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Thanks Ron.
Tan colour for a Canadian oil or petrol can is a new one for me. But black ? Was there originaly ever a Canadian black petrol, water or oil can ? I know we paint them black to fit on our mk 2 Carriers but why do we do that ? We are collectively advancing our knowledge. Keep it coming. Cheers. Robert
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Well I painted mine black through lack of knowledge I guess. I was pretty sure that the British water cans were black and the pictures I looked at seemed to show them as black, but I didn't know about any grey colour at the time. I'd also like to know for sure. Ron
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I have never seen an original black or gray can personally. As suggested previously, in my collection only green or khaki brown. That's not to say that they don't exist though.
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Thanks everyone.
If you look higher in the post, you will see that Canadian 2 Gal water cans came in white ( early ) and grey ( late war ). 2 Gal Canadian Petrol cans came in green and maybe tan or sand colour. There was a Red 2 Gal naphta ( white coleman gas ) can. 1 Gal Oil cans came in green and tan . Anyone has seen a tan 2 Gal Canadian petrol can ?
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A Search doesn't seem to find it, so possibly it was on the old forum? |
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Ben, The MG water can in an LP2 is held in place by a strap (if I remember correctly?) so a bit more tolerance.
Here is the alloy cap. No clip arrangement.
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Very nice variations on the theme Lynn, thanks.
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Looking to identify all variations of the 1 and 2 Gal Canadian POW cans used on Canadian MkI and MKII Carriers .
From left to right in the pictures : 1 Gal oil can ( Green ) 2 Gal water can (white ) 2 Gal water can ( Grey ) 2 x 2 Gal water cans ( white ) 2 Gal Petrol marked ( naphta ) can ( Red ) 3x 2 Gal Petrol cans first and second ones marked '' petrol '' ( green ) Calling on all collectors/curators : Are there any other Canadian variations not pictured ? Thanks.
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And a 2 gal. can marked KEROSENE, black print on white if I recall. Last edited by Bruce Parker (RIP); 04-09-17 at 00:07. |
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Naptha is different from Petrol. It is (was) non leaded gas (white spirits). It would be used for stoves, lamps etc.
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Guys,
I was generously gifted this 2 gallon container, dated 1943 at the recent FMVA Odessa meet. Painted grey with white lettering, in great condition. Peter 2017-09-03 20.57.25.jpg 2017-09-03 20.57.55.jpg |
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