Liquid engineering

A gorgeous collection of oil cans on flickr here. I'm a sucker for americana, petronalia, graphic design and packaging so what can I say... this pretty much makes me very happy. A mother lode when I want to steal ideas get some inspiration for a project.

This next one is my favourite. I think I'd seen a picture of it before but just assumed that it was a contemporary design for a Pixar movie or something like that, a tongue in cheek idea but with consummately executed aesthetics... I mean it's just too perfect, oil is dinosaur juice right?