Another Primus lantern in museum condition. I'm so green with envy as every Primus lantern I've come across in NZ has seen better days. =P~...
A very nice lantern, you have done an excellent job. Like the photo of it in the snow.
The latest fettle. This lantern had been in parts on the workshop bench for the last six months. I had to replace the control spindle, jet,...
Mackburner, do you have Graeme's contact details by any chance, that you could send through on a private posting?
Hi Mackburner, do you happen to have a photo of that lantern showing how the generator is attached to the control valve (inside the collar)?...
Hi Mackburner, you will see I have posted pics of the lantern in the reference gallery. It would appear to me to be a 239a and it is unfortunately...
This lantern was found in South Africa and is in Gerhard de Villiers collection. Unfortunately it is missing its generator. [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Thanks Mackburner that is useful info as the collector has a 238b, which I see on this parts list shares the same control valve as the 239a. He...
I'm enquiring on behalf of an avid collector who I'm encouraging to join up so he can post photos. He states that it is a 239a made in 1940.
Does anyone happen to have a parts list and diagram for a Coleman 239 that they could send me? The lantern I have is missing some parts such as...
Well I finally got around to servicing this lantern and getting it working and polished up. Thanks to Bo for sending me a genuine blank bolt so I...
Here down under the summer weather has finally arrived with 28 C max today and 23 C when I took this photo of a 236 and 237. What better way to...
If I understand the situation correctly, you only need to undo the nut on the control shaft, slip off the control wheel and turn it 180 degrees....
Hi Claus, We have the Sphinx Moth, which like many species of Lepidoptera in NZ, has been accidentally introduced. When people ask me how or why I...
Excellent photos. As a kid I would have loved to have had a lantern like this as I was a budding entomologist too, now a retired one. Those hawk...
Here is the final photo of the Wilberforce River valley that feeds into Lake Coleridge and the Rakaia River. This valley is accessed from lower...
Picnic lunch is complete with a good brew of tea, helped here with a Coleman exponent, feather 442. [ATTACH] Here are a series of pics showing...
On the first evening after dinner, we walked along the road in what was a chilly wind. Despite the wind, the sunset was lovely and I have tried to...
After reading so many other forum member’s trip reports and photos from their part of the world, I thought it about time to show some pictures of...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from New Zealand. Even though the weather is expected to be 24C tomorrow with some rain, I'll be cranking up...
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