Placed a cheeky bid on these two tired looking lanterns and came up trumps Bialaddin 300x chrome & Vapalux M1 Haven’t got down to dating the pair as yet only just picked them up if anyone could assist off these initial photos that would be great ? Having never owned these particular models I’m not sure if the hoods have been swapped around the were purchased a one lot together Couldn’t but a quick clean up and they fire up nicely Few seals need replacing from initial inspection but there holding pressure and don’t require any major parts Will give them a complete strip down and a session in the ultrasonic cleaner both lanterns have been well used luckily not abused Will get some better photos once I’ve tidied the up a little more May paint the M1 tank definitely looks q little tired
Date wise, 300X '50 to '52 the M1 say '70 to '78- they're hard to narrow down further. Hoods: '50's green and '70's green are noticeably different- yours are the right way round. Nice score.
Thanks for this info appreciated Wasn’t to sure about the hoods that’s useful to know spent some time cleaning them up today
Spent a Few hours fettling today parts spent a good timely session in the ultrasonic cleaner came up a treat The Chrome Bialaddin 300x came up better than expected couple of seals changed the spring was missing off the vaporiser cleaning wire so that was replaced Replaced the gauze in the spirit cup with some fire rope and a copper band The Vapalux M1 tank was looking a little shabby so decided to get the rattle can out Other than the spirit cup leaking slightly through the gauze tube all good will have to search out a replacement at some point
