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Originally Posted by extrashaky
We carried "oil saver" snap-on can tops and made sure the cans were wedged upright in the trunk next to the mandatory tool box containing extra belts, a cap and rotor and points.
But when they first came out, they were in round bottles with the spout in the middle, so that you needed a funnel, and they glugged worse than a can without a hole punched in it. It's taken for granted now, but we were overjoyed when we got those rectangular bottles with the spout on one side so that they pour smoothly. It irritates me now when I see someone try to pour one of those from the wrong side of the bottle. I want to scream, "DON'T YOU KNOW WHAT WE WENT THROUGH TO GET THAT FOR YOU!!!!"
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With you 100% on all points including carrying the spare parts. The lids rarely worked well for me though since the cans were almost invariably bent, warped or just off size somehow.
Whenever somebody goes on about old cars and they make the sweeping statement "they don't make them like they used too" my response is always "thank god, no they don't".
On the flip side there was nothing like doing a complete valve job in your laneway, in about 3 hours using nothing but 2 screwdrivers, 3 wrenches and a couple of sockets. Try that today.