The Ford Barn

Dave Mellor NJ · 03-06-2025, 12:56 AM

lotsa goodies

mercman from oz · 03-06-2025, 06:08 AM

nkaminar · 03-06-2025, 07:23 AM

Engine oil used to be sold in bottles like that. The gas station attendant would fill the bottles from a 55 gallon barrel that the oil actually came in. The bottles would then be set out by the pumps so that the attendant could put oil in the cars as needed. I remember these and 12 cents per gallon gasoline.

Keith True · 03-06-2025, 07:54 AM

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I have a lubester that filled those bottles.You swing the curved pipe to the side,and set the bottle under the spigot.Perfect fit into the tin spout.I didn't use the glass bottles myself,I used those one and two quart galvanized pitchers.Exactly one turn of the crank is one quart.I used it for years when I bought oil in 15 gallon drums.When I went to a 55 gallon drum I just mounted the pump on the drum.

03-06-2025, 06:08 AM	#2
mercman from oz Senior Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 12,016	Re: the pits

03-06-2025, 07:23 AM	#3
nkaminar Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Western North Carolina Posts: 5,874	Re: the pits Engine oil used to be sold in bottles like that. The gas station attendant would fill the bottles from a 55 gallon barrel that the oil actually came in. The bottles would then be set out by the pumps so that the attendant could put oil in the cars as needed. I remember these and 12 cents per gallon gasoline. __________________ A is for apple, green as the sky. Step on the gas, for tomorrow I die. Forget the brakes, they really don't work. The clutch always sticks, and starts with a jerk. My car grows red hair, and flies through the air. Driving's a blast, a blast from the past.