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IN THE 1931 AND 1932 CARS, I HAVE SEEN THE TOOL LISTING AND IN THE LIST IS A OIL CAN. IN TALKING TO SOME VERY INFORMED CHEVY PEOPLE, THEY TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS NOT A OIL CAN :confused: :confused: IN MY CASE OWNING A 32 COUPE, IF THERE WAS A OIL CAN, WHERE IN THE --------H---- WERE YOU SUPPOSTED TO PUT IT??????? :confused: :confused: IT SURELY WOULD NOT STAND UPRIGHT UNDER THE FRONT SEAT, WHICH IS THE TOOL BOX????? OH I GUESS MAYBE YOU HELD IT WHILE DRIVING THE CAR,OR PUT IT IN THE REAR WINDOW TRAY????????????????

Here we go again! Hey Donald! Do you stay up at night thinking up this stuff, or do you get these visions when you are drinking Budweiser??? :eek: :eek: We don't even have the hand crank issue solved yet, and now you are on oil cans! Wow!! :rolleyes: :( :confused: :)

Want me to start a Poll to see who thinks that there should have been one? Maybe if we get enough people responding, we can revise history... sort of like ex-presidents do! Oops... strike that... no politics allowed on this board!!!

Don, my suggestion would be for you to state which listing you saw this in and let everyone else comment about that specific list. We already had one book published 15 years ago that caused huge headaches for all of us purists.

There is an oil can and it is listed in the 1930-1932 Chevrolet parts books in the tool section. And, guess what? I have a feeling that good old Chipper is going to agree with me on this one! If so, that makes two......which is another world record! And, by the way, for those of you who don't know, Donald's "very informed" people that he has been talking to are the Model "T" Ford dudes, and they haven't been right about anything yet!!

WELL NOW, VERY INTERESTING???????? I GUESS IF THERE WAS A OIL CAN FOR 1932 WITH OIL IN IT, INSTEAD OF HOLDING IT WHILE I DRIVE THE CAR, AS TO NOT SPILL ANY MARVEL MYSTERY OIL???? I COULD WELD IT TO THE TOP AND THEN I COULD GET A ORIGINAL 1932 RADIO AND USE THE OIL CAN AS A ANTENNA??OH YA, HOW DOES THAT SOUND JUNKYARD DOG

Do you suppose the oil can mounted on the engine side of the firewall in a spring loaded bracket ? I have one but do not know if its Ford or Chevrolet .There are no markings on it [the bracket] Was the oil can marked or plain? Thought I might add to the confusion.

Donald: To answer your question, it sounds like you are heavy into the Budweiser again!! :( :eek:

Woody: The oil can was not on the firewall, and they were unmarked....that is to say that "Chevrolet" was not on the oil can.

JUNKYARD DOG??MAYBE THE 31 AND 32 CHEVYS HAD A LITTLE THREE IN ONE OIL CAN WITH A LEAKPROOF CAP THAT SAT IN THE CARS?????? :arrow: :arrow:

Yes I will agree with the ole Dog on this one! I have only seen four of them in the metal.

No it isn't!!!!! The oil can is round and it has a crooked neck and it is painted purple with a yellow stripe!! Go find one Donald, and after you drink your normal case of Budweiser, you will be amazed at how easy this oil can is to see!

Chipper, give me some dimensions and I will compare your dimensions with the two oil cans that I have. I have two like you describe, one is olive drab and one is plain metal, and they both have a raised oval rib in the center of the can. They both have a metal screw on cap on the metal spout and the cap is held onto the can with a little chain. Funny, but I bought both of these NOS oil cans in an army surplus store about 20 years ago for a nickel a piece, and they were army surplus from WWII and there was a big pile of them at the time.

OH OH, WOW JUNKYARD DOG AND CHEVY CHIP. I HAVE SOLVED THE OIL CAN PROBLEM. I WILL BUY A CASE OF OIL IN CANS AND WHEN I NEED OIL ON MY TRIPS TO OIL DIFFERENT THINGS ON MY CAR, ILL JUST OPEN A QUART CAN, OIL WHAT NEEDS TO BE OILED AND THROW THE CAN AWAY.NO MESS NO FUSS, NOW THATS THE WAY TO GO.

Hey Donald! You are hitting the Budweiser awful early in the morning ain't ya?? :eek: :confused: :confused: :confused: :confused:

Skippie,
The can is 3 3/16" high 2 1/2" wide and 1 11/16" thick. The oval is depressed into the the side and is 2 1/4" high and 1 1/2" wide. Some of the cans have a "C" in a diamond stamped from the inside(raised) and others have plain bottoms. There is a screw on top spout (or tube) that has ~ 1" dia. threads on the cap and the tube is about 1 3/4" long. There is a small metal cap on the threaded end to the tube. It is the one that is visable in the "Double Check" filmstrip. It is also pictured several other places in Chevy literature.

I also have one or two of the ones that you describe. They are often described as WWII machine gun oil cans on eBay and other web pages.
Unfortunately they are not Chevy issue.

Chipper! Thanks for the dimensions. Both of my cans are identical to each other, however their dimensions are slightly different from your can, though they all appear to have the exact same configuration. My cans are a little taller and a little wider, and the oval has slightly different dimensions, and my spouts are a little shorter as well. Do your cans have the little chain that holds the cap on to the spout, and is your metal cap domed on top? I appreciate you posting the dimensions. Now, I'm going to start a new issue.....by saying that your cans are wrong and that mine are right for Chevrolet! Ha ha! How about it Donald, are my cans the correct ones for Chevrolet?? How about another poll?? :eek: :eek: Just kidding because my oil cans are definitely military!

Well, Well, I hate to bust your bubbles but the O.D. cans with the chained on threaded cap at one time contained bore cleaner to clean the bores of machine guns and rifles with in WWII they had a foul smelling brown liquid that removed the corrosive mercury based primer material used then in rifle cartrige primers. Army surplus stores sold them by the jillions for a long time.

WELL WEL, JUNKYARD DOG AND CHEVY CHIP, I HATE TO TELL YOU GUYS BUT I THINK YOUR BOTH WRONG, BECAUSE I THINK I HAVE THE RIGHT OIL CAN

Well, well! Thank you Macky Wacky for helping me to prove that Chipper's "Olive Drab" oil can is, in fact, a military can, and not a Chevrolet can. I mean......why would Chevrolet use and Olive Drab oil can anyway unless their cars carried machine guns? True, Bonnie and Clyde used machine guns, but they drove Fords! Well....it looks like the old Junkyard Dog has won another one! I owe ya a beer Macky Wacky, but trust me here.....it won't be Budweiser!

Donald! Once again you have shown to the world your vast knowledge on absolutely nothing......except for your expertise in drinking Budweiser of course! :( :eek:

NOW JUNKYARD DOG, THE REASON THE OIL CANS WERE PAINTED OLIVE DRAB,IS TO MATCH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THE WIPER MOTOR ON ALL 1932 CLOSED CARS<<<<<<THEY WERE ALL PAINTED OLIVE DRAB

Donald, you are painted Olive Drab so the oil cans were made to match your Budweiser complexion! :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Don, If you are worried about the oil in the can spilling on the imitation F D interior why don't you just leave it empty :confused: :confused:

Donald would, but first he has to have an oil can! Second, he would have to figure out how to get the cap off, and third, he would probably fill the oil can with Budweiser anyway.....you know....in case he ran into any emergencies! :eek:

He would most likely paint it red and white to match the Bud Can though

Just to set the record straight. The Chevy oil can is olive drab but does not have a chain on the cap. It is not military but can be confused for one if you just take a casual glance. They are very different. :p