Remember these?

[tom slick]

Slightly before my time, took it out of my dad's toolbox as a relic.

 

[GMBoy]

Yeah! Good old oil can spout. Sure was easier to pour those old cans than today's bottles (without a funnel that is)

 

[TooManyWheels]

I bought several of those, each time hoping that the new one would not leak from the screw, but never with any success.

 

[cos]

Yep! Glad they're gone too, they were messy and sometimes you'd crush the side of the oil can when slammed that baby in. They also sold cases of oil with 24 cans back then! I always knew they'd sell more oil if they packaged it 12 to a case.

 

[TooManyWheels]

Originally Posted By: cos
... and sometimes you'd crush the side of the oil can when slammed that baby in...


Especially after they changed from metal to cardboard cans.

 

[Steve S]

I still have one, the best thing in the whole world was when the plastic bottles came on the market.

 

[MillerMan]

I think I still have one somewhere, ya what a mess sometimes

 

[oilboy123]

I tried to sell a couple that were in the family tool treasure chest. Nobody at my Dads garage sale would bite.

 

[NYEngineer]

The very first oil change I ever did on my first car in 1983 had those type of oil cans and I bought one of those. That was the first and last time I ever used it. The plastic bottles came out right after.

 

[Kestas]

I bought one. It made a mess. Never used it again. I still have a few can openers in my tool box, left as a reminder of earlier times.

 

[demarpaint]

I had a few, a good old can opener and a funnel was the ticket, or I'd use it to poke 2 holes in the can and use a funnel. Those things were more trouble than they were worth.

Frank D

 

[eljefino]

I just bought some V8 juice for the first time in years and they finally discontinued the cans. First the lead solder leached into the acidic juice then the melamine in the plastic liners got you!

There's nothing like a half open can of juice in the fridge, uncovered, stinking the rest of the fridge up like whatever's in it.

 

[mpvue]

I hated those funnels! but that's what was to be had back in the day. the empty cans were then allowed to drain into an old mayonnaise jar. after a few oil changes, my dad had an extra quart! I think he still does that actually...

 

[ZZman]

I loved the sound when you shoved it into the top!

 

[labman]

So who else has a glass bottle and screw on spout?

 

[moribundman]

Originally Posted By: labman
So who else has a glass bottle and screw on spout?


My great-uncle Ulrich has had one ever since his accident!

 

[Carmudgeon]

Mine has a flange with a foam gasket that is supposed to sit against the top of the can and seal it.

Oil spouts were like one of those kitchen gadgets where you end up buying a collection of them to find that none of them work worth a darn.

 

[Papa Bear]

Will that work on a beer can ....

 

[kingrob]

Hated those things. I always used a can opener and punctured two holes on opposing sides. The spout thing made more of a mess than it was worth, especially (as noted above) when they went to cardboard cans.

 

[alreadygone]

Used to use 'em up to 100 times per day,,,,,,,,you guys just lack the expertese.

Bob