Hi folks, Just wanted to say I'm very happy, to have found this site. My love, of lanterns, started at a young age. My addiction to repairing vintage ones is relatively new. It started last fall, during an Elk hunting trip. My old Coleman 988 (which I bought new in '93) was giving me fits. Hundreds of adventures, throughout the years, were showing and it was not running properly. I decided enough was enough. No more putting it off. A few weeks later I grabbed it and an old 242C (which I still don't remember where I got it) and started tearing them down. A few hours later my 988 was hissing happily away. The 242C was working ok, but needed a proper generator. A couple eBay clicks and a generator was on the way. There's something satisfying about making something old work again and NOT just for display. I put vintage tools and machines to use. Needless to say, my shop is now overflowing with old lanterns, in various states of repair. Thanks for indulging me.
Welcome aboard! The links below show websites which may also be of interest. OldColemanParts.com The Coleman Collectors Forum - CCF
Hi Welcome onboard. Putting the pictures of your recent fettles on this site is also rewarding too ! - share the love.. Chris
288. I don't know where 988 came from. I've been running Caterpillar equipment all week. That might have been cause for the slipup.
Me too! Since America was the greatest manufacturer of our kind of lamps and lanterns, I'm glad another one has crossed over to this site, and not got stuck on a Coleman forum. We need more of your kind. And the 242 series of lanterns are among the best kind of lanterns ever being made in my humble opinion. Perhaps only beaten by a few Swedish models.
Skip the Tilleys! Give us some other brands, please! You are from the US. You have some of the best lamps and lanterns ever made at your very feet. Show those!
I'm working on it. Trying to score some AGM lanterns, at the moment. I did manage to purchase an old Coleman parts cabinet, from a local hardware store, with NOS parts still in it. It was buried in the back storage since the 70s.
