Flimsy Can / Jerry Can mounts / use

[Lauren Child]

lol, I recognise that finger in the pamphlet photo

Here are some pics I posted on facebook comparing flimsy with others.

Yep, the screw capped one is returnable, and much better made. I’d need to look the pamphlet out again to check, but I’m 99% sure it was specifically on fuel, so yes it’s for petrol.

[Owen Evans]

Originally Posted by Lauren Child

lol, I recognise that finger in the pamphlet photo

Aha! So that's where that photo came from originally. Nice collection you have there.

Yet more hijacking of this post, but any thoughts on the attached photo? I've seen Canadian 2 gallon cans with this stamping before, but only 1940 dated ones. 1941 cans are usually blank, apart from the year and broad arrow C. I suspect the cap is non-original.

Owen.

[Lynn Eades]

I found this interesting item for sale on Trademe. I didnt buy it at $175.00, but saved the photos.

[Dave Newcomb]

The movies/books of the '42 Doolittle raid on Tokyo, shows/tells of the B25 crews using flimsy cans in the planes, and being cautioned not to drop them in a line back to the carrier. Dave

[Keith Brooker]

Petrol cans BEF 1940 and a captured Bedford with jerry cans. Click on photo to enlarge. Photos from my collection.

[motto (RIP)]

I would hazard a guess that the discolouration around the cap on all the cans in Owen Evans post #16 is some type of spray on leak detector.

David

[rob love]

Originally Posted by motto

I would hazard a guess that the discolouration around the cap on all the cans in Owen Evans post #16 is some type of spray on leak detector.

David

Or perhaps a sealant?