2 Gal. POW Can on eBay
 

There is a 2 gallon POW can currently on eBay.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...&category=4075

It is item #2159641662 if the link doesn't work.

Brian

Naval can?
 

Would this be a naval oil can? 1941 is early, but would this be something carried on an MTB or a torpedo-carrying destroyer? maybe the Haida folks might be interested...

Interesting
 

I have a 1941 2 gallon can with the embossed phrase "petroleum spirits highly flammable" on the top of the can. This one has the term "torpedo fuel oil" on its' top. What other variations to the early 1941 cans are there?

I'm told elsewhere it's perfectly at home on HMCS HAIDA (or on any MTB)... ergo if I get it, that's where it'll go.

G.

Hi,
Re: The 2 gal.Torpedo Fuel Oil can.
I have a number of these and a relative who served on MTBs confirmed they did carry the torpedo fuel in them.The ones I've got have the Canadian Broad Arrow stamped on them.Essentially the same can as the P.O.W. cans carried on CMPs,Carriers etc.The same style of can was also used as a water can for the Vickers MMG.

Jim

$39.67US
 

Geoff,

I know that you wanted to do the right thing - but anybody who needs an old tin can bad enough to spend $40 bucks on it wants it pretty bad.

:(
Stewart

Yeah, I didn't want it THAT badly.... :D

Another
 

Gents,

I see that the same guy got $38.50 US plus postage for another 2 gallon tin can.

I guess that Flyinob and StewBud cannot compete with the 'big dogs' for these trinkets. I suppose that this means ( another ) summer of scrounging the local flea markets for this stuff.

I had a 1 gallon can of this sytle ( broad arrow stamped!) that I gave away a year ago - I should have sold it on eBay and paid off my mortgage instead!
:p


Stewart

Golden Can
 

... another 2 gallon can, this one with very nice paint, just sold for - ( you may want to sit down for this):

76.00 $US!!

plus postage.

My goodness.:confused:

... 5 years later
 

... they sell on eBay for $93.00! :giveup


Stewart

Forget Oil Futures on the Stock Exchange, invest in Oil CANS!

Cleverly disguised to avoid the spellchecker in the search engine is this Armey 2 Gallen tin with slite dints. D^D marked for $10!

Well, hapy biding then! :D