2 Gal Petrol Can

Originally posted by Hanno Spoelstra
It sold for £77.00! Apparently to a collector of petrol cans, judging by the buyer's ID "petrol.cans". Like Richard said, being of WW1 vintage, it is a really rare example.

Currently there's another 2 gallon can up for auction: WWII CDN TWO GALLON PETROL TIN "FLIMSY" CMP

There are people specifically collecting these cans and indeed a WWI example is a rare thing; this comes from an era when cars were rare things too and often you needed to go to the local chemist for Motor Spirit, actual petrol stations were few and far between.

I'd guess the 30's were probably the heyday of the 2 (Imp) gallon can. Why ever they have become mis-named as "flimsies" is a real puzzle.

R.