Date:         Wed, 23 Oct 2002 23:24:01 -0500
Reply-To:     Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         Joel Walker <jwalker17@EARTHLINK.NET>
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Subject:      more about that gas can thing
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ok, didn't find anybody else with the little emergency
gas can ... got mine out and looked at it.
it says it was made by Bellino (who also made some of
the larger 20-liter cans ... the real 'jerry' cans).
mine was sold by Stainless Steel Brakes Corp (still in
business, has a web page, but nothing about these cans
anymore). says it holds 6 liters (1.5 gallons). stamped
into the metal are "kraftstoff" and "goeppingen" and
"tuev-pruef.Nr Tue-18-6" to satisfy some german
regulation, no doubt.

i've also got a 20-liter ex-nato can. got it from
http://www.sportsmansguide.com/
(search on "gas can" and click on the 'jerry can metal
nozzle"). the can costs like $9.95 ... costs like $10
to ship it!!. and you have to buy the additional nozzle
at $6.95. well .. you don't really HAVE to buy the
nozzle, but it would make it a lot easier to pour the
gas into a filler neck. :)

here comes the neat part ...

the metal nozzle is exactly the same for the 20-liter
can as for the little doughnut emergency gas can! only
thing is, the nozzle came with the doughnut can. :)

more than you ever wanted to know. ;)

joel