A very nice example and it's always good to have the original box. Is the filler cap original? It looks like one from an Optimus.
@Brian Reynolds Well the frame is the second last variant but the label and filler cap are the last so it must be pretty close to the changeover...
@Brian Reynolds Well Norman's KeroPet is from the years up to 1976. From the label and the filler cap it would be the last years of that...
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Sorry about the wait. I have now measured the vapouriser from my Optimus 253 from the same period as yours. The total length, without jet, is...
Going by the picture, it is from the first half of the 1950s.
There are two versions of the Primus generator. The older one is almost identical to a Coleman R55. I havn't tried myself, but have heard that the...
Give me a couple of days to find things and I'll get back to you.
With that square profile at the top of the generator I don't think it is from Optimus. Looks more like something from Hasag. The generator for...
With left hand drive car and bus I wouldn't expect it to be either Australia or NZ. How they found an Austramax then is a mystery.
Age is somewhere in the last half of the 40s. It should clean up alright but I don't know how much of a shine you'll get out of the nickel. The...
I have found the more tubular mantle helps this as well as a roll of brass mesh around the cleaning needle. You are right about the date. It...
The Optimus 930 does not have a spring on the pump rod. Maybe the very last version with the O-ring plunger did, but I am not sure.
That looks to be burning well with the mantle evenly lit. Now you need a shade. :)
That's something you should never do, unless you have turned it way down. They have a habit of knowing when you're not looking and then decide to...
Gloria hollow wire. See here.
Very nice Alec. That should finish it off nicely. :)
The shade is not from any of the Swedish brands, so that leaves the Veritas. I have no idea what their shades look like.
As it's in Australia, I would guess it is for an Aladdin 1A. The narrower slots are for the hood clips and the wider slots are for the handle.
The 1023 is an indoor lamp that is based on the 1020. It has a different globe cage with no way to attach a handle and the hood is nickel plated...
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