<VV> motor oil shelf life - general, not corvair specific

[kaczmarek at charter.net]

Guys
I would venture to say that full cans of oil such as the one being discussed, really only have value as petroliana
collectibles. Folks with the old racks from service station islands that held these type cans of oil will pay a fair amount, depending on what brand name is on the can, and if that is one they are looking for. 

Shelf life isn't important to those folks. 

BTW, If there are any petroliana collectors out there, I managed to abscond with quite a few similar cans of oil and trans fluid with various brand names when the NAPA store I worked in was closing. Contact off list if interested.

Hank
> 
> From: Tony Underwood <tonyu at roava.net>
> Date: 2005/08/01 Mon PM 05:13:27 EST
> To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
> Subject: Re: <VV> motor oil shelf life - general, not corvair specific
> 
> At 07:12 hours 07/31/2005, Mike Ioanes wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> >>So far, this can of Valvoline isn't bringing much, but it could 
> >>shoot up toward the end of the bidding.
> >>
> >>http://cgi.ebay.com/Valvoline-10-W40-quart-Oil-mint-original_W0QQitemZ7171890197QQcategoryZ35678QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting
> >>
> >>Marc Sheridan
> >Did you notice his shipping costs?  $9.99!
> 
> 
> 
> Auction ended...  no bids even starting at .01 cent.   Maybe he'll 
> relist the can of oil and drop  that ten  buck shipping cost a 
> bit...?    That is, if anybody is actually interested in buying a 20+ 
> year old can of oil.
> 
> A guy I know has a can of motor oil, can't remember the brand, that 
> dates back to WW-II.   Metal can, rather heavy, been sitting on the 
> basement shelf of his dad's house since before he was born.    Not 
> sure what that particular can of oil might be good for either...   ;)
> 
> Knowing this guy, it likely ended up in his lawnmower.
> 
> 
> tony..    
> 
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