Mk 2 Carrier water can

[Robert Bergeron]

Ron , i was joking . in North American parlance “cans” = breasts . Sorry if i have offended you . It was all meant in jest.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by Robert Bergeron

Ron , i was joking . in North American parlance “cans” = breasts . Sorry if i have offended you . It was all meant in jest.

Jugs. They're also called jugs. But that would require a complete new thread.

[Ron Pier]

Ah Robert, the difference of a common language. "Cans" in that respect meant nothing to me, but I get it now. Sorry if I came over tetchy!

We seem to be losing more and more members from our forums who are moving over to FB...Which I just can't be arsed with. Hence my desire to keep them alive even if we do go off topic. Ron

[Tony Smith]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Tony,
As for the Ampol jerrican, over here in UK a friend recently bought an old jerrican with Shell logo and oil grade on it, so they were obviously utilised after the war when there was a shortage of steel.
regards, Richard

The Motor Oil inside a can lined for Water must be a great preservative for the can. Here's a surviving 76 year old W^D/Ampol looking great:

https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/seac...944/1267356453

Looks just like the original ad!

[rupert condick]

hi what a useful bit of info,
from my understanding,
colours were White water, Green Oil, Black Petrol,

RAF, using pipe colours here, Water Blue,oil yellow, Petrol red,

But as sated earlier variations.
I have these which I have repainted as found. dated DD 1942
with lettering.

i also came across these used in the ME, and Italy.
appear to be a 2 gallon jerry can construction.
Camel cans were the sought after containers for water in the M.E.
But I have not seen any pictures of them actually being used,
by the Army, only these 2 gallon Jerry can type.

This is said to be a British Water can
Just no info on it.
regs
rupert

[Robert Bergeron]

Nice , never seen these before . Thank you for posting Rupert.

[Matthew P]

I am in contact with the company in India and am ordering a sample of ten cans in white marked WATER on each long side. As I am mostly focused on British not Canadian the cans I've ordered have the flat top typical of the British cans, rather than the raised lip top of the GSW made cans. In a few months when I have them in hand I'll report and provide photos.

Matt

[Matthew P]

Here are the samples still in India of my UK style cans. The company also does the Canadian style with the lip top and bottom.

Matt

[Mike Kelly]

Originally Posted by Matthew P

Here are the samples still in India of my UK style cans. The company also does the Canadian style with the lip top and bottom.

Looking very nice too.

These generic 2 gallon cans were a common sight at auto swap meets , used to see them for $5 to 10. Recent prices are just beyond the pale as the saying goes. Upwards from $100 for a half decent example.

This is a D/I\D marked Oil can I spotted on epay, it has a unusual octagonal shaped top.