Friday night 1st light Tilley X246

Well, I have been clowning about with this one all week. I am not sure what was in the tank from before but it was thick, green/black, smelly and horrible and took a lot of casutic soda to shift.

I think this one might be a re-spray candidate.

Good weeeknds all !

C

 

Nice Guardsman! She’s working well too. I can’t see a bottle of beer by its side though...? Enjoy!

 

Works great, I agree a respray and she will look a million dollars.

 

Looking good!

 

Very nice to see another guardsman brought back to life.
My first pressure lamp was a guardsmen and I have just fettled another one and had just as much fun doing it as I did all those years ago.
Often regarded as the most solidly built lamp of all time and still my go to workhorse.

 

This is my effort, it needed a new cleaning wire to unblock the jet and now has new washers. It will probably stay as is and work for a living.
Enjoy

 

@James K Nice ! - it was my first one and now I understand why people say what they do about them.

 

@Alex74 Fear not there was beer(s). And a rather nice Japanese whiskey furnished by the neighbour.

 

@Fireexit1
I am happy to hear you are now a fan of the x246 guardsman.
Mine has acquired a new friend this afternoon, an x246 pork pie that just needed a new mantle to run.

 

@James K - pork pie is next on my list of aquisitions

 

@Fireexit1
It sounds like you are following a well trodden path to acquire an example of each of the Tilley lanterns working backwards through the years.
Good luck and enjoy your quest.
James