<VV> motor oil shelf life - general, not corvair specific

[LonzoVair at aol.com]

In a message dated 8/1/2005 3:17:12 PM Eastern Daylight Time, tonyu at roava.net 
writes:
A guy I know has a can of motor oil, can't remember the brand, that 
dates back to WW-II. 

Ya know, I have a glass jar with some Kendall motor oil in it... the label is 
missing from the jar, but the lid is still relatively clear, and it has a 
green-ish tint to it... I thought it was weird until I saw some "recent" Kendall 
oil... same green tint... but this is a glass jar, about a quart... and it has 
the "Kendall Peace sign" with the two fingers in the air... for those trivia 
beginners out there the two raised fingers on the hand represent the fact that 
the oil was considered "good for two thousand miles" and this was before oil 
filters were in wide use. I have an ad from 1927 extolling the virtues of the 
Kendall oil... pretty cool..
Later,
Lonzo


Lon Anderson in White Mills, KY
CORSA, Corvanatics, Central Kentucky Corvair, Derby City Corvair
Quart Low Quarterly editor
1961 Greenbrier pg, someday will be a camper
1963 Greenbrier 4spd. that I really ought to sell
1964 700 sedan 95/pg, semi-daily driver status (only when I drive somewhere)