect on the scale some do. The hemisphere w/a straight tapered pouring spout I'd think as being the archetype for a traditional oiler.

Here's another traditional can.

 

[Outlawmws]

Here's another traditional can.

Two of them actually!

 

[don long]

I don't know if I ever shared my oil can collection



I just finished this little jem today

 

[Private Lugnutz]

Left this JUSTRITE behind at the flea market on Friday. Priced a little higher than my fascination with it.

 

[Oregon rock crusher]

I saw this neat little 2-1/2 gallon can over the weekend at a swap meet. It's that side mounted spout that caught my attention. Made by the Edwards can company which was a division of Huffman Manufacturing co. of Delphos Ohio. Figured it was worth the 5 bucks. It even had my name on it. A few age marks but super clean inside. I doubt it was ever used. Ed.