Another BOYCO can question.

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Model T Ford Forum: Forum 2013: Another BOYCO can question.
Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lonnie Smith on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 08:27 pm:

#1. Where can you get new caps for them?

#2. Is the water can supposed to be white or gray? Seems I've seen them both ways.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 08:35 pm:

Lonnie, I believe someone did reproduce them a while ago. As I remember they were not cheap.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Steve Jelf, Parkerfield KS on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 08:52 pm:

I'd check with one of the dealers who sell the new cans, like Lang's.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 09:01 pm:

Howell's Sheet metal is who was reproducing them. Do a search on this forum for conversations about them.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Donnie Brown on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 09:08 pm:

I always thought that the water was blue the gas red and the oil was a white tanish color. That is the colors that were on my original set. The paint was bad but you could still tell what the colors were. I never was sure if the oil can was oil stained white or aged white or the tanish color it appeared to be. All three of my cans are the same size, Ive seen them with one large and 2 small cans.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lonnie Smith on Friday, November 29, 2013 - 09:23 pm:

My set has 2 large cans and one small can that fit in the bracket. I have a copy of an original sales ad that says gas is a 2 gallon red, oil is a one gallon blue and water is a 2 gallon can but it doesn't give the color?


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Martin Vowell, Sylmar, CA on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 02:47 am:

Mine look like this, red for gas, white for water and blue for oil.



I only had the cans, I had to make the holder.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Ed in California on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 08:25 am:

The lids from the old square paint thinner cans fit, and so do the gas lids for old briggs and stratton mower/edger engine fuel tanks


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lonnie Smith on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 08:25 am:

I like the white, kind of patriotic looking. Thanks for the pic.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Lonnie Smith on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 09:17 am:

Thanks ED, that's good to know.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Mike Walker, NW AR on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 09:51 am:

Dan Treace posted a period ad in this thread:

http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/331880/354099.html

It says the cans are red for gas, blue for oil, and gray for water. It doesn't say whether they are the Boyco brand.

I think the red white and blue scheme grew from patriotism of restorers. The gray probably looked like faded white many years after the fact.


Top of pagePrevious messageNext messageBottom of page Link to this message  By Jay - In Northern California on Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 10:02 am:

Here's another past thread on Boyco cans.
http://www.mtfca.com/discus/messages/118802/142944.html


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