Vintage Ford Model T Oil Can - A Rusty Restoration

I restore a vintage Ford Model T oil can that was beyond rusted. The rusty oil can needed a lot of help to restore it to its former glory. I had to get creative with my rust removal tools since this old rusted oil can was in really bad shape. I hope you enjoy watching this lost tool get restored.
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[@lostandrestored]

Wow this Ford oil can was extremely brittle. If you liked this awesome restoration check out my Antique Rusty Moon Knife Restoration kzbin.info/www/bejne/ep2kcn5oarVoqc0

[@jamesschultz7550]

I love your idea with using the dill pickle jar top for the bottom. I was wondering how it could be fixed. Keep up the good work.

[@michaellindsay8934]

Beautiful restoration

[@patjohnson3100]

Excellent restoration. I have never seen an oil can that was so far gone, but which was made useful again. Most people would have scrapped this can, regardless of the Ford logo. So what if it doesn't look original. You saved a genuine relic and restored to it's original use. The vacuum pickle cap is ingenious. I would happily use this can on my grandparents 1948 Ford.

[@lostandrestored]

Thanks Pat, it was definitely a hard one to restore and get practical use out of it. I found a couple of them in better shape, but this one I wanted to see if it could be fixed.

[@marionwilson2521]

Awesome.

[@TheFabrik]

Great job !! 👌🏻

[@conscience-commenter]

Why did you drill a hole in the side instead of heating ,lubing and cooling the screw on spout till it came off ? Immersion in oil and repeated heating and cooling would have made the rust weld eventually let go .

[@lostandrestored]

The metal was extremely brittle any twisting would have destroyed the entire can.

[@CarsRestored]

Me: No way he can restore this Lost & Restored: Hold my beer

[@lostandrestored]

LOL, Thank you!

[@c0nfidential1]

Would love to know how the FORD decal was made.

[@justinwilsoncustoms6520]

You did really well with that matey, that thing was toast, looks great !

[@lostandrestored]

Thanks! I was nervous when I tried to separate the spout. The main part was about to crack and break because it was so brittle.

[@virencmehta]

Nope... you just ruined vintage value of this oil can..not expecting this😭😭😭

[@lostandrestored]

There's hundreds anyone can find in great condition. This was like taking a baseball card chewed up by a dog and giving it a new life. Yep, it will never be the same, but it still can provide use.

[@willaiml]

Wish you could of got the top off but you made a better choice than destroying the oil can. Nicely done.

[@lostandrestored]

I wish I could've gotten it off too. The metal was like a piece of paper, it had rusted so bad.

[@StevieD1]

Originally Cooper plated

[@lucialima781]

muito bom

[@SuperEasySuperFast]

Great video!

[@gallucinogenia]

Всё таки жаль, что не удалось открутить крышку.

[@RESTORATIONOFSCRAPMETAL]

great job as always like ps I would open the bottom with a can opener :)) good luck👍👍

[@lostandrestored]

LOL, a can opener is a great idea.

[@GT_Racer347]

Sweet 👍🏻 👍🏻

[@tateamatertheoriganal8677]

i what this can ive been trying to find one

[@zipshed]

That turned out great! Im really surprised how nice it looked when done, What was that you used to paint the FORD logo white ? All I could tell was that it looked like a small square piece pf paper or something. What ever it was it turned out perfect and it would be great to know how it was done.What was it? Thanks and great job!!!

[@amandaggogo]

I know you commented this 5 months ago lol, but I'm 99% sure it's a vinyl sticker they used. So they printed to logo to match the raised lettering on the can, and stuck it on. The clear paper was used to line up the vinyl letters and stick them onto the can.

[@zipshed]

@@amandaggogo Hi, thank you for answering my question...five months on or not! I really appreciate you taking the time when Lost and restored wouldnt answer for his own channel! I have a small collection of oil cans and it would be really cool to be able to add logo's and such when restoring. I never realized it was a sticker. Thanks again!!!

[@Tacosgalore24]

Not bad, for the condition it was in. I can understand not wanting to apply too much heat to where the cap is, as those spouts/caps are solder sealed, from what I've seen, and at least for me, I don't really mess with soldering. But after a long rust removal bath, a long bath in penetrating oil should help, then heat carefully and tap with a light hammer all around the cap to help loosen the rust that's holding on. The one oil can I'm working on now only has tiny rust holes in the bottom, so I'm mostly just trying to figure out exactly what method I want to use to fix that, but something that will still allow me to do a copper plating

[@lostandrestored]

Wow, a copper plating would be really nice and something I would like to see.

[@Tacosgalore24]

@@lostandrestored the procedure is largely straightforward, electroplating/electrolysis. The one method I see a lot involves copper sulfate though I would want to check and see about its acidity etc, because I don't want it to eat thru any solder that's holding the pieces together.

[@Aaron_Barrett]

1:38-лашпорта

[@persioboni9373]

Muito bom !

[@silvahawk7109]

Awesome job. But a ford can on a chevy truck?? For shame! 😂

[@lostandrestored]

hahaha, The Chevy wasn't having any of that Ford oil.

[@jamesspadafore4603]

If you really want it authentic, they were originally copper plated and polished.

[@sodomizzer666]

4:52 polskie ogórki 😁 "Wiejskie wyroby"-rural products

[@ЄвгенкоУкраїна]

Де твій паяльник? Дно паяльником запаюють.

[@austinhughes6852]

The irony that you restored a Ford oil can.And you put oil in a Chevy truck! 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lostandrestored]

I'm glad you liked that part. It made me smile filming it.

[@leonardodic3po607]

One, was it truly impossible to remove the oil spout cap? Those threads are not usually that tight. They would have been frequently opened to replace the oil. Maybe a bath for a couple of days in a good rust remover would have unfrozen the thread. Your work-around filler undermines the historic look of the piece. Two, were the spouts painted at the factory? It seems highly unlikely. Three, obviously you needed to replace the bottom pan, but you should have used a larger piece of tin so you could have hammered more curvature into it. Your replacement made the right sound, but wouldn't expell much oil with each push. Nice looking work, but a faithful restoration should have taken some of these things into account.

[@lostandrestored]

Thanks for the feedback. I bathed it for 3 days. When I tried to remove the cap I could feel the metal starting to crack. It was so brittle I was afraid if I tried anymore it would have been a complete loss.

[@TheFabrik]

Great job !! 👌🏻