Only take fifteen years.

Hi fellas, I bought this old girl from a paper add along with a Handi first model Swiftlite more than 15 years ago and I just finally got around to giving her a full fettle, After the clean up I purchased the glass from Mappio on the net fitted a new pump valve And then it was time to fire her up, I had an original 1001 mantle that I got in a box of spares From a friend, she really runs well, I think this Lantern is a 1937 model, Nils might be wiser on this cheers guys

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What a find and great to see! Looks lovely too

 

The pump and filler locations suggest 1928 to 1932 but I guess Nils and Bo will know better than me. There should be a date code stamped in the base and I would expect that to be S,T,U,V or W. Looks to be a nice example. ::Neil::

 

It looks good.

 

It's a grand old lantern now!

 

Well done Frank. That's what you call a result.

The lamp will be from around 1930 to 1932. Have you checked the date code on the base?

 

Great find, and complete too !
I'm still looking for a hood....

 

Thanks for the replies fellas, Nils it took a bit of scrubbing to reveal U30, so its a 1930 vintage? this one is definitely a keeper

 

"U" is 1930.

Nice find, @outback boy.


Cheers

Tony