Coleman Keepers Campfire come on in!

[SuperShady1]

all you Coleman Nuts!!

There will be a few of us on Treasure Island on the 10/26 and 10/27th!! Handful of tear-droppers will be camped out overnite on TI.

Please come have a look and enjoy the world famous Treasure Island Flea Market!!

They have the best food trucks!!

Sgt Shady!!

[Martinjmpr]

How many others (both in Canada and elsewhere) have Canadian lanterns?

My Newest acquisition:



"Oh, just a run-of-the-mill 200A" I hear you all saying.

Well, not quite:



No date stamp on the base of the font, but very faintly (I don't think I can get a good photo of it) are the words "Made in Canada" under the Coleman logo



Wife found it on Fleabay for about $11. Cost more to ship it from BC but it's mine now!

Needs a globe and a bail, those have been ordered from OC parts.

According to the guys over on the Old Coleman forums, a steel-fonted 200 with no date indicates maybe 1960's manufacture? Not sure but the paint is in great shape. Doesn't hold pressure yet, but will be working on it.

That brings my count up to four!

BTW if you find a woman who buys you old coleman lanterns, MARRY HER!

[Mukilteo]

Nothing here, move along.

[Wolffarmer]

Martin. I have three Canadians now. 2 321B and a 222. I really like the 321Bs put out a mess of light for a smaller lantern

Randy

[BillZ]

My 2/66 200a restore is pretty much done. It was an Ebay buy. I was the only bidder at $14.00 the before pics don't have the globe but it did come with the one you see in the after pics. I took it off to get a good shot of the rusty frame.

You will notice the cap is different. I tore up the screw on the original trying to get it apart. So, this cap is temporary until I get the right one. Other than that, everything is original. The frame was so rusty I almost painted it silver but decided to sand and shine it as best I could. After that, I sprayed a coat of high-temp clear on it. The Fount is Rustoleum Safety Red also with high-temp clear coat.

It passed the pressure test and It spurts when the valve is turned. Don't you know it, I bought the wrong mantles! Will have to do the run test when I get the right mantles so sorry, no money shot.


Scroll back to my last post for before pics.








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[Mukilteo]

Nothing here, move along.

[BillZ]

Got it fired up today. It works!

[Mukilteo]

Nothing here, move along.

[TRP]

Sorry dudes and dudettes they are making me work again. I will be here more often soon.

Oh! I had a pretty sweet score this weekend. I had the pleasure to meet campmaster K in the flesh. He's a real person! Nice guy, too!



Ted

[campmaster-k]

Sorry dudes and dudettes they are making me work again. I will be here more often soon.

Oh! I had a pretty sweet score this weekend. I had the pleasure to meet campmaster K in the flesh. He's a real person! Nice guy, too!



Ted

Ted. So very nice to meet you. I wish I could have spent more time with you and Dave. Thank you so much for the welcome and the teardrop tour. I will be looking for you all at camp next season!

Treasure Island is just that ------- a treasure. I will not miss it next year.

[campmaster-k]

So here is the real truth. Super Shady (Dave) and his wife and family are super great people. Him and Ted have really nice tears and lanterns. They are both worthy of the 200A gang. Stacy is also just what anyone would expect -- super nice and welcoming.. They all made me proud to be a teardropper.

Thats my story and I am sticking to it.

[deleted]

It was a pleasure meeting you Kirk!

Would love to see you out there next year with your trailer and lanterns. If it's as cold as Saturday night was we'll need more lanterns to stay warm That's what I used mine for, a hand warmer.

[Mukilteo]

Nothing here, move along.

[Wolffarmer]

Pump it up. PUMP IT UP

Randy

[KCStudly]

Pumping Up with Hans and Franz