This was Akron's version of the Coleman CQ. Its "S" generator was lit with a pair of matches much like a Coleman Q99. A separate pump is required for pressure. xIt's shown with a pair of shades that were available for it. The white "Diamond" and the Cremax "Peacock". Aside from the scarcity of the generator these are good running lamps. Bob
I agree they do run well and must have been a serious rival to Coleman in the 1920s. At the time of sale they were a good well made lamp but now when we get hold of an 80 odd year old Akron they do tend to have issues of stress cracks in both the tanks and fuel feed tubes. I reckon I have scrapped maybe a quarter of the ones I have had dealings with and have had to do some swapping around of stuff to make up a sound example a few times. What you may not know is they were exported all over as well. They were sold in Australia as Cornstalk brand and here in the UK as Evening Star/Kildark. ::Neil::
Hi Neil, Thanks for the background and history. I knew you would have all the info. I have at present THREE Akron 140 lamps with the internal pump. All three have cracked pump tubes. What's worse is the crack is at the very bottom on all three. The wheels are still turning on the fix for this "Akron Aggravation". One of many! Bob
Yeah like I said "Issues" Shame too because they can work well. I can't remember but if the pump tubes are soldered in then you can remove the tube to silver solder the cracks and then replace and resolder in place. Depends on how the pump tubes were fixed originally. Got to be possible to remove the tube though I would have thought. The history can be fascinating. Both Akron and AGM ended up as part of Thermos. A long and convoluted story there though. ::Neil::
I've got one of these with a cracked tube. the connection at the fount is a standard 1/8-NPT. the top is the same threading, but cut funky to allow the handle hold down nut to screw down further than the valve can go... I've bought an 8" 1/8-NPT pipe nipple and will trim and thread to fit...
