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I fetched the Glory today. Here it is next to a Petromax 816: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Excellent presentation and photos, Pete! And I can't believe how tidy your workshop is :clap:
What a wonderful lamp, @King Of Highway ! What do the burners look like?
Wonderful restoration, @Michel ! Amazing how good the brass was under all that dirt.
Very nice, Darryl! Getting dark quite late here too.
It looks like the threads on the vaporiser are stripped. That may be why it was stuck together with thread sealer. Hope the control cock threads...
@WimVe , the rapid preheat torch will be much the same as the 238B and the 1938 Petromax 827
So now we know of at least two: the one Deon Bouwer has (which he obtained from Peet van der Walt in 2007) and the one that I found. I have asked...
As far as I know, the 238A was made in 1940 and 1941, the 238B was made in 1950-1952 (or was it 1955?) and the Col-Max models came at least a few...
Thanks All, I will post detailed photos of the parts when I fettle it.
@george , that is the 238B, a quite different but also very desirable lantern. The 238A has the rapid torch whereas the 239 and 240 were very...
Lots of complicated parts and machining. It is a huge and heavy lantern.
There are only two or three known to exist. Only a small number were ever made as their manufacturing cost was too high to compete in the market....
Right at this moment, you could not slap the grin off my face :lol:
I have been aware of the existence of this particular one for a year or two and finally persuaded the owner to part with it. Acquiring a lamp as...
Well done! All the hard work turned out beautifully!
@Alex Smith, you're very welcome. Always a good feeling when another lamp is saved or can be returned to service :content: The permanent marker...
Yes indeed it is there , Neil. I intend to put it in the Reference Gallery.
Undeniably, Henry! I am looking forward to comparing it side-by-side to the 816. The interesting thing about the Petromax 816 is that it is not...
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