What year was it when....

you last actually had to puncture the top of an oil can with a spout to open it instead of twisting the top off? A guy in my office just posed this question to me. I think the late 70's? Any ideas?

 

I'd say mid 70's, 75 or 76. I recall Dad having one, and I "helped" on the cars a lot. I don't recall him ever using it

 

I'd say later than that.....early 80's because I started driving in 79 and remember never being able to find the filler/puncturer and just WHAMing the oil can with a large phillips screw driver a couple of times ou: o No:

 

:laugh: Yep!!!

I do remember getting a real nice chrome oil spout with a big thick seal and a real sharpe blade for one of my birthdays :Brow: I thought it was great I remember my dad wishing he had a new one. :beer

I think you started having a choice on which type of can you wanted around 82 or 83.???

 

Gee, I just did it about a year ago this month. We're always a little behind the times here in the hills. p

 

Early 80's.

 

Before I was born. :ball:

 

Yeah early '80s. I worked at both a Shell and an Exxon stations and we used that spout at both of them. Really great when they'd get wet in the rain sittiing outside in the rack and you'd go to insert the spout and the whole can would crush down. :rant: Stupid cardboard!

 

I was thinking the question was "when did the current type of bottle come into use", not "how long could you still get the cans" o No:

 

Carbon 14 dating..........

Save them Dwayne....you may have some real treasures there. Or, put them babies on ebay, and stand back........

J.

 

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when was it that they cheapened the cans and they would crush when you attenmpted to put the spout in?

 

.....whenever they switched from tin cans to cardboard....'60's, I'd guess.

 

I was helping my dad (83 years old) clean out his garage a couple months back and came accross this gem. It's been there for at least 25 years and empty (that man never threw anything out) ou: Anyway, I thought it would look cool in my garage, although my wife gave me a strange sideways glance when I showed her.

 

I just remember the cardboard ones sucking. They crushed way to easy. I have seen several cases get mashed and all the oil on one side of the box start seeping out. I remember my buddy showing me (many years after buying it) his prize Mac spout he purchased off the truck in the mid 70's. It was chrome and high quality. I guess it went with his high tech Snap-On points equipment.

 

Oil for turbine airplane engines still comes in a "soup can."

 

I could swear they were still in the stores in the late 80s.

 

does anyone here remember using a quart glass oil jug with a long tapered screw-on tin spout to add oil to an engine ? i do.

 

I still have 3 or 4 of those spouts in my tool box,anybody need one?

 

You know what is also worth money that I heard? Boxes from the 40's,50's,60's. We have a few items from the 50's here in the house mostly kitchen items maybe it can be worth something.

 

In 1987 I had a worn out 430 in my GS that used way too much oil. All the "good" oils were in plastic bottles, but the local convenience store chain carried cheap straight 30 wt in cardboard cans, like 69 cents a quart. Always had to keep a supply of paper funnels in the car.