For sale four "flimsies" 2 Gal Petrol cans 1943

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally posted by tankbarrell
Nice cans but they are not flimsies. They are the standard 2 gallon POW can whereas the flimsie was the 4 gallon, use once can which once opened was thrown away. Or used for cooking purposes!

Here's a pair of flimsies, complete with wooden crate. Stil littering the desert. . . .
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