coleman 443

[starleen2]

Finally got the 443 finished: here it is – and it works great
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After

[Toytaco2]

Nice job on the restoration. I said a while back that I was through getting Coleman stuff, but, I've been working on a 502 single burner for my son this afternoon. Looking at your 443 makes me realize that I may only be just getting started........... Oh, and I just picked up a Coleman Filter funnel on Ebay a few minutes ago. Will it ever end????

Mike

[doitright]

Nice job on the restoration. I said a while back that I was through getting Coleman stuff, but, I've been working on a 502 single burner for my son this afternoon. Looking at your 443 makes me realize that I may only be just getting started........... Oh, and I just picked up a Coleman Filter funnel on Ebay a few minutes ago. Will it ever end????

Mike

I think I have thought this before also but when you see it you do not have one and it is a good price you know what? You end up at your work bench thinking man I can not believe I have done it again. Then guess what it will happen again and again. Must be Holders fault. Nah it is just coleman stuff it is cool easy to work on and fun. What else would I be doing watching TV?
doitright

[High Desert]

Scott, that 443 looks great! Nice score on that one for sure


Yeah, there's little stopping once started on old Coleman stuff. But I've had worse habits

[doug hodder]

Sorry everybody if it's my fault....didn't intend that to happen....or did I? Just seems to me that most non-camper people don't care or know what they might have..."it's just junk...get rid of it!" For a few dollars and some time...you have something that operates and lasts for years.

Here's the fun thing...pick one up...redo it, and gift it to a fellow camper, or rebuild theirs. You are responsible at that point for maybe providing cooking or lighting their campsite for a long time and creating memories. I get a lot of enjoyment out of redoing one and giving it to a fellow camper, as others have with me. What goes around comes around.... Doug

[hotrod]

Sorry everybody if it's my fault....didn't intend that to happen....or did I? Just seems to me that most non-camper people don't care or know what they might have..."it's just junk...get rid of it!" For a few dollars and some time...you have something that operates and lasts for years.

Here's the fun thing...pick one up...redo it, and gift it to a fellow camper, or rebuild theirs. You are responsible at that point for maybe providing cooking or lighting their campsite for a long time and creating memories. I get a lot of enjoyment out of redoing one and giving it to a fellow camper, as others have with me. What goes around comes around.... Doug

well said doug!.. Its fun and not expensive and in my case alot of this stuff is family keepsakes.
Nice stove scott!!

[Zollinger]

Sorry everybody if it's my fault....didn't intend that to happen....or did I? Just seems to me that most non-camper people don't care or know what they might have..."it's just junk...get rid of it!" For a few dollars and some time...you have something that operates and lasts for years.

Here's the fun thing...pick one up...redo it, and gift it to a fellow camper, or rebuild theirs. You are responsible at that point for maybe providing cooking or lighting their campsite for a long time and creating memories. I get a lot of enjoyment out of redoing one and giving it to a fellow camper, as others have with me. What goes around comes around.... Doug

It's O.K. Doug. Your just the forum's trendsetter!

[starleen2]

Sorry everybody if it's my fault....didn't intend that to happen....or did I? Just seems to me that most non-camper people don't care or know what they might have..."it's just junk...get rid of it!" For a few dollars and some time...you have something that operates and lasts for years.

Here's the fun thing...pick one up...redo it, and gift it to a fellow camper, or rebuild theirs. You are responsible at that point for maybe providing cooking or lighting their campsite for a long time and creating memories. I get a lot of enjoyment out of redoing one and giving it to a fellow camper, as others have with me. What goes around comes around.... Doug

It's O.K. Doug. Your just the forum's trendsetter!

That's right Doug - If it wasn't for you - i would have NEVER bought a used Coleman at a resale shop to fix er' up - probably would spent WAY too much for one that's new - and never had a father daughter moment restoring old Coleman's together- Would have spent days just sitting around the house watching TV instead of out hunting for colemans with my wife - Really what fun would that be? Maybe I'll just stick to Cast iron? NAWWWWWW Way too much fun restoring this stuff. i now have people who drop by with their colemans and we work on them together, maybe get them started as well.... And No Doug - you're not gettin' the 443 BYW - just picked up a '20s coleman AIR-O-LANTERN QL

[rainjer]

That stoves look awesome. I would love to find a 442 like that. I think that is my favorite stove.

Jeremy

[High Desert]

Sorry everybody if it's my fault....didn't intend that to happen....or did I? Just seems to me that most non-camper people don't care or know what they might have..."it's just junk...get rid of it!" For a few dollars and some time...you have something that operates and lasts for years.

Here's the fun thing...pick one up...redo it, and gift it to a fellow camper, or rebuild theirs. You are responsible at that point for maybe providing cooking or lighting their campsite for a long time and creating memories. I get a lot of enjoyment out of redoing one and giving it to a fellow camper, as others have with me. What goes around comes around.... Doug

It's O.K. Doug. Your just the forum's trendsetter!

+1! You done good Doug, the world needs more trends set like this one

[Zollinger]

That's right gang... it could be worse we could be collecting cast iron. You know the heave kind. Crap... I already do. One good thing we all eat good and have we lit camp sites.

[teardrop_focus]

starleen2

What a great stove! Nice job on the resto too.

I bet's it's not much heavier than my steel-cased 424.



I love aluminum anything.

[boxcar]

Just got a near mint 442 at a flee market last sat for $25. Will post pics tomarow . Love the 443 looks great. I won't be gifting my 442 though. Do you know the years of the prodution run on the 442 and 443? ..Boxcar...

[starleen2]

Just got a near mint 442 at a flee market last sat for $25. Will post pics tomarow . Love the 443 looks great. I won't be gifting my 442 though. Do you know the years of the prodution run on the 442 and 443? ..Boxcar...

Sure do - they only made them for one year - 1963 (both the 442 & 443). It was thought that backpacker wanted something lighter - however, Backpackers wanted something smaller