Found a Tilley WL yesterday in the wilds of Canada and wanted to get a bit of information about it. Somewhere I read that Tilley had a sales...
Hi Michel, do you have a photo of the emblem and month / year stamps of this lantern ?
Thanks Tony, I'll give electrolysis a look.
[ATTACH] This is a 9 / 34 (September 1934) Coleman Canada 242K which was the first kerosene version of the small single mantle 242 series....
I have a few steel frames and other iron parts to clean and don't like the Phosphoric Acid or Potassium Hydroxide rust removal approach and think...
Good work getting that one running Aephilli, a 1920's Coleman QL327 lantern which uses the same size mantles, generator and pump would make a nice...
Looks like many hours went into this excellent restoration. Which industries or businesses used searchlights ?
The original cardboard shipping box would probably have contained a funnel, wrench and spare mantles. If you need the correct decade 'Made in...
[ATTACH] Not sure where to post this. Coleman Canada WW2 wartime lanterns are an interesting subset to general Coleman appliance collecting....
That's starting to look nice NZ, good work on the ventilator. As far as I can see the steel bails on this era of Canadian lanterns were plated,...
Hi James, while checking some other models this afternoon I had a look for 1930's 247 parts. If you need any to get this one rebuilt I have some...
Definitely not a hybrid Jeff, I've posted a photo of a couple of the same early style of several 249's that I have from late 30's early 40's. Here...
Nice find Henky, Pelam shows a replacement rapid preheater; http://www.pelam.de/index.php?cPath=30_49_77 looks like that lantern will cleanup...
[ATTACH] [ATTACH] These are a pair of Canada Coleman No. 249 "Scout" model lanterns. Left is from A (first quarter) 1941 , right is from D...
Nice find Jeff and earliest I've seen of the Canadian 249. The aluminum cup is normal for the early years of the model. The ones I've seen from...
[ATTACH] 1931 Canadian Coleman 118B, interesting thing about this lamp is lack of markings on the fount top, fount base marked B...4 / 31. Lamp...
This is an October 1941 wartime brass fount Canadian model 169K kerosene lamp described as 'light green laquer with silver highlights' on page 2...
[ATTACH] This is a Canadian Coleman March 1937 model 329BC "Empress" in Brushed Coppertone according to page 1 of this 1938 Canadian catalogue....
Basic 1960's carburetor cleaning, don't lose parts. Ultrasonic bath works.
Coleman founts were claimed to be good to 200 psi, your lamp should run great at 1/8th of that, 25 - 35 psi. More consumer safety orientated lamp...
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