Unimet GL-1

I inherited this Unimet lamp from my Dad. After fitting a new globe and a quick clean and fettle if runs well if a bit touchy. Can anyone advise the model and age?

 

Very flippantly .... Its a NICE one....

 

Thank you. Any idea of model and age?

 

Hello, click on the link below, this may be your lantern, Jeff.

https://classicpressurelamps.com/index.php?threads/1230

 

I'm afraid that link is possibly broken. I'm logged in but can't reach that page.

 

Hello Rod, it works for me, but this website has been having problems in the last few days.

So perhaps you could try it later, Jeff.

 

The link works, but it is to the library section which only can be seen by subscribers.

I agree with Jeff. It's very similar to that one, which is a petrol fueled lantern called Unimet GL-1.

 

Many Thanks. I'm not able to get into the Library but found an image of a Unimet GL-1 elsewhere and agree that's probably the one. Too bad these lamps are undated.

 

Yes GL1 for sure. Never easy to date these because we have no paper on them that I know of. The model number is marked on a similar lantern so I kknow that is right. Dates are something else. From the numbers found and general condition they turn up ini my guess is perhaps as late as 1980 but certainly 1960s or later. I don't like them much though. Unimet made gasoline lamps with spring loaded pump valves and pressure release screws. For me that makes them rather less safe in use than say the equivalent Coleman type. ::Neil::

 

I have a GL-4, kinda similar. I'd like to have an age on the GL-4. Anyone know?

 

Hi.
GL-1 was made from 1965 to about 1970 when the lane was rebranded as Ash Flash.

These have an AGM/Kamplite LRL valve from old AGM tooling, so an American heart.
See my posts under Camper Model 1 and Unimet GL-3 for a complete timeline.

USE a Coleman #99 or a Peerless 24-A mantle. Short #21's don't heat the generator well and that's why they can be touchy.
With the proper mantle, these are searingly bright!

These were made when Hong Kong was a British territory and not actually part of China, so technically, they're not Chinese.
Just a factoid for those collecting oddball facts

 

Interesting point. Whilst they're technically not Chinese, they're not 'British' either.

If they'd been imported into Britain, they would have had 'Hong Kong' or perhaps, 'Empire Made' marked on them, particularly in the 1950s and 60s. When I was a sprog, either marking generally denoted cheap, somewhat downmarket goods...