Friend of mine alerted me to this on Facebook so made a quick local trip and latched onto it. It's a Canadian Coleman model 118 lamp dated 10 28 so October 1928. Was missing one of the burner tubes and a shade holder, shade and whatever assorted pieces to attach all of that to the lamp. Pieced it together and gave it a damp cloth bath and gave it a drink of CF and away it went. On the first test fire I pumped it up like a maniac and it burned fiercely so after that less pressure and it seems to run better. I didn't have a Coleman shade so an original AGM shade will have to do. Alex As found...not much to do with it. Pump worked fine and anything that was supposed to turn did. Surprising considering it looked like it hadn't been run in years. Fuel cap gasket was swapped out because the one thing it wouldn't do was hold pressure. Fuel tank was even bone dry and clean looking. I'll probably leave it as is to preserve what original paint is left on it. First fire. Burns well. Less pressure...I think that's better? Original AGM shade looks okay on it.
Thanks guys. Really trying to steer clear of lamps but the lure of the slant was too great. I'm weak. lol Alex
Nice lamp. Coleman Quick-Lite series , most of this series is more than 100 years. I also have collect some without the pump. But i haven't lighten them up , it will need to repair carefully.
A great job and I like the shade too. The slants are special and I believe that they were only in production for about 2 years starting 1928. I have a similar model but alas, without a shade. Enjoy your beautiful lamp @MrAlexxx Cheers Pete
Alex, Pete, beautiful looking things. But were these lamps designed for using indoors at home? I’m conscious of the fire risk as they run on petrol rather than kerosene?
Yes these are indoor lighting and it's a Colman so has all the safety features a gasoline lamp requires. Once it's inside the lamp the for risk is the same for kero and gas. ::Neil::
