Saw one of these at the Flea Market over the weekend:
Not too many people knew what it was, which made me feel old.
(Not the pen smartass!)
Saw one of these at the Flea Market over the weekend:
Not too many people knew what it was, which made me feel old.
(Not the pen smartass!)
Oil can spout for the steel quart oil cans.
That's for oil cans to pour them out... back when they were cans and not bottles.
^^^ What He Said ^^^
I havent' used one of those since the 80s. Wow.
Probably can't even find many oil cans anymore.
It's funny the things you forget about. I saw on one of those "picker" shows where a guy had a collection of old oil cans. It was really neat.
One of the first automotive tools I ever bought.
Oil can spout for the steel quart oil cans.
While the top and bottom were metal, the body of the can was made of cardboard from about 1960 on.
OIl cans are in short supply after the guy in Steve Martin's "The Jerk" kept shooting them...
I remember making a mess trying to puncture the top properly as a kid...
Heck..I'm young and instantly knew it was an oil can spout. (ok...I grew up on a working farm, tons of those were around)
My dad had a few of those in his workshop, but I don't think I've ever owned one. But I've only been working on cars for 20 years.
I've got one in the garage. I had to use an apple juice can to show my sons how it works.
C3po's Hootus?
I knew what it was, but I just couldn't resist.
DrBoost wrote: C3po's Hootus? I knew what it was, but I just couldn't resist.
Wrong color!
Wow, that was easy. I'm old...
Brett_Murphy wrote: Oil can spout for the steel quart oil cans.
I have about 4 of them cluttering up the garage.
trucke wrote:DrBoost wrote: C3po's Hootus? I knew what it was, but I just couldn't resist.Wrong color!
OK, Tin Man's Hootus!
I was hoping it was one of these just because of what my FIL calls them. Donky D___. 
I had several and was so glad when they went to plastic containers I through every one of them out. Every one of them leaked.
Still have 2 or 3 in the garage somewhere. Haven't used one in 20 years so I'm not sure where they are.
Gearheadotaku wrote: I remember making a mess trying to puncture the top properly as a kid...
My dad showed me how to punch a small hole with a screwdriver and slip the thingy in. Then another hole on the other side for a vent.
Opening Hi-C cans and properly pouring them without spilling was also a learned skill back in the 1970's along with not burning the Jiffy Pop.
George?
Haven't seen one of those in years.
Damn! I was going to say pen that message was just out my screen
I am 39 years old, I know what that is, and I've used one exactly once. I'm pretty sure it was to pour 2 cycle oil into the gas tanks of my Grandfather's boat, in the late seventies or early eighties.
By the time I started playing around with motors on a regular basis plastic bottles were the norm.
I knew what it was. Of course I grew up around really old stuff.
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