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Okay, here we go.

Oil bottles, oil bottle racks & baskets are the 'Collectable of the Week'.

Unfortunately, my digital camera is down for the day so I won't be able to post any shots until tomorrow. Feel free to jump in with your contributions to this week's collectable.

Later . . .

Jim

Heres a Mobiloil bottle I have.


Even still has the original decal.
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hubba

Good morning everyone.

Here is a complete rack of J.B. Rhodes bottles in a correct J.B. Rhodes bottle rack. I spent months getting this set finished. The first bottle I got at a swap meet - the rest all came off of e-bay along with the rack. The rack has been bead-blasted and painted to look like galvanized metal. These bottles feature embossed script lettering and were produced in Kalamazoo Michigan.



Later . . .

Jim

Here is another complete rack of bottles in a J.B. Rhodes bottle rack. These are a matched set of universal 'Duraglas' bottles with matching state seals. This set was also assembled from e-bay wins. I asked for - and received - a full set of reproduction Polly Oil water transfer decals for Christmas last year. I actually had all the decals I needed before I had completed the set of bottles!



More to come tomorrow.

Later . . .

Jim

In this picture we have the last Bottle used by oil companies for the bulk type oil. It was of heavy plastic with a plastic top or metal, come on Rex. Dick. you other old guys. show the younguns what collectings about.

if you don't know how to post, send your photos to T-way , or me.

These gallon Amoco jugs were used during the war years to conserve metal. They display well with the original case.

I enjoy collecting outboard oil cans and (pyro) bottles with fired on graphics. The last one that I was happy to find was the Pure Outboard. There are not many of these around.





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These quart oil jars were used during the war years to conserve on metal. The two Johnson Oils are fired on. One is hard to see.

Here are a couple of Mobil oil racks that were placed on the pump island. The one with the decal is the hardest to find.
I have seen the porcelain shield sell for more than the complete oil rack on Ebay.

These Mobil filpruf bottles keep going up in value. Mobil was the leader in designing a bottle that could not be filled with a cheaper oil. From the mid 1930’s.



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Here is the only oil bottle on my shelf. I assume it is from the war years. There is a rare 1 gallon version of this bottle.


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Great guys, I'm injoying this , nice bottles guys, Rex your to cool my man, good work.

Good wednesday morning everyone.

Here is my latest oil bottle rack. I got a good deal on this off of e-bay. Saved about 1/3 of the normal cost for one of these.

This particular rack only fits the Standard Oil 'skinny' bottles. That includes the torch logo bottles and the Polarine bottles. So far, I only have one torch bottle for the rack - but I'm looking to fill it half-n-half with torch bottles and Polarine bottles.



Later . . .

Jim

Here is trio of J.B. Rhodes bottles.

The one on the left has 'finger grip ridges' around the bottom. The center one is the oldest and the skinny version (I'm searching for the correct rack for this bottle - no luck so far ), the one on the right is a Havoline bottle with Havoline embossed across the top of the glass on the reverse side. All feature embossed 'J.B. Rhodes' lettering on the bottles.



More tomorrow.

Later . . .

Jim

Here are some bottles I am posting for dodogas. Frank go ahead and add to description. Thanks
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beautiful rex... gotta tell ya that i'm lovin' those outboard bottles !!!

This chevron rack is probably from the 40,s. The original mint green has been painted over with black. There are about 3 different decals visible on the other side but they are damaged.
The oil bottle on the left, has a soldered on SAE40 tag, the bottle on the right is the tapered Imperial oil used in the 30,s, they use bakelite caps marked I think Mobilartic and Imperiallube and the weights. (I could use one). dodogas

beautiful rex... gotta tell ya that i'm lovin' those outboard bottles !!!

Hey Chuck, good buddy whats the matter, you seein double agin, ha ha ha . just have to love that Kmann.

damn computer !!!....

Here are some bottles from Novatattoo. Cool Bill.


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hubba

Those are embossed Shell bottles. Each different. One from the USA, Canadian, and one from New Zealand. The Aeroshell is on a regular type jar with the screw on funnel.

Bill

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64 Chevy Pick up,65 Sportvan custom, 66 Nova wagon, and collector of motor oil cans. Bill

Here is the only bottle I have in my collection. It is Imperial Refineries from Clayton, Missouri. The logo is fired on. This is a very common bottle to find. Scott

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Here's a Mobil 1 gallon jug of handy oil. That should last awhile! It was part of a huge lot I picked up at the GPM auction.

Vern

Here is a 'diamond' Gargoyle bottle that Brian (Gasmelincelr) asked me to post for him. I'm sure that he'll log on later and tell us all about it!



Later . . .

Jim

Good Thursday morning everyone!

Here is a regular oil bottle with a 'glug' spout. If you look closely, you can see the tube that extends down into the bottle to allow air to replace the drained oil.



Later . . .

Jim

Here is a Huffman oil bottle with a fired-on graphic label. It is in mint condition. I actually sold the original Huffman bottle I had after I got this one, because this one was so perfect.



Here is my HEP bottle. It is in near mint condition and features a fired-on graphic label also.



Later . . .

Jim

Your doing a great job Jim. love to see it. thanks to all that sent in.

Hello:

Here are three shots of a bunch of Outboard oil bottles from Larry Karlson. These belong to a friend of his. Hopefully, Larry will log on later and let us know all about them.







Later . . .

Jim

Good Friday morning!

Here is a shot of my Brookins oil bottle. This bottle also features embossed script lettering. It's a really nice display piece.



Later . . .

Jim

Last posting for the week from me.

This is a 'Canadian' Oil Bottle. It holds one imperial quart (just a tad more than an American quart). They still fit in a standard-sized rack though!



Keep posting those bottles. I know that there are tons of different styles/brands of bottles that haven't been posted.

Thanks to everyone that posted - and also to those that sent me (and others) their photos to post. It's participation like this that makes this site great. I, for one, am looking forward to next week's collectable!

Later . . .

Jim

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Very Nice Bottles Larry..........Scott

Here's my Seaside decal bottles in its rack . I would like to thank Jim and everyone that posted. its not only educational but its fun to see all the different bottles that are out there.

Heres one that came in late, from Husky Bob, says he got it off ebay, its from the H.Earl Clack company from Montana, who in 1954 sold to Husky, nice bottle Bob.





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