Anyone Else Here Collect Coleman ?

Not a Coleman but kinda' neat. The original manual is there and all the hardware inside for "heating the seat" or cooking on!! Designed to burn alcohol/spirits. I've gotta' couple cans of Sterno in it in case I ever use it. Adjustable heat output with slider vents on the lid which has a stainless plate on the underside. I fired it up in the woodshed one nite during the arctic blast, it does throw some good heat for your bottom. It was good for drying my gloves!!

 

I love it !!!!

 

Alaway wanted a Kero burner and there are none to be found in the wild around here, so I pulled the trigger and ordered one. This is the 1st light up and man she really roars on wide open throttle. A 639 model.

 

This is the 200 I found last week in the wild for 15 clams. It wanted to flood/flair up on the initial firing so I fettled the spiders out of the air tube,(shoulda' checked that 1st) and she fires right up.

 

Do you happen to know about this Colman burner? I would love to get it working again.

 

Looks like a model 502 to me ! Great stove. Have one myself. Parts are out there

 

Thanks for the information, I plan on firing it up soon. Will post pictures.

 

Been out of the loop but not idle.
Here's a couple I've fettled, all "mules" and ready to light.
Full tear down, even the f/a tube on that Milspec, which I felt like needed a different paint job, so came up with the grey and red. Re-wound the gen on that 200 with stranded copper wire and kept the new gen for a spare.

 

Very nice burners !

 

^^Thanks, 'Fuzz. the 200 was pulled out of an old barn which had partially fallen in. I have fought with the Milspec for 10 years or more. I've one other Milspec to fettle, the paint is in pretty good shape and I think I'll leave it alone.

 

Those milspecs are s different breed. I have a 252 milspec from 1952.... Its a great burner... But it can be a booger to get going if not patient ! I only pump 10 to 15 times for startup..... Then pump it the rest of the way after it is burning steady. They make a sound like no other . Thanks for saving those lanterns !

 

Revently moved. To a place with a nice garage . Finally getting a chance to setup my Coleman and chain saw collections. I downsized by selling alot before i moved. I feel much slimmer now

 

Been away for a while and have gathered several lanterns since last time I was here. my other MilSpec.

 

Nice collection there. Now all you need is some of the early radioactive lantern mantles to go along with those gems. They quit making those, I think sometime around the early 80's. I have some that I keep for "show and tell" when teaching radiation safety classes.

 

I've a couple sets of older mantles that are probably "hot",,I've been wanting to take them to work and test them, but I can never remember to grab them.

 

Here's the "Tin Man". I pulled him out of the back of a pickup truck, no fuel cap, no globe(I have a globe for him), bad pump and leaking valve. I fettled him back to life and carved this "globe" from a soup can. He hangs outside the wood shed and never fails to light.

 

Count me in even though I only have a few.

 

I collect. i have been at it for a few years. I to have downsized to around 75 or so. I have a website for my collecting. www.frankslanternrepair.weebly.com

 

Ive only got one........