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That's 'cause they were paced in cosmoline. ;-)
Cheers and thanks for the remembrances.
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From: John Macartney <john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk>
To: 'Reihing, Randall S.' <Randall.Reihing@utoledo.edu>; 'dave n' <dave@ran=
teer.com>; triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tue, May 3, 2016 6:23 am
Subject: Re: [TR] winter storage
Randall Reihing wrote:
I have two WW II US Army five gallon cans that were originally on a WW II U=
S Army tank and at 75 years old they are still good, do not leak, are not r=
usty inside or outside, and hold fuel for as long as I need them to, which =
is a lot less than 20-30 years. =20
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Snap! They knew how to make them in WW2. I=E2=80=99ve still got a 25 litre =
German jerrican in German field grey stamped, =E2=80=9CWehrmacht. Afrika Ko=
rps 1942 =E2=80=93 fur Kubelwagen=E2=80=9D. Presumably it was designed to c=
lip on to the open-topped VW used by the likes of Rommel and friends?
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How this can made it back to England is anyone=E2=80=99s guess, especially =
as it has two approx. 5 inch diameter patches painted olive green welded to=
either face equally stamped on the patches =E2=80=9CBritish Fifth Army LRD=
G=E2=80=9D which LRDG means Long Range Desert Group. These were the guys wh=
o penetrated far behind enemy lines and made a nuisance of themselves by bl=
owing up supply lines and indulging in other unco-operative initiatives. Da=
d used the can for years afterwards for kerosene to keep the kero heater in=
our greenhouse at home going in the winter. It=E2=80=99s still good for us=
e and while it takes up a lot of space in my tiny workshop, I can=E2=80=99t=
bring myself to be rid of itJ It=E2=80=99s strange how the Germans and the=
Allies used such a familiar design. Who copied who or was it two like mind=
s on different sides coming up with the same idea and concept?
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From: John Macartney <john.macartney@ukpips.org.uk><br>
To: 'Reihing, Randall S.' <Randall.Reihing@utoledo.edu>; 'dave n' <=
;dave@ranteer.com>; triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
Sent: Tue, May 3, 2016 6:23 am<br>
Subject: Re: [TR] winter storage<br>
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<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"=
Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">I have two WW II US Army five gallon c=
ans that were originally on a WW II US Army tank and at 75 years old they a=
re still good, do not leak, are not rusty inside or outside, and hold fuel =
for as long as I need them to, which is a lot less than 20-30 years. =
</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri",sans-serif">Snap! They knew how to make them in WW2. I=E2=80=
=99ve still got a 25 litre German jerrican in German field grey stamped, =
=E2=80=9CWehrmacht. Afrika Korps 1942 =E2=80=93 fur Kubelwagen=E2=80=9D. Pr=
esumably it was designed to clip on to the open-topped VW used by the likes=
of Rommel and friends?</span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri",sans-serif"> </span></div>
<div class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"=
Calibri",sans-serif">How this can made it back to England is anyone=E2=
=80=99s guess, especially as it has two approx. 5 inch diameter patches pai=
nted olive green welded to either face equally stamped on the patches =E2=
=80=9CBritish Fifth Army LRDG=E2=80=9D which LRDG means Long Range Desert G=
roup. These were the guys who penetrated far behind enemy lines and made a =
nuisance of themselves by blowing up supply lines and indulging in other un=
co-operative initiatives. Dad used the can for years afterwards for kerosen=
e to keep the kero heater in our greenhouse at home going in the winter. It=
=E2=80=99s still good for use and while it takes up a lot of space in my ti=
ny workshop, I can=E2=80=99t bring myself to be rid of it</span><span style=
=3D"font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Wingdings">J</span><span style=3D"font-siz=
e:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> It=E2=80=99s strange =
how the Germans and the Allies used such a familiar design. Who copied who =
or was it two like minds on different sides coming up with the same idea an=
d concept?</span></div>
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