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#95195 Wed Sep 26 2007 12:27 PM
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IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE MADE THE EFFORT TO COLLECT COCA-COLA SPECIAL ISSUE CANS, PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY STOPPED ISSUING THEM ON A REGULAR BASIS. I REMEMBER BACK IN 1986, COCA-COLA NEW YORK ISSUED OVER 200 CANS MOSTLY ON SPORTS AND OLYMPIC SUBJECTS. I WAS TRADING WITH ALOT OF OVERSEAS COLLECTORS AS WELL AND PROBABLY HAVE OVER 2,000 CANS MOSTLY OF 12oz SIZE IN VARIOUS PLACES MOSTLY NOT ON DISPLAY.

IN 1993 I DECIDED TO SHOW MY MORE UNIQUE COKE CANS ON A SHELF UNIT IN MY BASEMENT WHICH HELD OVER 300 CANS, IS JUST OVER 6' TALL AND ABOUT 7+' WIDE.



WELL 14 YEARS LATER, I FIGURED IT WAS TIME FOR A SWAPPING OF THE SODA CANS FOR OIL CANS. LAST YEAR I BOUGHT OVER 500 QUARTS MOSTLY COMMON ABOUT HALF METAL HALF COMPOSITE AND I NEEDED TO GET THEM OFF THE FLOOR.

SO I DECIDED TO REMOVE ALL THE SODA CANS AND REWORK THE SHELVES WHICH HAD TO BE SOMEWHAT DEEPER...



I TOOK THE OLD SHELVES AND ADDED TO THE FRONT AN 8' LONG 1x2" STRIP AND PLACED THEM BACK ON THE ADJUSTABLE "CLIP" ENDS WITH A SUPPORT BRACKET IN THE MIDDLE:



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HERE'S A DETAIL SHOT OF THE ENDS WHICH I FIGURED I COULD PUT SMALLER CANS ON LIKE HANDY OILERS:



THE TOP SHELF ON THE ENDS CAME UP SHORT FOR QUART CANS, SO I FILLED IT WITH SHORTER GREASE TYPE CANS:



HERE ARE THE SHELVES REFILLED WITH MANY DIFFERENT QUART OIL CANS AND SEVERAL MISC EXTRAS:



ROUGHLY 217 QUARTS AND SEVERAL OTHER SIZED SMALL CANS WITH STILL PLENTY OF ROOM LEFT FOR HANDY OILERS!

ONLY ONE PROBLEM. THE SODA CANS THAT I SO NEATLY PACKED AWAY IN PLASTIC MILK STYLE CRATES WON'T FIT IN MY CRAWLSPACE DUE TO THE OTHER CANS THAT ARE IN THERE!

I COLLECT TOO MUCH STUFF!

ENJOY! THANKS!

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Doc, it was a choice for the better! The cans look great. The solution is another rack for the one's still in storage! Space always seems to be the problem in the end. I know I'm always trying to reorganize the same small spaces to get more in them...............Dave


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Take the cans back for the deposit and buy more oil cans............ha ha ha

I know how it is, I have quite a soda bottle collection myself.


Always looking for Ithaca Gun and Lucky Sam soda items!!!


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HA-HA, I JUST PUT LIKE 200 OLD ACL POP BOTTLES INTO STORAGE AS WELL! ON DISPLAY FOR OVER 20 YEARS, NOW PACKED AWAY FOR AN UNTOLD AMOUNT OF TIME!

FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUART CAN DISPLAY WALL IS MY NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIBRARY FROM 1916 TO THE PRESENT.

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Cool Doc!


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