PERIOD PIECE OR NOT ??????????/

[Bad Ass Bob]

is this orthentic ????

[jolas]

Looks authentic to me, would look good on the back of my plaas bakkie !!!!!!

[69bug]

If you look at the screw on lid, it is.
Newer cans have a different lid.

[jmvv]

That can pre dates the Second World war.

I have seen similar cans on some 1920 to 1930 American classics.

There normally was a dedicated oil can holder provided on one or both of the running boards.

Sufficient back-up oil was a necessity then; what with open valve train designs and total loss lubrication systems (screw in lubricator on the end of whatever shaft with the used oil dripping on the ground)

[fig]

Those cans can be pre or post-war.

Pre-war cans are usually petrol (motor spirit) cans, while post-war are usually oil cans.

In the early days of motoring there were no filling stations. You bought fuel from the general dealer in wooden crates, each containing four two-gallon cans of fuel.

[Tony Z]

(screw in lubricator on the end of whatever shaft with the used oil dripping on the ground)

hmmm, the good old days...

[eben]

My folks still have one of those. They used it to store the fuel for the lawnmower.