How much is this worth?

[leeaspell]

A lady in the Local buy and sell has this unopened 5gal bucket for sale for $65, worth it?

Other than cool factor, what would the oil be usefully in?

 

[Inked]

If it‘s truly vintage and not a knock-off, collectors will pay good money for old oil cans.

 

[atikovi]

What weight and grade? $3.25 a quart is way too much to pay for oil that shouldn't be used in any car built after Nixon was in office.

 

[Kira]

As above. Weight and grade needed. In all likelihood you're looking at lawnmower oil.
What does the "B/A" stand for?

 

[Lubener]

It is worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it.

 

[atikovi]

Yes Capt. Obvious.

 

[c502cid]

$20 bill all day long

 

[blufeb95]

From what I can find it's API M.M.(Motor Medium?) rated, under modern classification it'd be like API SB, I'm not sure I'd even use it in a lawn mower. If the 5 gallon Container is in good shape it might be worth that for the vintage container but the oil is pretty useless.

 

[ecotourist]

As above. Weight and grade needed. In all likelihood you're looking at lawnmower oil.
What does the "B/A" stand for?

BA was the abbreviation for British-American, now Gulf Canada.

 

[ecotourist]

There was a long abandoned service station near my home town, still showing a very old and rusty BA road sign. The nearby residence was occupied by two young (ahem) ladies. The rumor was that their names were Betty and Alice.

I never checked so that rumor might have been only a myth, a rural myth in this case.

 

[DGXR]

Maybe good for burning in an oil heater. Cool can though.

 

[CharlesInCharge]

The ancient oil is not worth anything practical, but to a collector might have value if just for display in a clear bottle or scientific study with a Blackstone analysis. I would not put it in any engine I cared about. I'd wager it's probably contaminated by moisture, maybe metallic rust particles, who knows. Very low quality oil by modern standards.

It has far more value to a collector or research than as a engine lubricant at this point. Analogy is using paper money as fire kindling.

The can is probably worth a bit to a collector on auction sites.

Unopened is probably the top dollar value.

 

[Zee09]

It's cool but I wouldn't want it.
I would be afraid it would eventually leak.

 

[Ride_Red]

The can would make a great garbage bin in my garage.