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Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/28/2007 10:30:03 PM    wabnoles   Posts: 3 Joined: 7/28/2007 Status: offline Hey guys, I was walking on the beach today when I spotted some green glass bottle. At first I was angr that someone left trash on the beach and went over to pick it up when I noticed it said Texaco Outboard Motor Oil and I'm thinking "oil doesnt come in glass bottles" lol so I kept it. Anyways, its in pretty corroded condition but it's an old item. It's a green glass bottle made by the Duraglass company and on the bottom are the numbers A-8571. On the top of the bottle is a rusted metal cap with a hole in the middle of it. I found it interesting that there's a design of a bird in flight. Anyways I am wondering if anyone could help me in 1) dating this bottle and 2) providing more information on the Duraglass Company. Thanks! --Andrew Post #: 1

RE: Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/28/2007 10:40:29 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline follow this link and go toward the bottom of the page EDIT: sorry about that, sometimes i can be a little dense i forgot to add the link here it is http://myinsulators.com/glass-factories/bottlemarks.html#ABCDEF < Message edited by bottlenutboy -- 7/29/2007 12:39:27 AM > _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to wabnoles) Post #: 2

RE: Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/28/2007 11:17:30 PM    wabnoles   Posts: 3 Joined: 7/28/2007 Status: offline Follow which link? (in reply to bottlenutboy) Post #: 3

RE: Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/29/2007 12:30:08 AM    L C   Posts: 1631 Joined: 3/17/2007 From: Ohio Status: offline The link below will take you to an ended ebay auction where one like the one you described was listed. It was in pretty good condition, and  brought $9.99. I would guess it to be from the 60s. http://cgi.ebay.com/TEXACO-OUTBOARD-MOTOR-OIL-Glass-JAR-1-PINT-DURAGLAS_W0QQitemZ180137488556QQihZ008QQcategoryZ35675QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem (in reply to wabnoles) Post #: 4

RE: Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/29/2007 12:39:24 AM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline i forgot to add the link for you.... i fixed it for you now you can go check it out _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to L C) Post #: 5

RE: Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/29/2007 2:58:08 AM    wabnoles   Posts: 3 Joined: 7/28/2007 Status: offline Thanks very much!! From my own research on the Texaco logo, I found that the logo used on this bottle was used between 1936 and 1963. From the information I found from those websites you provided, it was made in Alton, IL in 1956. So I uncovered a 50 year old bottle washed up on a beach... thats awesome. The saltwater has pretty much wore off the paint in the label. Does anyone know of a proper way to stabilize it and also what would be a good way to clean out the interior. (in reply to wabnoles) Post #: 6

RE: Texaco Outboard Motor Oil bottle - 7/29/2007 6:29:31 PM    bottlenutboy Posts: 2137 Joined: 10/10/2006 From: Bordensprings, Ala. or Esom Hill, Ga. Status: offline you could dpray polyurethane on the lable, but ive never tried it so i dont know how well it works, to clean the inside you can use many different methods, runa search on this forum and look around _____________________________ bottles for sale on my website! go check it out! http://www.geocities.com/cleburneslim/index.html?1170417418125 also check out the same bottles on my freewebs site!: http://www.freewebs.com/bottlenutboy/forsale.htm Spencer (in reply to wabnoles) Post #: 7

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