WHY? or alternate title: Can one of you Brits explain this to me?

[45jim]

When the "flimsy" was in use it had no ability to mount a spout and required a funnel. Expedient funnels and hoppers were made and distributed by REME in the Western desert to speed up the fuelling of vehicles and aircraft. A properly "engineered" hopper was designed in Britain just as the "Jerry can' was being copied by the Brits. The hopper was then suitably over-engineered to accept the "Flimsy" pol can and the new "Jerry Can".

There is nothing wrong with British engineering in fact, the British love engineering.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by 45jim

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There is nothing wrong with British engineering in fact, the British love engineering.

That's because a lot of us (of a certain age!) were brought up with Meccano.

[Lynn Eades]

Yes Richard, probably my most revered Christmas present. We wont talk about it being made in France.

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Yes Richard, probably my most revered Christmas present. We wont talk about it being made in France.

France? I did not know that. My first lot would have been my father's then added to with new sets, had gear sets, chain drive and clockwork motors, all made in Liverpool at that time. Kept me amused for hours!

[Russ Gregg]

Originally Posted by Lynn Eades

Yes Richard, probably my most revered Christmas present. We wont talk about it being made in France.

Now that's opening an engineering can of worms.
I may be re-quoting myself but;
You know you are in Heaven when the British are the police, the French are the cooks and the Germans are the engineers, and you know you are in Hell when the Germans are the police the British are the cooks and the French are the engineers.

Take a close look at a Citroen 2CV sometime, definitely unique but possibly the most ridiculous vehicle ever made in volume (and yes I am patriotically choosing to ignore the Reliant Robin as a mass production vehicle).

Really enjoyed this thread. I think the clever bit of the Oddy is that it probably reaches 90% of the grease fittings from only 2 or 3 locations and allows you to pump it on the ground instead of in whatever awkward position you had to get in to connect it. Two guys could make good time with this.

[David Herbert]

Originally Posted by Russ Gregg

I think the clever bit of the Oddy is that it probably reaches 90% of the grease fittings from only 2 or 3 locations and allows you to pump it on the ground instead of in whatever awkward position you had to get in to connect it. Two guys could make good time with this.

Yes, well put, also British tracked vehicles up to Chieftain used grease as a sort of consumable dirt/mud seal that relied on being renewed every day when working in bad conditions. That used an enormous amount of grease that you couldn't possibly have provided with a normal gun unless you had two, with a guy doing nothing but filling while another guy pumped grease into hubs. Certainly Oddys are prized by those of us in the UK who have them - pointless for a Landrover but brilliant for a large truck or a tank.

David