Been using it for a couple of years now..........Littleman.........it was given to me by one of my older friends, who used it in the service, then had it chromed once he was out in the 60's...........he asked me to incorporate it into my Model aTruck..........
That's an interesting idea, actually...there are lots of automotive/petroliana containers for sale, many from the car makers' offerings. There are lots of Stude ones... Old automotive tinware almost always carries nice logos and graphics. Some, like Western Auto's "Whiz" line have original cartoons on each variety... and "Whiz" seems pretty good on its own for a waste receptacle.
I use my Pop's old stainless steel cocktail shaker for an overflow tank on my Deuce Tudor. I use a steel canteen hanging in it's olive drab web gear pouch with "U.S." printed on it for an over flow in my Ranch Wagon. It's a shame that it can't be seen with the hood closed.
Thank you! Nothing looks shittier on a traditional rod than a modern aluminum beer can. Instant rat rod. BTW, Schlitz then Pabst were the most popular brands back in the 50s and you can get a mint 1954 Schiltz flatop can for about $20. Watch those conetops and unusual brands, some of them are worth thousands of dollars and you could sell them and get a nice hemi for what the can is worth. Condition is really important too. You're OK with that Oertel's 92, it's a $100 can at best.
funny thing... I always thought, and think, that its clever, the different objects that get put into catch-can duty...I smile at them, I point them out, when they are interesting... when I was putting together my car, I set a bottle on my frame, by the overflow tubing, leaning against the radiator. For some reason, to me, on my car...it just looked like someone left their trash next to my radiator. ??? I ended up plumbing it to the trunk, down the frame...
Obviously a scenester...a real rodder would have been pumping up his lopsided, leaking bias-ply with it...
hmmm.. including the STP example above if the timing is right that is, for a while there Studebaker owned STP if that can was from the right year, (early sixties?) it should say Studebaker somewhere on it.
Heres mine that I still haven't got round to fitting yet. Still using plastic bottles from the rubbish bin and cable ties when the time comes for the use of a catch can. Of course mines ex British Military!
(Reposted from the other thread, just because it's so darn cool.) Here's one on Jake's '34 sedan... Very elegant solution that doesn't look gimmicky, just cool. I think he said it was an old solvent can or something. He brazed a proper tube in the bottom that extends up into the can, I like how he brazed a bracket on the back to mount it to the firewall, but put on the tape to make it look more jury-rigged!
OK So so far 2100 folks want to know about ''Puke catchers''? And what the sick minds here are using? Good night
I've been using a camp fuel bottle. Drill a hole in the screw on cap. They aren't very expensive and you can get them in different colors of spun aluminum.
On my old 29 sedan (73roundlight's post above) was from a guys collection he had on ebay.. he was offering 12, no one bid so I got all 12 vintage cans for $0.99 thou 6 were opened on the bottom (more collectible I found out to beer can collectors.). the guy did not understand when I told him to throw away the 6 that were open on the bottom and only send the 6 open on the top.. (4 short and 2 16oz talls..), gave one extra to 73 roundlight incase he lost one and kept one short and one long for a future project.. .
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