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Trying to decide if I should restore this, one of the decideing factors is rust, if restoreing will help preserve this can longer I think I will. Got a slightly better deal on this after it didnt sell on e-bay last month.
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EJW-54 if you look at my things you will see some of my cans restored and some left alone. I think they look great both ways, personal preference.
thanks officialfeul, chevy59 and stonesfan1
Thanks for checking it out youngpicker96
love it just like it is!
I would put some gun oil on it to preserve it and leave it as is. Great piece!
Late thanks to Trey, MMM, jamiedpt and sanhardin
Thanks trunkman, if you look at my later post of this, you'll see what I did to it.
Thanks spiritinthesky3 and MattyG
Thanks ttomtucker glad you love this, I just saw one of these sell on e-bay for over $200.
Nice I bet I walked past a bunch of these when I first started pickn thought they were milk containers or something.i know better now that I been pickn awhile
Thanks petey, pickr4life and ho2cultcha,
pickr4life if you see a sunoco or sinclair one grab it! prices are going up on these.