Coleman camping gear

[dennishoddy]

Anyone else like these old lanterns, heaters and stoves?View attachment 303159View attachment 303160View attachment 303161View attachment 303161View attachment 303162

I have every one of those along with some coffee pots, etc.
When we had the big ice storm several years ago, those are what got us through it.
We actually lived quite well with temps below freezing and no power for 9 days before getting to borrow a generator.
We have our own generator, but I'll never give up my coleman stuff.
Interesting side note. One of the companies I used to work for took a tour through the Coleman factory in Wichita Ks.
Where they built the orfices for the lanterns, the holes are only .0015 in diameter. The manual drill presses used to drill those ran at a tad over 100,000 RPM. The operators were protected from the possible bit breakage by some heavy plexiglass.
Not sure if the production is still in Ks, but suspect it's been moved?

 

[Mr.Glock]

I admit, we have 5 stoves, some them are propane ones and 5/6 lanterns as some of them are propane ones.

 

[chazroh]

I admit, we have 5 stoves, some them are propane ones and 5/6 lanterns as some of them are propane ones.

I don’t have any propane ones, but do have a few butane stoves

 

[2busy]

Y'all need a iron to go with the lantern. Just cause the power is out doesn't mean work is on hold.

 

[GeneW]

I was working a summer job during College at the Montgomery Wards store (remember them?) at Penn Square Mall (back when it was an open air mall, not enclosed) back in 1977 and purchased a 3 burner gas Coleman stove and a 2-silk Coleman gas lantern. I still have them. They work just fine, and I think they're better than the cheap flimsy Coleman Propane 2 burner stove I bought 2 years ago (just to have a propane option). I started out in the Sporting Goods department (loved it, was a lot of fun and I loved the camping and fishing stuff).

I also had one of those old Coleman Heater stoves, the round one, there is one pictured about a page back or so. It never worked well and I finally sold it.

I think it's fun to restore the old Coleman stoves and lanterns. I try to buy them during the spring and summer garage sales and stash them until winter. When the winters are cold and crappy this is the time I like to heat up my garage and spend pleasant time restoring and refurbishing the old ones.

There just isn't anything like the HISS of them running for you. Love that.

There are just tons and tons of YouTube vides on restoring/refurbishing the old Coleman stuff (beware there are some idiots and fools that are totally wrong on their videos, you learn to ignore and skip to the next ones).

 

[TerryMiller]

Back in the '70's, the wife and I purchased a used 16-foot camper so we could go camping in the woods and not worry about getting rained upon. I don't remember either the name nor the year it was built, but by the dining room table (which could be converted to a bed) and on the wall was a propane lamp with the mantle. Not only did that give us some great light in the camper, but it also warmed it up inside quite nicely.

I've never seen another camper since that had that kind of lamp.

 

[2busy]

Back in the '70's, the wife and I purchased a used 16-foot camper so we could go camping in the woods and not worry about getting rained upon. I don't remember either the name nor the year it was built, but by the dining room table (which could be converted to a bed) and on the wall was a propane lamp with the mantle. Not only did that give us some great light in the camper, but it also warmed it up inside quite nicely.

I've never seen another camper since that had that kind of lamp.

I've got a 15 ft. Scotty travel trailer that has one. It has a ice box instead of a refrigerator. Hand pump for water .

 

[TerryMiller]

I've got a 15 ft. Scotty travel trailer that has one. It has a ice box instead of a refrigerator. Hand pump for water .

Ours was very similar, although I don't remember it being a Scotty. Propane lamp, ice box, and hand pump. I carried a couple of plastic 5 gallon "jugs" with which to refill from the campground hand pump. Then with a funnel, I'd refill the campers fresh water holding tank.

 

[ForsakenConservative]

These were my late father’s, I keep them tuned and fueled for whatever happens. I love the sound they make when burning, takes me back to camping with dad……

 

[dennishoddy]

Back in the '70's, the wife and I purchased a used 16-foot camper so we could go camping in the woods and not worry about getting rained upon. I don't remember either the name nor the year it was built, but by the dining room table (which could be converted to a bed) and on the wall was a propane lamp with the mantle. Not only did that give us some great light in the camper, but it also warmed it up inside quite nicely.

I've never seen another camper since that had that kind of lamp.

I've seen some houses in Kay County that have those gas lamp sconces.
Yours was propane.
Back in the day when the pipe line companies wanted to get an easement across a property, they offered the landowner a tap in the line and a regulator to supply gas to the home vs a cash payment.
They didn't understand carbon monoxide at that time evidently and the houses weren't as tight back then, actually pretty drafty which probably saved the occupants.
A co-worker moved into one in the 80's having some health issues later that were attributed to exposure of low doses of Carbon monoxide.
RV's have CO detectors now by law as everything is propane powered in the kitchens as you well know but others don't.