---- 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
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> On 2012-10-12, at 7:15 AM, <mcneely4@cox.net> <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
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> > 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
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> > ---- 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.
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> >> some pics here:
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> >> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2012/10/11/jerry-can/
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> >> alistair
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> > David McNeely
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