Brain wrote:
>....Seems the going idea is that these were PROBABLY for the Mity Mite...
>or at least a 1960's vintage can. Seems it's one of those mystery cans.
No mystery here..... These are circa 1960's USMC water cans. I have
four of them and Terry at White Owl had a bunch for sale a few years ago.
While these are the same era as the Mighty Mite they are not specifically
for the Mite. The Mite did not carry water cans as standard equipment. It
was the USMC M-416 B-1 trailers that carried two of these cans (one on each
side) just in front of the fenders. The earlier XM-585 series Mighty Mite
trailers also carried them in the fender wells.
Jim
>Ok, I've got a USMC gas can (marked ICC-5L CONCO 20 5 1/4 43 on the
>bottom)
>>Last weekend I picked up a water can. Large cam lock opening with
>>integral spout. On the edge of the cam it says "water". On the side is
>>"U.S.M.C." On the bottom is "CONCO" No dates anywhere. It is made of
>>Aluminum, not steel. It isn't lined.
>>
>>Does anyone know the approx date of manufacture of this can. I don't
>>really care if it's United States Marine Corp or United States Metallic
>>Can or whatever, just if this is 1940's, 1950's or 1960's-1980's.
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Jim Gilmore
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Jim Thorpe, PA. 18229
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