64 oz pepsi?

[judu]

i found this bottle in the mountains and i believe it to be from 1974...i may be wrong about that. its a 64 oz glass pepsi bottle and i cant find any info on it what so ever...im not really into acl bottles so i was thinking of maybe ebaying it...anyone know if these hold any value at all?...ive never saw one before and also am having trouble with any research...thanks, dan

 

[OsiaBoyce]

Dan, those bottles were notorious for blowing up, well actually they would explode if ya dropped one sending shards of glass flying. When I was a teenager way back in the early 70s I knew several people to get severely cut by these things. These incidents usually happened in the stores. I think that's why they did away w/ them. That's about all I can tell ya.

 

[judu]

haha. thanks for the info pat.thats very interesting. i found myself a pepsi bomb...ill make sure im careful with it then.....you have a few bottles on the way.....

 

[TJSJHART]

hey dan, i've got one similar in size mine is 67.8 oz and is labeled two liters. they both have about the same value. not that rare i believe. this may bother a few people but i drilled a hole in the bottom of mine and made a lamp [8|]

 

[wonkapete]

Yep, I have one too. Not a terribly common bottle, but not rare. About $15.

 

[wonkapete]

To elaborate on what OsiaBoyce said, that's why bottlers went to these 'plastic coated' bottles. That way, the glass would be contained in the plastic covering if one was dropped.

 

[TJSJHART]

i'd like to add one like it to my collection....