Since the subject is Jerry Cans..
I dug out one I have.
And I am interested in opinions about it's authenticity or pedigree.  .

It's red .....appears to be the original exterior paint.
It had light sand color paint on the inside ...some remaining, some gone.
It has a almost 2 inch tall 'G' stamped in the side near the top.
It has the company name "BLITZ" stamped in it, with a 'R' in a circle
for registered trademark.
It has the classic screw cap 'on belay' with a short piece of chain.

On the bottom it says, stamped in.
DOT - 5L
USMC
20 - 5 - 85

which could be military date code for May 20, 1985.
USMC could be US Marine Corps of course.

So ..it is authentic in any way ?
or a knock-off ?
Is it a 'real' 27 year old US military can ?
Looks like it to me.
I like authentic 'real' old stuff, before everything started being made
out of plastic,
or extra cheap from various offshore counties.

Opinions welcome.
thanks.
scott

On 10/12/2012 9:37 AM, Dave Mcneely wrote:
> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>> no, I won't be using it as a water can. But I don't know if the painted on lining will take gasoline.
> Given that it is a water can, I doubt that it would hold gasoline without leaking.  I have seen that before when people tried to use cans that were intended for water or oil for gasoline.  Some work, some don't.  I haven't seen one of those GI Jerry cans in a very long time.  I don't know whether the lid will hold gasoline or not, either.  I also don't know about it meeting transportation standards for gasoline.
>
> Might be ok for kerosene, if you have use of that, but five gallons is a lot of kerosene.
>
> Nice find, anyway.  David
>> alistair
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2012-10-12, at 7:15 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>>
>>> Alistair, that is an interesting find.  Given where you got it, you may want to think about what might have been in it  in the past before using it as a water can.  Just a thought.  David
>>>
>>> ---- Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote:
>>>> I found an US military jerry can at the local metal scrapyard last week. In good condition but it is a water rather than a fuel can. Still, it will (if I ever finish my bumper and wheel carrier project) be a tempting add-on to the van.
>>>>
>>>> some pics here:
>>>>
>>>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/jerry-can/
>>>>
>>>> alistair
>>> --
>>> David McNeely
> --
> David McNeely
>