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woodrat

woodrat

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Ya'll know when this can was made? Picked it up hiking in the state park yesterday. We still had pull open cans when I became legal, but this is a steel can opened with a can opener. Early 70's?

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I'd say '60's. I used to collect cans, and most were pull tabs in the 70's.

Would be cool if there was an INFI church key made.... :cool:

Like the tan RatWeiler too. My nephew got one just like it. I like tan handled Busses and Rats.

Good choice.
 
Hmmmmm... Red X brand?? Mid 60's? :confused: :p :D


Edit: I BLAME PORKERSON!!! Right after I reply, the pic appears :rolleyes: :grumpy:
 
I've got to say the 60s. Always remembered the pull tops from the 70s.

Awhile ago, we were cleaning trash from a beach over here and a kid found a can with a old style pull top and was baffled by it. Never seen one before, he was born in the late 80s.
 
The only other time I had seen one a friend of mine showed me an old Coors can he found in the Rockies that was steel and opened with a can opener like this one.

When I started college in '86, we saved all our Coors Light pull tabs (that was the beer at the time) and fastened them together to make a chain. It went all around the dorm room by the end of the year. Wonder what they do for entertainment now? ;)

Getting rid of the pull tabs was a good idea.

I asssume the steel cans were lined so it wouldn't affect the taste of the beer? :confused:

I knew I could count on you Hogs for your vast knowledge on this topic. :D
 
thatmguy said:
I'd say '60's. I used to collect cans, and most were pull tabs in the 70's.

Would be cool if there was an INFI church key made.... :cool:

Like the tan RatWeiler too. My nephew got one just like it. I like tan handled Busses and Rats.

Good choice.
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Mike,

My wife got the Weiler for me for Christmas. I was thrilled to see the two tone color. :cool:
 
If you're ever in a state park and see an old CBL can, start probing the ground for PVC capsules.
 
Not sure if Jerry made it this far south with his PVC capsules :p

My wife did a search on line today and found out the first Budweiser can that did not require a "church key" (as my barber referred to it today) was 1963, or that was when the first pull top was made, so it is at least that old.
 
Deciduous: Actually, he buried one at DeSoto State Park a few years ago while attending the Blade Show in Atlanta. It has been found, though.
 
Mike - Cool! FYI - this particular park is only about five miles south of Toomer's corner ;) Perhaps you have frequented it yourself? :D
 
Yes I do. I can hear the stadium on home game days - that's how close I live. I moved here to work on a project up by Alex City that is currently on hold. I do double duty in Alabama, NY and elsewhere, so right now I travel. Hartsfield Jackson and I are close friends. :rolleyes:

Didn't you tell me* you retired from Alabama Power / SoCo and you are an EE?

*Me would be for "Woodrat" on SRKW.

Gregg
 
Yeah, that's me. BSEE from Auburn. Are you familiar with the Reeltown area? I am down there every other weekend to check up on my mother.
 
I have driven through that area on 49 before from I-85, but that's about it. I used to have a condo in Stillwaters when I first came to Alabama, so I know the area pretty well.
 
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