Tripled the Collection! Well, almost...

[doug hodder]

Yup Glen....the cows are out. I am sort of gun shy in mentioning a lot of the different things I do as it isn't "up to code" with a lot of others whether it be on this forum or the Coleman one. I just sort of jump in and figure it all out as I go. There are tons of parts available on the Coleman stuff, but when you get into some of the off beat brands and really old stuff, like 80 yrs +, the "bull in a china shop" approach can bite you in the butt! Doug

[teardrop_focus]

I'm glad I've got stuff to do this weekend; it's supposed to be raining. I won't have all the parts I need, but at least I can attempt to straighten that fount!

Here's a better shot of the beautiful vent condition on the '35. The fount's stamped 5 - 'Coleman sunrise logo' - 5, making it a May, 1935 build. That's your birthday, isn't it, Doug?

[teardrop_focus]

I've been "collecting" over the last few weeks; I have in my posession 10 lanterns with two more (another 228E and a 228D are on the way!) coming, bringing the total to 12.


Here're the '35 220B (I bought in a lot of four lanterns) and the '33 242 no-letter (needs a straight globe) I acquired over the Thanksgiving weekend.







All but one (a near-mint beauty of a'62 228E that's never been fired) are burning...







The big hats... a 10/'53 and 5/'52 228E







The beaters... a 3/'59 220E, a 10/'72 220F w/ a Gemco-purchased white-strip globe and a 7/'62 200A







The beauties... an excellent '62 200A (that's been stored in an accessory Kamp Kan!, a '33 242, a near-mint NBF '62 228E, a '35 220B and a '56 200A







Altogether now! ...the '59 on the far left needs a fuel cap gasket




All in all, a fun evening!

[doug hodder]

Nice bunch Chris!!!! I like the 10/53 for personal reasons. Remember...there are always lanterns out there...it's no shame to let one go by once in a while. Did'ja get the bent one straightened? Doug

[Wolffarmer]

Did you blind some motorists taking those pictures?



Nice collection

Randy

[Ratkity]

Could've signaled a few planes too!

Hugs,
Ratkity

[High Desert]

Great pics Chris! Your collection is looking sharp, very nice one man light up!

[teardrop_focus]

Thanks! Thanks very much... yeah, a bit of a lark, all this... but I do sincerely love these things. I'll never need this many all at once while camping, but I can certainly try! ...but only if it doesn't piss off the neighbors.

I'd always intended on bringing at least three or four along, though. That's why I started my collection w/ the little 200As. I thought they might be "softer" than the traditional dual-mantles, the 220s and 228s... but they're equally brilliant, so there goes that theory. The thinking was that w/ at least three burning in camp (placed in traingular formation) there'd be less dark shadows and less tripping over stuff. Either that or we just bring less beer. I forget.

The garage door in the pics is hidden from street view; no motorists were harmed in the light up. Dunno about any aircraft. Fortunately, all the lanterns were wearing their jaunty little hats.

doug hodder

I like the 10/53 for personal reasons. Remember...there are always lanterns out there...it's no shame to let one go by once in a while. Did'ja get the bent one straightened?

Do you have a 10/53 lantern in your collection, sir? Inquiring minds'd like to know!

And, sadly; very sadly... no. I was not able to save the '67 228. Not only was it's fount rather tweaked, but the burner assembly was bent badly near the gen hole... and on top of that (literally) the porcelin vent had roughly 30% of it's porcelin banged off of it. Had the fount not been creased, I might've tried to straighten the burner's air tube and kept it alive. Putting it down was a hard thing to do... I wish I hadn't done it.

Thing is, though, that it offered it's internal organs so that other lanterns could live on and burn brighly in it's memory.

[hotrod]

Thanks! Thanks very much... yeah, a bit of a lark, all this... but I do sincerely love these things. I'll never need this many all at once while camping, but I can certainly try! ...but only if it doesn't piss off the neighbors.

I'd always intended on bringing at least three or four along, though. That's why I started my collection w/ the little 200As. I thought they might be "softer" than the traditional dual-mantles, the 220s and 228s... but they're equally brilliant, so there goes that theory. The thinking was that w/ at least three burning in camp (placed in traingular formation) there'd be less dark shadows and less tripping over stuff. Either that or we just bring less beer. I forget.

The garage door in the pics is hidden from street view; no motorists were harmed in the light up. Dunno about any aircraft. Fortunately, all the lanterns were wearing their jaunty little hats.

doug hodder

I like the 10/53 for personal reasons. Remember...there are always lanterns out there...it's no shame to let one go by once in a while. Did'ja get the bent one straightened?

Do you have a 10/53 lantern in your collection, sir? Inquiring minds'd like to know!

And, sadly; very sadly... no. I was not able to save the '67 228. Not only was it's fount rather tweaked, but the burner assembly was bent badly near the gen hole... and on top of that (literally) the porcelin vent had roughly 30% of it's porcelin banged off of it. Had the fount not been creased, I might've tried to straighten the burner's air tube and kept it alive. Putting it down was a hard thing to do... I wish I hadn't done it.

Thing is, though, that it offered it's internal organs so that other lanterns could live on and burn brighly in it's memory.