This lantern is the same as Glen's but mine has a red globe cage support collar not the black of the other one. Very much in the style of Unimet and I have no doubt this was made by the Union Metal Works in Hong Kong. ::Neil::
Hi Mackburner a very very nice lamp all most identical to the coleman equivelant but very nicely made and the enammel work is in superb condition
It is actually much more like an AGM 3016 with that short generator. It is in pretty good condition except I broke the pump knob and had to have a replacement made. Pretty close to the original though so maybe I shouldn't tell you that. ::Neil::
Hi there, everyone. Long time AGM researcher here. Actually, the 3016 has the long generator. The LRL series (better known as Kamplite) had the short, fat generators for leaded (L) or regular (R) gas. This Camper lantern shares it's history with the Unimet GL-3 and is as follows. it actually dates to around 1965. By 1970, Union Metal was branding their lanterns as Ash Flash. This lantern has definite AGM lineage. This may clarify some of the history. The following dates can help identify 1950s and early 1960s AGM/Kamplite/JC Higgins lanterns. American Gas Machine was bought by Queen Stove Works in 1950 and became a division of that company but retained the AGM name as American Gas Machine Division of Queen Stove Works. Queen Stove Works was bought by King-Seeley in 1957. The AGM name disappeared. Products were now marked Queen Products Division of King-Seeley. King-Seeley merged with Thermos in 1960. JC Higgins lanterns were under contract starting in about 1954. They are identical to the Kamplite brand. King-Seeley/Thermos wanted to release new designs for 1961, so the contract for the remaining run of the JC Higgins line was sold to Union Metal Works. After that contracted ended around 1961. They are marked Made in British Hong Kong. The tooling remained in Hong Kong. In 1965, Union Metal began producing them again under their own Unimet (green) and Camper (red) brands. The fount was slightly redesigned, as well as the pump handle knob, but the rest of it is almost all previous AGM. Also of note, the Kamplite style valve like this also made it into production in the new Thermos lanterns. I hope this helps clean up the mystery. Dirk
