If you paint the tank the hood will look tawdry. Why not clean it up and use it? You could revel in its history…
If you give the mantle a coat of hairspray before you travel it may stay intact. I alway think they stay together better in a car if in the...
My 305 does not have two screws holding the cap onto the hood as the 300 series do. And I can’t see them in the photo. All of the 305s I have...
I could be wrong about this and I’m sure there will be people around here who will know, but I think there are a lot more 300x s around than 305s....
Nice. Haven’t been up the Waitaki braids in 45 years.
Are you planning to recreate the trip? Don’t know about NZ but those lamps surface in Australia often enough. Or if you want to splash a little...
Could also be a 305, hard to tell apart, but someone will know. They are a kerosene lamp. What’s the story..?
Brass work hardens so it may be it became harder and harder the more you hit it. Heating and quenching it during the process would soften it but...
Looks more like a Bialaddin, probably a 300x.
I was in Melbourne about a year ago and decided to call in at the factory and buy a couple of globes. The front of the factory seemed closed but...
You will find Aladdin 1A lamps on Facebook marketplace and Gumtree at a range of prices. i have picked them up at from $20 to $80. Best to get a...
Maybe a local could try to score some of the tooling. The dies for drawing the tanks would be the thing…
The modern red plastic one has a different thread.
[ATTACH] Went looking further and in the same year a nearby hospital in Mimic had an “Eros” inverted mantle lamp installed for night operations.
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Read somewhere they were used in bush hospitals as a theatre light.
Lovely to hear it called plot night. In NZ we called it Guy Fawkes.
Better people than I will be able to give you more accurate info. What I can say is, early 1950s Tilley 246. The model before it is also called...
@AussiePete This is a 1999, we were in the Warrumbungles.
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