Hi all, First post here as a member, been browsing these forums finding a great deal of useful information from you all for a while now. Wanted to share a recent find which I am very happy with, a Coleman CQ purchased in Vic Australia, the lamp was in pretty good shape when I got it but required a good fettle and tank deep clean. The generator, a Q99 was also blocked. I did a full restoration on the gen, and unfortunately damaged the thread for the jet in doing so, and consequently busted off the thread for the jet trying to put it back in. Fortunately I was able to braze it back together and it runs brilliantly. I did not intend to share this as a project from the beginning and as such don't have many photos, but wanted to share this here and say hello. Also, as it came with a modern reproduction shade when I got it, I was lucky enough to find this shade for next to nothing at a local second hand / antique store. Thanks for looking, look forward to getting involved here. Cheers, Liam
Hello Liam. Not just a great lamp, but a fine job with the repair to the jet. Thanks for the post. Les
Welcome aboard! It's a fine lamp and well fettled. However, that is not a CQ., in my opinion, it's a Coleman 119-A, the first link below shows an example. Some Coleman table lamps which have that style of tank have CQ., stamped on the base plate / bottom of the tank, but that is because Coleman were using up base plates which they had in stock. The second link shows the relevant pages for the CQ.. Some more detailed images of the lamp would help with positive identification. 1930-1931 Coleman 119A CQ, CQF, CQG, CQF
Welcome to CPL @Liam P Nice lamp and well done with the generator repair. Does it have a built-in pump opposite the filler?
Thanks Jeff, interesting fact about the CQ base plates, I guess this is the case here. I'll upload a few more photos, apologies they are not the best but hopefully they help with a positive ID. Thanks Robbo, yes there is a built in pump. I'm also wondering if anyone has any details about the shade? As mentioned earlier this didn't come with the lamp, I found it by chance in a cluttered store on its own, but I see it looks a lot like the Coleman #443 shade but perhaps it is too white? Many thanks, Liam
I think the shade is a Coleman 329D shade (Monax) with those horizontal parallel lines in the middle “ring” in the top section section. Not that I’ve seen one in the flesh, so someone with more direct knowledge can correct me. Tony
Thanks Tony, I'll look into it further. If it is genuinely a Coleman shade I'll be pretty happy with my luck finding it, the table lamps and shades particularly are not yet too familiar to me.
Hello Liam, I have had a look at your latest images and I'm still of the opinion that your lamp is a Coleman 119-A, however, someone who is more knowledgeable about Coleman products may have a different opinion. An R-55 vapouriser/generator can be fitted to that lamp and it has a built in cleaning wire. That shade looks splendid.
@JEFF JOHNSON I’m still pondering the 119A… . Does it not have the “Roto-type” generator assembly? Cheers Tony
Hello Tony, that's a valid point and you are correct. It's possible that Liam's lamp has been reconfigured at some point. Tony Press
