Just for fun, recently I've had a look on e-bay at old automobile oil cans. The one thing that has struck me while looking at them is how little product info they had on them!
Most of them just have a company name, and something like 'engine oil' on them. The grade and other info, if it is there, is usually on the lid, often faintly stamped into the metal! Most of them don't even have this info.
It must have been maddening to buy engine oil back then, you had to hunt for what type of oil you had in your hand and if it didn't say so, you just had to hope you had the right one!
Some can from the late 1970's were better, but it seems that most of them just don't say to much about what is in them.......
Most of them just have a company name, and something like 'engine oil' on them. The grade and other info, if it is there, is usually on the lid, often faintly stamped into the metal! Most of them don't even have this info.
It must have been maddening to buy engine oil back then, you had to hunt for what type of oil you had in your hand and if it didn't say so, you just had to hope you had the right one!
Some can from the late 1970's were better, but it seems that most of them just don't say to much about what is in them.......