Unknown oiler can
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mrb1
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1930's-50's Eagle No. 66 finger pump oiler, often brass........pages of them on ebay
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nk...sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m570.l1313
check out "Google Image Search".....https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1325808?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop
Several threads here at GJ that include the 66.
www.garagejournal.com
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nk...sacat=0&_from=R40&_trksid=p2332490.m570.l1313
check out "Google Image Search".....https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/1325808?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform=Desktop
Several threads here at GJ that include the 66.
Any reproductions of the Eagle finger pump oil can?
I notice the Eagle 66 goes for quite a bit of money on eBay. If necessary, I will pay it but I don't need the actual Eagle antique can. A clone is fine, as long as it works well. It would seem this is the only good quality North American design that hasn't been knocked off by the Chinese.
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Beerhippie
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Mr. Pet/Tubalcain has a good video on these on YT. Look it up.
The drawback is that these tip over so easily it's easier to just leave them on their side--they'll be there within minutes anyway.
Using a hole saw to make a stand out of a piece of 2X4 is one solution.
Mine's a shelf queen--also unmarked and apparently of early vintage.
d42jeep
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I don’t believe that they were used by the military during WW2. I have no idea about postwar military usage.
-Don
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There was at least one other company which sold an oil can that looked very similar to the Eagle 66. I can't remember the name, I think it started with a "P". You can find it somewhere in old catalogs in the international tool catalog library. I don't think it was a simple rebranding, I'm pretty sure this other company just made copy with slight changes like the straight knurling on the nut for the pump shaft.
It would have had a sticker or decal but that is obviously long gone, they weren't embossed like on eagle oil cans.
It might be a Brookins Service Station Model 320. Check the bottom for a patent number. If it has a patent number it is an eagle can and either someone swapped the lid at some point or eagle made some without the embossing.
It would have had a sticker or decal but that is obviously long gone, they weren't embossed like on eagle oil cans.
It might be a Brookins Service Station Model 320. Check the bottom for a patent number. If it has a patent number it is an eagle can and either someone swapped the lid at some point or eagle made some without the embossing.
Brookins Service Station Equipment : Brookins Division : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
10 p., illus., 26.8 cm, trade catalog
archive.org
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Firebird1975
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I have the same one that is labeled Eagle 66. It was in my garage when I purchased my house. The previous owner was a mechanic from the 40s to the late 80s. I use it for CLP oil. I never really thought much about it, but it still works flawlessly. The second can is made by Plews.
