Re: [MV] Jerry Can

From: Renaud OLGIATI (rolgiati@bigfoot.com)
Date: Tue Mar 06 2001 - 14:31:35 PST


On Tuesday 06 March 2001 17:41, KBDewey 42GPW wrote:
> Tks, but wouldn't the civilian manufacturers have put some kind of mark
> on them? This one s very old and is painted OD under several coats of
> some other colors.

In France, civilian manufacture began in the fifties, to respond to a demand
for jerry cans for the booming oil-fired heating stoves market.

> How hard is it to find German fuel cans? K

Plenty of them around in Europe, I even brought two along with me here to
Paraguay (plus a British one, marked with the broad arrow) and all three are
in regular use.

Cheers,

Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River.

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