Faygo Friday #6

This week's Faygo flavor is frosh.

Let's take a break from all the summer heat and discuss what I think is going on with this frosty can design.  Every online dictionary I checked defined "frosh" as a freshman.  So I think these are two freshman taking a skiing vacation during Christmas break from college.  And since this is a citrus flavored soda, of course they're going to have citrus fruit on top of their sock hats!  haha

The can is from 1977 when Faygo was celebrating its 70th anniversary.

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The Smallest Soft Drinks

 

Thanks Ken!!!

Faygo Friday #5

This week's Faygo flavor is Red Pop.

With today being the first day of summer, what better way to honor it than with a soda can portraying an olde tyme picnic?  And did you notice the basket of strawberries?  While there are a few brands of soda that have a "red pop," Faygo's version focuses on strawberry flavor.  Strawberry was one of Faygo's three original flavors when they started in 1907.  It was in the 1960's when they changed the name from Strawberry to Red Pop. 

The can is from 1977 when Faygo was celebrating its 70th anniversary.

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Like A Mule!

In last week's Faygo Friday post, I mentioned you don't see horses on soda cans very often.  And then I found this can.  It's not a horse, but it's close...

This was a citrus soda called Kick created by the Royal Crown Company to compete with Mountain Dew, Sun Drop and Mello Yello.  It was not successful and was discontinued in 2002.

So this Kick can walks into a bar.  The bartender says, "Hey, jack ass, what'll you have?"  A nearby Red Bull can says to this one, "Are you going to let him talk to you like that?"  This can says, "Oh, it's all right. Hee haw hee haw hee halways calls me that."

Now that's one sassy soft drink!

Faygo Friday #4

 

This week's Faygo flavor is Western style root beer.

My wife just got back from a vacation in Texas, so that's what inspired me to do this week's flavor.  There really isn't much to say about this one except you don't often see a horse on a soda can.  The thought crossed my mind that this could be the son of the Faygo Kid, an animated fictional character from the 1950's Faygo created for radio and television advertisements.  But I doubt it.

The can is from 1977 when Faygo was celebrating its 70th anniversary.

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Speaking of Wind Tunnels...

I was recently contacted by a reader saying he had some old Shasta cans and if I was interested, he would send pictures and the story of where they came from.  I wrote back and said I'd like to know more.  Here was his response:

"I was a model maker at the Boeing wind tunnel complex back in the 70's.  I found a garbage can full of these and asked someone where they came from.  There are two 20'-diameter spheres that are pressurized in the operation of the supersonic tunnel.  The spheres are filled with these cans, apparently to retard or baffle the moisture that builds up when the spheres are pressurized.  They had been doing some maintenance and some of the Shasta cans were discarded.

There was a Shasta plant in Seattle in the late 50's-early 60's, so the vintage is all about right to coincide with the construction of the supersonic facility.  I remember seeing some steel Rainier ale cans in there, too.

These are all that I have.  They've been following me around for almost 40 years and it's time for them to move on."

These are flat top cans and as you can see, the bottoms are wide open.  On the side of each can it reads "Packed and carbonated under the authority of the Shasta Water Company" and lists both San Francisco and Seattle.

A few days later he sent another picture to me.  This one was of the two spheres in Seattle he had mentioned in his previous email.

I couldn't pass these cans up!  I bought them and received the cans a few days ago.  They are definitely some of the coolest cans in my collection.  After finding one of the cans at www.canmuseum.com, I saw they date back to 1954, making these the oldest cans I have.

I get quite a bit of email regarding my collection, and I appreciate each one.  Many of them are offers that don't pan out, but this one did and I just had to share the story.

* All pictures were taken by the original owner of the cans

Faygo Friday #3

This week's Faygo flavor is Mardi Gras pineapple orange.

The streamers and confetti really set the stage for a beverage party in your mouth.  The masquerading ladies and the clown juggling the pineapple and oranges add to the overall festive mood of the can.  I was a bit disappointed that I couldn't find "Canned in N'Orleans" anywhere on the can. 

This can = fun.  It is from 1977 when Faygo was celebrating its 70th anniversary.

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Monster-in-Law

A few weeks ago my sister-in-law found out about my can collection.  She said she and her husband like energy drinks and they would save their cans for me.  She came over last week and brought me a few cans...

Of the fourteen cans, five were brand new for me, two of them were upgrades to cans I already had and the other seven went to be with my trade cans. 

You just never know where the next can's going to come from...