Wunderlampe Z.2010 from Franz Zimmermann (Standard 2022)

Have fun with it and goodluck in your quest on this lantern

 

I'm actually running all my 'gasoline-fueled' lanterns using either RON92 or RON95 gasoline from the pump stations. These are the lowest octane ratings here. Anything else would be RON97/98 or RON100, which would be even worse for the application.
That's only because the ideal Coleman Fuel or naphtha-type equivalents are simply not readily available in my location.
I can only obtain any of them by online purchase / through mail order. I don't see that as practical, therefore, I'd just have to live with pump gasoline.

 

Isn't it good that we have the luxury of being able to choose the fuel for our lamps? I believe that in the heyday of these lamps, away from the big cities, it was often the other way around. That the possible parameters of the lamps were tinkered with until the available fuel lit up. Even if you often had to burn the needle bar out of the carburetor. In my two military Petromaxes (affectionately my workhorses) I burn everything that was left in old lamps, gasoline that I used for cleaning and other remnants of everything that could light up. And yes, the carburetor has to be cleaned from time to time.

 

In a way, yes. In the heyday of these lanterns, kerosene was the dominant lamp and stove fuel for most countries in the Old World while gasoline was more favoured in the USA.
But then, the gasolines of yesteryears weren't anything close to what we're getting from the pump stations today.
They were low-octane, mostly straight-run petroleum distillates or fondly referred to as 'white gas'. These were coindentally, quite suitable for 'gasoline-fueled' lamps and lanterns.
Although not as refined as Coleman, Crown or similar campfuels, they are still far more suitable than modern-day gasolines.
In the old days, they probably do not even need to worry if the gasoline is suitable or not. Whatever from the pump would be used without such hesitations.
In actual, the socioeconomic conditions during that era was quite different. There weren't that many who could actually afford gasoline or any of the devices that used this fuel. A car was a luxury item. Many had to be content with just wick-lamps.
Fuel types would certainly be the least of their concerns.

 

Thank you MYN! Then the world has improved for many of us. Being able to collect such expensive lamps is a luxury that I really enjoy.

Also "Thank you!" to everyone else. I've already made some progress. Especially with the instructions for use and also the tip to keep looking for mica globes, where I have found new inspiration.
I'm missing the diameter of the hat and maybe karli will get in touch when he gets the chance.