Who remembers these?

[JoeM 9,034]

 

 

[Pullstart 68,397]

I’ve never seen one at the pump, but I do know what they are!

[JoeM 9,034]

2 minutes ago, Pullstart said:

I’ve never seen one at the pump

Pretty common to see a six pack at the pump back in the day. Amazing, no caps just wide open tops. 

[ri702bill 10,232]

A friend of mine ran a local Discount Gas Station in the early 1970's. He used to drain and collect all what was left at the bottom of the cardboard / metal quarts of top price name brand oil. Guess where it ended up selling for half the cost at the pump. Pure profit there...

[c-series don 10,682]

I don’t remember glass bottles, but I do remember the quart cans that you had to jam the spout into. Or a knife or screwdriver, whatever you had handy to open it! And then if the spout wasn’t sharp and it was on of those heavy paper cans that had been exposed to any moisture the top of the can would kink then spout wouldn’t seal up good and oil would leak all over!! 

[ebinmaine 74,925]

17 minutes ago, c-series don said:

I don’t remember glass bottles, but I do remember the quart cans that you had to jam the spout into. Or a knife or screwdriver, whatever you had handy to open it! And then if the spout wasn’t sharp and it was on of those heavy paper cans that had been exposed to any moisture the top of the can would kink then spout wouldn’t seal up good and oil would leak all over!! 

 

 

 

 

Same here. When I started selling Auto Parts in north central Massachusetts in 1992 there were still a few products available in the old round cardboard cans with metal tops. Most things had switched over to the plastic bottles we know of today.

[Skwerl58 767]

We had a FISCA station that used these well into the upper 70's. It was the only place I remember using them.

[SylvanLakeWH 29,488]

1 hour ago, ri702bill said:

A friend of mine ran a local Discount Gas Station in the early 1970's. He used to drain and collect all what was left at the bottom of the cardboard / metal quarts of top price name brand oil. Guess where it ended up selling for half the cost at the pump. Pure profit there...

My Dad had a jig in the garage that funneled oil cans into a jar... Always had oil for oil cans, chains etc.

 

It was a large funnel on top a jar with two pieces of wood to hold an upside down can in the funnel...

 

I still do this with the plastic bottles... keeps my oiler jars full...

 

Waste not want not... 

[Ed Kennell 43,313]

Nope, we had tin cans that you pierced with the pointed spout.    Also had a 5-6 foot section of rain gutter nailed to the wall at an angle that drained about two dozen oil cans into a glass jar.

 

[Handy Don 14,860]

And now the “lube shops” use an electronically-controlled metered pump with a nozzle for quick oil changes, which I fervently distrust. I”ve asked who certifies the pumps and got “we do” for an answer!

The techs in the shop I patronize use hand pumps from a barrel into a measuring pitcher/funnel and then pour it into the car. They also measure the drained oil so they can note any conspicuous consumption. 

[8ntruck 8,239]

I don't  remember seing them at gas stations, but dad had one hanging around.