Vintage oil cans

[frog76]

I have some union 76 purple triton cardboard cans and the oil is still in them. Must be from 80’s. They are in pristine shape.
My dad owned a 76 station and saved these.
Are they worth more with oil?
They have been closed up in a cabinet for over 30 years. No fading
Straight off the shelves to storage

 

[frog76]

Back of the cans

 

[Ricky Joe]

I’ve been using up a stash of Wolf’s Head that I ran across some years ago. There may be collectors out there, but I’m not going to hunt them up.

 

[cgrutt]

Very cool not sure anybody still has the spout to open them! I actually still remember those cans. I'm sure there is some collector value they'd look great in somebody's man cave lol.

 

[WisJim]

I found part of a case of Mobil quarts when we moved recently. I still have a couple of spouts, too. I think I paid 39 cents a quart for the oil at Farm and Fleet way back when.

 

[don long]

The cardboard cans are not as desirable or collectable as the tin ones

 

[Sumboodie]

I have some union 76 purple triton cardboard cans and the oil is still in them. Must be from 80’s. They are in pristine shape.
My dad owned a 76 station and saved these.
Are they worth more with oil?
They have been closed up in a cabinet for over 30 years. No fading
Straight off the shelves to storage

P66 has Triton engine oils... interesting.

Sold ~1200 gallons of 15w40 and 5w40 this week.

 

[pelletman]

If you do empty poke a small hole in the bottom near the edge, I would leave the full

 

[antman213]

Can anyone tell me if the can on the right (See pics) is an actual Eagle 66? I have another eagle 66 which has the part number on the cap but this very similar can just has "eagle" Stamped. Also there are a few differences, crimped base, shorter, different trigger mechanism. The internals are the same on both.

Is this possibly a predecessor?

Also note the label, which I believe is just where it was sold from.

 

[stihlcollector]

Here is a collection of vintage outboard oil cans I recently acquired:

Interesting to me that all the big names in oil were actively involved in marketing outboard oil.

 

[four.cycle]

^ outboard / 2-cycle oil is a huge market. I remember working the Tillicum store on the 4th of July one year - only thing we sold all day was road flares and 2-cycle oil. (The store was only a few blocks from the boat ramp at American Lake.)