I am getting excited about my Panel!!

['68OrangeSunshine]

Originally Posted by Classic Heartbeat

No hood ornaments ever on this hood. It was as close to pristine as they get. Oil canned is what you get when the steel in a panel has been stretched. Pretty common to happen in doors and bedsides that have been dented then straitened. Makes the metal weak and unable to hold it shape with the slightest pressure applied. The term came from back in the day when oil was placed into rectangular cans and you would squeeze them to get the oil to come out faster. The sides of the can would pop as you pinched and released pressure on the can. WES

Thanks for the explanation. The only oil cans I remember were light gauge steel ended 1 Qt cans with cardboard/foil-lined tube bodies. Then came the plastic bottles.