Two Coleman 200A Lanterns In Two Days - Now #3! on Page 6!

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Postby teardrop_focus » Wed May 19, 2010 2:15 am

Say "Hello!" to Number Three... :shake hands: :yes: :SG

A longtime car buddy listened to me rave about my recently-acquired Coleman 200As last month... and as I described the lantern to him he thought "I think I have one of those buried in the barn that Uncle Joe used to use..."

Sho 'nuff, he brought her over to the (car) club meeting tonight to surprise me. Wished he'd taken a pic, 'cause I was jumping up and down... especially when I noticed the earlier-style vent telling me it wasn't newer than (I think) a mid-60's model... she's another '62!


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She needs a bit-O-lovin' but she burns regardless... a bit blue and w/ bit too much of a flame corona... I think from what I've learned from Dear Ol' Mr. Hitchcock and maybe some parts she'll burn as brightly as my other two do now.

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Postby hotrod » Wed May 19, 2010 6:32 am

they are cute arent they?
One more would even it up. You never know where the next one will show up..
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Postby High Desert » Wed May 19, 2010 11:11 pm

Nice find Chris! :applause: :thumbsup:

That ought to clean up real good, the frame doesn't look like it's seen a ton of hours, there's shine under there. And where it already makes light, all the better. Congrats on a score, with a story to boot!


I just got 2 Canadian models tonight in the mail. But they are gonna take a little more work than your new beauty lol...
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Postby High Desert » Thu May 20, 2010 9:45 am

OK Chris, here's the next step. Ready to start buying in bulk? :o 8)


http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-5-COLEMAN-200A-LANTERN-EXCELLENT-LOT_W0QQitemZ230476474943QQcategoryZ106992QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp4340.m8QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DMW%26its%3DC%26itu%3DUCC%26otn%3D20%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D8403031174396106129
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Postby teardrop_focus » Thu May 20, 2010 10:58 am

Oh, no... please, Shaun; don't do this to me...

:NC

I have three now... a '56 and two '62s... I'd like a 55 for my birth year and a '68 for Tanya's... if those two were in that lot-O-five I'd bid... but, really... What the _ am I going to do w/ more than 5 lanterns? if you know what I mean

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Postby High Desert » Thu May 20, 2010 1:36 pm

teardrop_focus wrote:Oh, no... please, Shaun; don't do this to me...

:NC

I have three now... a '56 and two '62s... I'd like a 55 for my birth year and a '68 for Tanya's... if those two were in that lot-O-five I'd bid... but, really... What the _ am I going to do w/ more than 5 lanterns? if you know what I mean

:lol:

HELP.

as a matter of fact, I know exactly what you mean lol! :lol: :twisted:


I found DW two BD lanterns recently. A 200A now being completely FFR'd and an in the box 220E. Then she wanted a BD one for her brother so I found one of those too. Now I have a possible line on one for MY brother. But can I find my own...oh h@ll no :roll:
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Postby hotrod » Thu May 20, 2010 5:38 pm

chris I see you installed the optional fingertip burners on your first two. I put one in my 200 just to see if they work.. YUP! burned my fingers in the first 1/2 hour... :lol:
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Postby teardrop_focus » Fri May 21, 2010 12:38 am

hotrod

I see you installed the optional fingertip burners on your first two..


:lol:




#3's gonna get one too. :D
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Postby TLC » Fri May 21, 2010 8:35 am

Chris:
Now you need a couple 502's painted up to match the 200 A's!!
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Postby teardrop_focus » Fri May 21, 2010 11:45 am

:( :lol: :?

Those are bitchin'... I'll take three, please, :lol: to replace the following for use in my tear's galley... a 15-yr-old dual-fuel 424, a JetBoil (for quick coiffee fixins!) and a butane canister piezo-start sailboat burner.

Thanks for reminding me of those, Tom. :roll: :lol: :thumbsup:
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Postby Wolffarmer » Fri May 21, 2010 3:30 pm

If you get a 502 stove remember that they run like a lantern. They are either off or on all the way. No flame control. What looks like a lighting lever on the bigger stoves is a tip cleaner like in the 220 lanterns. I know, I have a 502 and took it apart after I got my 220 lantern going.

For about a year I had thought something was wrong with the 502.

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Postby teardrop_focus » Mon May 24, 2010 11:35 pm

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She needs a bit-O-lovin' but she burns regardless... a bit blue and w/ bit too much of a flame corona... I think from what I've learned from Dear Ol' Mr. Hitchcock and maybe some parts she'll burn as brightly as my other two do now.



No parts were needed. A thorough going-over did the trick...

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Postby mandy » Wed May 26, 2010 6:35 pm

teardrop_focus wrote:
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She needs a bit-O-lovin' but she burns regardless... a bit blue and w/ bit too much of a flame corona... I think from what I've learned from Dear Ol' Mr. Hitchcock and maybe some parts she'll burn as brightly as my other two do now.



No parts were needed. A thorough going-over did the trick...

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:SG


Nice Chris :thumbsup:
Now can I send you mine to fix. ;) :lol:
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Postby TLC » Wed May 26, 2010 7:02 pm

Wolffarmer wrote:If you get a 502 stove remember that they run like a lantern. They are either off or on all the way. No flame control. What looks like a lighting lever on the bigger stoves is a tip cleaner like in the 220 lanterns. I know, I have a 502 and took it apart after I got my 220 lantern going.

For about a year I had thought something was wrong with the 502.

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I'm going to disagree with Randy about the 502 flame adjustment. I have 6 502's now and they all operate just fine using the tip cleaner/regulator lever for flame adjustment as per the instructions right on the stove.
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Postby WarPony » Wed May 26, 2010 7:24 pm

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Hey, how'd you get Dennis Hopper to come over and hold a font up while you took a picture? :lol:

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