Hi all, here's a 159x which I picked up missing a shade, globe hanger and finial. Did the required dirty work and got this lamp looking and running well to start, purchased a few parts including 220 globe hanger and a finial. I found a suitable shade frame from a second hand store, and cannibalized the frame to make something heat resistant out of linen canvas and leather. Fairly happy for a first go at this kind of shade making, pretty happy with the lamp as it is!
Thank you both, I am pretty happy with this one. @ROBBO55 the lamp is dated Sept 1950. The previous owner of this lamp took the paint off the fount and handle, and did quite a good job of it fortunately. The inside of the fount however needed work, and the r55 needed to be rebuilt. I spent a fair bit of time rebuilding the gen in attempt to get it running perfectly, and ended up with the slightest occasional flicker. I then replaced the gen with a NOS r55, and it was exactly the same so just came to the conclusion it's how the r55 runs. I also have another table lamp with a q99 gen, it runs so unbelievably smooth and quiet, I guess I was just chasing this. Either way it does run beautifully, and now I have a spare r55 gen.
@Liam P Liam the lamp and shade look great but I am puzzled by the date you mentioned. The Coleman book lists the Canadian made 159X as being from 1956 to 1971. Could the 9 50 be something else like 9 59 or 9 56 for example? The book is not always right either but I thought I'd query the date anyway. PS the handle looks in great condition. On many lamps of that era there is burnt or scorched wood.
That's interesting Sedgman, I don't have a copy of that book... It's on the list though! I'll attach some photos, there is a rust spot over the stamp and this photo is not the best but it's all I have on hand now, but I can assure you it looks pretty clearly marked as 159x in person. I too am pretty happy with the handle, I can't take credit for cleaning that up however as the previous owner did a pretty good job with it.
@Sedgman there are several examples in the Reference Gallery of 159X pre 1956. 1956 could be the introduction of the removable air restriction on the air intake? @Liam P It's not clear in the photos but it looks like your lamp doesn't have the longer threaded section to fit one?
@ROBBO55 @Liam P Interlesting, the earler ones. Usually they run later than what ICCC book indicates. What was the earliest you found Martin? Liam, i was confident all along about the model as those stamps are pretty well done and it looked 159ish. The date just seemed like it was a long way off (earlier) and needed a double check. Very intrresting date though. Will have to let iccc know.
@ROBBO55 I believe there is a bit of extra thread hanging off the bottom of the air intake tube, and I had assumed this was for the restrictor though it didn't come with one, and had the pre heater cup on the gen so had obviously been configured for kero previously, possibly from factory I suppose the pre heater cup is well used. @Sedgman thank you, I have a few lamps and lanterns I'd like to add to the reference gallery, I just need to make the effort to get a decent set of photos of them, I will get round to it some time soon hopefully.
