Very nice Tony. And the print on the old plastic shade looks great.
Oh those shades!! Is that a 318?
Just yesterday I pulled an unusually heavy brass preheater cup off an R55 generator that had been used on a CQ. Now I know what it likely belongs...
Only one thing to do on an unusually cold spring morning… [ATTACH]
The standard 355 also comes with a green sunrise: [ATTACH]
What a find!!!!
PS - here’s, mine dated 9/35. It has everything except the lighting door. The preheater is reproduction. [ATTACH]
That’s a great point! I suppose it’s quite possible that during the transition, you could have two lanterns effectively the same sold as either a...
Nice lantern! I’d say it’s a 242K. The base rest has two openings (instead of one opening plus one hole) It has a bayonet pump It has a hex head...
Love the shade!!
First time running this CQ on Shellite after fitting a NOS valve. The old valve didn’t fully close and I needed to release the pressure to turn it...
It’s now leak free! Switching the hex section around worked a treat. Following advice on another discussion I also switched out the rapid...
Ahhhh this now makes sense. I shall try that today. Thanks
Very nice!! I do like these old lamp shades
I keep meaning to get some thread sealer so I’ll give the medium Loctite a go. Thanks!
I have a small leak on one of my Petromax. It isn’t coming from where the graphite packing is used, but the nut before that. It’s very tight - am...
A few acquisitions for the lamp collection this weekend. Particularly pleased with the insect screen and original Coleman 329 “Special Panel”...
Thanks @ROBBO55 - yes, maybe that shape was 50’s rather than 60’s
Looks to be in good condition! Keen to find one of these one day
Hi all, I’m interested in the logo on this Austramax globe. It may be quite common but it’s the only one like this I have. It’s much smaller...
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