fake flimsy petrol can

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Nice indeed.

Reminds me of large sunflower oil cans used in professional kitchens...that may be a source for replica's also.

[David DeWeese]

Hello Gordon,

Didn't mention the truck because it's not mine. It's a friends' WC 12 that he has been restoring at my shop for nearly a year now. He has been posting his progress on G503. Nice truck and no expense spared...I help a little and he buys a lot of used parts from me...

Hello Hanno,

These cans are close, but..

I researched buying new versions of this type of can, with or without contents, and it appears that modern ones are not sold in the US for any purpose I could find.

Thanks, David

[Bob Carriere]

...that the original did not have a screwed lid and required punching a hole to pour out the content?????

Very ingenious!!!!

Bob

[David DeWeese]

Hi Bob,

It appears that there was one type of "flimsy" can that you punch a hole into, or pull a plug out, and another type that had a removable cap. The black and white photo above seems to show both types.....

Thanks, David

[tankbarrell]

The ones with the screw cap are an improved flimsy. They turn up occasionally, I have found two that appeared in my scrap bin overnight, both wartime dated, one in sand paint. They are considerably more robust than a real flimsy and were clearly intended for re-use unlike the true flimsy.

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by tankbarrell

The ones with the screw cap are an improved flimsy. They turn up occasionally, I have found two that appeared in my scrap bin overnight, both wartime dated, one in sand paint. They are considerably more robust than a real flimsy and were clearly intended for re-use unlike the true flimsy.

Cross reference to a related thread - my bold. The ones with screw caps were intended to be returnable and reused.

Originally Posted by Lauren Child

Yes, I think the 4gal cans are flimsies, though I was quoting from the manual - I dont have a good (complete) example of one.

Jerricans are referred to as 4 1/2 gallon cans in some of the wartime docs, differentiating them from the mention of 4 gallon cans. There are diagrams for safe stacking of both types.

There's a good photo on various forums that shows the difference between 2gal, 4gal non-returnable flimsy, 4gal returnable later type, and jerricans - I've attached it below (shout if it's your photo).

[David DeWeese]

http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=75286