Ian L Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Any idea of date, nationality or use ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughman Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Any reason why the pictures are not expanding when I double click them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Zoomed up the screen, but not clear. Is this a normal size 2 gallon can and does it have separate cap and chamber within? If so these were carried on cars in the pre-war times and were used for oil in one compartment and petrol in the other. Might be wrong but until picture is clearer, not sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian L Posted December 13, 2015 Author Share Posted December 13, 2015 That better ? PO on handle ? is that Petrol & Oil ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Not quite what I was thinking of. I Should think it is all one chamber. Is the tube a pick up pipe, ie, goes down to bottom of can? PO could be Post Office although they usually marked there equipment GPO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordonb Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 "Highly Inflammable" implies British, the US used/uses "flammable". gmb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony B Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Petroleum Spirit suggests British. Out of intrest what is the material used to make the can? I've seen somthing similar on an old quarry barge, used in a gravel pit. It was attached to the drive unit that looked like an Seagull outboard on stroids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I picked one of these up a while back, and I've seen several on ebay listed as Post Office. They always seem to be painted pillarbox red. It's a very handy container with the pouring spout built-in. I don't think it's military though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazzaw Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 could it be a locally made expansion tank for radiator pre war or similar to WW1 desert vehicles as seen similar of model Ts of the time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I picked one of these up a while back, and I've seen several on ebay listed as Post Office. They always seem to be painted pillarbox red. It's a very handy container with the pouring spout built-in. I don't think it's military though. Paraffin can for a cable-jointer's blowlamp? Chris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Hall Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 I believe the extra pipe is to pressurise the can so that the contents are pushed out of the normal spout connection possibly into another tank. Wasn't there another thread on the forum regarding these? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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