@Greenboy23: I think you're right- an early E41 that's had a later 300 top (I can't quite make out the date- '43 or '45?) swapped onto it. Is the...
Looking nice, I like the grey. Must remember the colour reference for when I get around to repainting my own 300. Bialaddin 300x, with the second...
Oops, my mistake- I couldn't see the hole in the first photo, so assumed it was a replacement- as @MG says it's uncommon to find 300's with the...
Glass is probably later, but everything else is there and could well have left the factory together. With the pressure pip on the tank it could...
Plastikote or Valspar "Brass" is a pretty close match for unweathered Tilley gold. For the "Military lanterns" I presume you mean...
The "Broad Arrow" mark indicated property of the War Department, so yes military, specifically British Army - the RAF came under the Air Ministry...
Vapalux 300, probably 1943 to 1944: is there a stamping on the bottom edge of the vent? Not as rare as the Hasag, but nice anyway.
How about June 1960 ?<g> Seriously, that's a nice score even with the busted glass.
Checking the nut from a 246B pump against a tap I get 3BA (which is a very similar size; IIRC 3BA bolt will screw into #8 UNF nut.)
I'll say! If I'm not mistaken the one on the right is a Condrup compact no. 1 outfit, pre 1925, a nice score on its own. The Optimus 8(I assume)...
For 305 read 805... Sorry, major brain fart. What was I thinking? :(
Some Bialaddin &Vapalux data: Vapalux: H70 glass is 98mm D x 123mm H with 22mm dia hole 17 mm from the bottom edge. Used on the E41 & 300 lanterns...
That would be good - as you've probably guessed I'm a bit of a W&B fanboy!
To misquote Conor MacLeod, "There is only one!". All W&B lamps, lanterns & heaters use the same size vaporizer.
T805 is the later version of the "cup" type glass with the step in the lower profile that rests on the frame to support the glass, originally used...
Most British threads are 55° Whitworth form; the exceptions being BA (49.5°) and British Cycle which is 60° and usually 26TPI (it's often confused...
OK, so probably 1947 then. Nice score ; I personally wouldn't repaint, but hey, whatever- it's your lantern.
That's the first version of the 300x so mid 1946 to maybe early (mid?) 1947. Does it have a "pip" type pressure indicator on the tank?
Try screwing the control cock bush into the tank a bit more- there's a lot of thread showing in the photo, normally they're nearly flush. ETA;...
Believe it or not, the original BA specification goes down to 25 BA (od 0.25mm), although I don't think anyone went much below 16 BA. FYI the...
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