Coleman 249 Scout, 1957, Made in Australia

Here is a nice little Coleman Scout made in Australia.

In the pictures below it is fitted with an Austramax globe.



























Fitted with a "Fukushima" mantle:



Running in daylight:


An easy fettle.

There are manufacturing similarities to the Austramax.

Where do you get the Coleman Globe for this jobbie?

Cheers

Tony

 

Sometimes found on an Austramax
Nice lamp!!!

 

I've actually found the globe before at a local camping store in Bundaberg, so you never know you're luck. Of course they didn't have any last time I looked. Otherwise try the usual suppliers of kero stuff or failing that from Old Coleman Parts in the states.

 

A neat lantern.

 

Beautiful lantern ;-)

 

T W Sands can probably help out with a globe.

 

That 79 year old lantern is in great condition and you have photographed it really well for the LRG.

 

Thanks, Trevor. It's only 58 years old, though (8/57 - see third photo from top). The 1936 date is a date relating to the license agreement with Coleman Canada. It appears on other Coleman products manufactured in Australia.

Now, as I said above, there are very close similarities between this lantern and the Austramax - especially the Austramax 2/200. The nozzle on the Austramax 2/200 that I recently posted in the Reference Gallery is the same as this 249; the Austramax globe is the same size as the globe on the Coleman 242 I posted in the Reference Gallery.

I think I'll pull out these lamps and do some phot-comparisons over the weekend.

Cheers

Tony

 

Hi Tony,
If you need a globe for the 249, I have one here in the States that I could send you. Shipping might be a bit steep though, but if you need some other items we could ship it all at one time. Send me a PM if interested.

Dan

 

Great.

Interesting lantern.

Have a 237. Made in UK

 

Here are some extra pics of the generator etc.









The shaped nut to hold the cage etc on to the tank:



Cheers

Tony

 

Hi Tony, thanks for the correction. I must have still had my stove hat on.
I was skim-reading and just did the math on a date I saw.
If I had thought a bit more I would have realised that this style of lantern was much younger than 79 years.
If I remember rightly it was produced sometime in the late 1940s and up to about 1960.
I don't know the exact dates, especially those for the Australian production, but I am sure someone will put me right.

 

I like these lanterns, particularly the ones made outside North America - I'm sure I've an Aussie and a couple of English ones around here somewhere...

 

David

Did you get your Aussie ones from Australia or did you pick them up in the Old Dart?

Tony

 

I can't remember where they came from, Tony - it was so many moons ago - but almost certainly via eBay. The Aussie one probably was from down under, which I could afford to do in those giddy days when I first began collecting...

The Old Dart? - have you been on the Bundaberg again, Blue...

 

David

Old Dart is ridgy-didge for where the poms come from - no Bundy needed, cobber.

Cheers

Tony