Very cool Eric!Another fun thing to pass the time in the garage. Anyone else ever dabble?
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I found a Coleman single burner stove in my mother in law's garage last year when I was cleaning it out for her to move. I thought it was kind of neat so I took it home. It was from the 70's and brand new in the box. I ended up selling it on eBay for $150 after I found out that people collect this stuff.The lanterns are getting harder to find. I used to get them from yard sales and house clean outs before Covid. They were usually overlooked and left in the free pile of items that didn’t sell.
They are an easy sell to collectors.
Yard sales and moving sales went way down after Covid. And the guys that bought the classic Coleman stuff in the 60’s and 70’s are getting up there in age.
That is what I was told. But, I've also been told to never put gasoline from a pump into a lantern.Someone told me years ago that white gas was unleaded before there was unleaded, I’ve just picked up a can of official Coleman fuel but, my dad used to get white gas when he could.
Gasoline with zero additives. You can run pump gas in some of them, just doesn't burn as clean and will eventually clog things upThey sure are nice for that. It's how I used to use mine when the kids were younger. I sold it a while ago now. One thing I was always puzzled about with those. They used "white gas". Is white gas actually gasoline or is it something else?
Nice!!I like the little single mantle 200’s a lot, much easier to work on than the 220’s. Here’s a ‘61 with a cool handle/reflector and original amber globe.
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