I have a few of those cans, some paper some metal on my shelf. My dads friend had a service station and when he closed it he didn't know what to do with them, so my dad took then and gave them to me and my friends. That was back in high school when we were all into hot rods My friend Nick used the oil in his dads 1950s vintage ford tractor, and used the cans to hold pencils in the shop. My cans are still full. I'm not sure what to do with them. So they just sit there and look cool.

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I had a whole case of Quaker State 10w 30 cans from when I went to purchase with my dad from the mid '80s. I found them in my parent's storage in the late eighties or early nineties and somehow decided to use them. I remember exactly that I should be keeping these as collector's items as I was pouring them into the engine. Could of been neat to have them still.



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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

Here is the WD-40 that we still use:



See? It still contains petroleum distillates!

On a related note, this came in the mail from Amazon during Christmas week -- it reeks, but works. I love it already

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1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

On the first pic, the metric volume makes it mid 70's and newer. Paper cans went away in the mid 80's. ( Valvoline was the last hold out and had a poster stating such.)

Take a look at the API doughnut, that should narrow things down a bit.

Fifty-nine cents probably puts the can the OP was talking about between 1973 and 1980. I recall filling the 8qt common sump on my '69 Austin America with thirty-nine cent Kmart 10w30 back in 1972.

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80 300SD (129k mi) 82 240D stick (193k mi)77 240D auto - stick to be (153k mi) 85 380SL (145k mi) 89 BMW 535i 82 Diesel Rabbit Pickup (374k mi) 91 Jetta IDI Diesel (155k mi) 81 VW Rabbit Convertible Diesel 70 Triumph Spitfire Mk III (63kmi)66 Triumph TR4a IRS (90k mi)67 Ford F-100 (??)

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Did you just pass my 740 at 200 kmh in a 300SD?????

1978 300SD 'Phil' - 1,315,853 Miles And Counting - 1, 317,885 as of 12/27/2012 - 1,333,000 as of 05/10/2013, 1,337,850 as of July 15, 2013, 1,339,000 as of August 13, 2013



100,000 miles since June 2005 Overhaul - Sold January 25th, 2014 After 1,344,246 Miles & 20 Years of Ownership

Just about the time I became truly proficient at opening those old oil cans with a pair of pliers, they came out with the plastic ones....

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On some nights I still believe that a car with the fuel gauge on empty can run about fifty more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. - HST

1983 300SD - 305000
1984 Toyota Landcruiser - 190000
1994 GMC Jimmy - 203000

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I'm old enough to remember the paperboard cans and we had a few of the full metal cans around.

Every time I see the old oil cans, I can't help but think of this:

The Jerk (7/10) Movie CLIP - He Hates These Cans! (1979) HD - YouTube

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It's a car not a science experiment! Open the throttle!