Hi guys, I picked this up today and cannot seem to find model numbers or dates. What am I looking at here?
Hi Nice find. Can you show photos of the burner frame with the vent and globe removed. Is there no Coleman stamp on the fount? Regards Andrew
Looks pretty close to a 242b gas lamp from around 1940 should have model on collar and coleman logo with month(or ABCD) - year either side on font usually below fill cap
Some pictures to show the letterings on the collar and the fount should help( if its a Coleman, that should normally be present).
Can't be a 242B with that pump. The tank and valve are 242 from the early to mid 1930s. I have a 242 here with an unmarked collar and the same valve wheel and pump. The burner and hood may be later because they look like 242A or 242B. 242 does not have a top nut and I don't think a 242 burner casting will accept a later hood so possibly both or at least the hood have to be from a later lantern than the tank. ::Neil::
Looks like a Coleman 242. Perhaps a little like Neil's post back in 22nd March, 2011? Except for the hood retaining nut?
Thanks for all of the responses. In the daylight part of the mystery is solved. After some Autosol I can make out "35" at the bottom right of the logo on the tank. So looks like 1935. I still cannot see a model number anywhere. Here are some extra pics including that date stamp. This would make it the oldest pressure lantern I have. @MYN and @Mackburner - it looks very similar to that one from the 2011 post. The one of Neil's is made in England. This one here shows as made in Canada. Would my globe be incorrect I wonder.
Either that or it could similar to Tony Press's post back in Sept 13, 2015. Except for the valve wheel and the nickel plate maybe.
The globe is much later, probably late 1960s to 1970s. The bail too, if it is Coleman at all. The valve wheel with the fine splines and the pinned pump gies it away: It is a 242A http://www.colemancollectorsforum.c...-5647574?highlight=pinned+pump&pid=1271715240 Photo by scouterjan from CCF
Some 242s came with that fine ribbed control. The correct globe for a 242 is a straight sided glass which is obsolete but you can get a repro from Fred Kuntz in Ohio. ::Neil::
