Hi all. I've reached the stage with my lamps and stoves where I can't remember which ones are OK, which have faults and what those faults are. So...
Picked up last weekend at a car boot sale. The only fettling needed was a clean and replace the pip in the pre-heater. Running on a 500cp Coleman...
Well, at least you got a reply that is readable. Most of the responses I get from Ebay are cut & paste jobs from someone in Lithuania who flunked...
He also sells on ebay.com, ebay.com.au and ebay.com.ca etc as 'lanterns_stoves_vapalux'. And guess what? If you look at the feedback for...
Working back from the end time of the new listing and allowing for the clocks going back one hour on 27 Oct: The old listing sold at 15:23:41....
Seems very odd. It is definitely the same lamp. You won the auction on Sep 20th and it is listed for sale again Oct 3rd 300 miles away and the...
I don't know why anyone in the UK buys Coleman Fuel when you can buy you can buy 5 litres of Panel Wipe from most auto paint stores for £12.95....
Phone around your local heating oil suppliers and ask if they sell 28 sec heating oil on pump. If not, they will know who does. This is the same...
No idea, but these people are very helpful in identifying old cars - Link Terry
I use Tilley 164X mantles on all my Bialladin/Vapalux lamps and they work fine. I get them direct from Tilley via their website at £1.35 each. Terry
As a member of CCS where this is allowed I offer my personal thoughts: I do sometimes highlight auctions on CCS but only if it is a 'Buy-it-Now'...
Greetings all. Yesterday I was at a local auction and saw a Vapalux lamp in amongst four boxes of assorted old car parts. I didn't want to be...
I've not noticed any problems. Terry
Using a lamp like that as a tunnel lamp is somewhat overkill, especially with three halogen bulbs. He's not going to be very popular with any boat...
Hi Wim. A friend of mine used to use a little candle lantern in his tent. I'm fairly certain that his was made by Trangia. The old bicycle lamps...
I picked this up on Wednesday at an antiques fair. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] As explained by Ian Ashton in his excellent post (...
Ditto what Jeff has said. I use 28 sec heating oil in all my paraffin/kerosene lamps and stoves, with no problems at all. Terry
My tuppence worth - the more examples the better. It is often only through viewing multiple examples, that a particular view of a feature is...
I couldn't search on Ebay UK this morning. Every search came back 0 results. Yet my wife sitting 10 feet away using her laptop was fine. Terry
The description was revised 30 minutes after David's post. Terry
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