C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

[Joe D.]

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THE OIL CANISTER FOR MY 1961 SILK SCREENED? THANKS, JOE

[Gary S.]

Re: C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

How about an indirect non-answer? I found that many catalog companies carry the oil cannister with the silk screen already in place, but very few will do just the silk screening. I THINK that Paragon will still do this but, if I remember correctly from about five years ago, the silk screening was as expensive as buying a canister with it in place.
Gary

[Theodore K.]

Re: C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

Joe,
When I rebuilt my 57 several years ago, I sand blasted the oil canister, cleaned it up, primed and painted semi-flat black and then applied a decal that had all the info on it. When the decal was dry I sealed it with clear spray krylon. It has held to this day although I am careful when I clean it at oil changes. Much cheaper. The sand blasting was necessary to remove rust. If yours is good you can probably just sand and paint.
TedTed

[Steve Westphal]

Re: C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

Ditto on what Ted said. Mine looks great but, as Ted said, you had better be sure it is clean, clean, clean!

[John H.]

Re: C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

And, if you intend to have the car judged, you'll take a deduction for the decal; the difference between it and the silk-screening is quite obvious.

[Steve Westphal]

Re: C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

I drive my '56 and do not plan to have it judged. I do know that you take a deduction for the decal. It does look alright when you view it in the background with the hood open.

[Pete VanSeggern #30920]

Re: C1 OIL CANISTER SILK SCREENING

There seem to be two types of "decals." One is the water soluble type like you used to put on model airplanes. These look a lot better than the "peel and stick" type. I tried one of these and immediately took the canister to the wire wheel, took off the label, and the paint, repainted and ordered one of the soak in water types.