Looks good mate, don’t let it become a shelf queen, sneak it back into the workshop when she’s not looking..:lol::lol:
Very nice.
Yes, I have another one marked 1943 and that has the pressure pip on also.
@Jörg Wekenmann some great information there thanks for sharing. The brochure for the 1946 Tropic I find interesting as the design is similar to...
This is the remains of an original Vapalux 300 transfer, this one is clearly gold in colour. Very much like the transfers applied to the Tilley...
We have a vintage caravan (1958) the gas lights in there are a size 2. I believe they come in sizes 1,2 and 3. 1 being the smallest 3 the largest.
And you get to use the spice also…:clap:..
For some reason these turn up now and again, I found one earlier in the year, not quite as nice as yours. 1961 Tilley X246A - Guardsman? Nice find.
A few more pics from the weekend. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Trial run prior to this weekends Ashover festival of light. I have a similar Bullfinch floodlight to this but this appears much brighter....
@ColinG this is the control cock that is on my X246A. [ATTACH]
Did the early versions of the X246A have a brown top, I’m sure i recall a date when they changed over to black:-k It’s a nice lamp though, they...
Cheers Colin, yeah I’m please with it.
Now complete with a new hood. [ATTACH]
These are plated instead of being the usual enamel, the boxes were marked plated hood, via a stencil. I believe it was something to do with power...
X246 aka Porkpie, 3rd version.
Hi all, Not very exciting I know, I wasn’t intending restoring this one, but felt sorry for it, combined with a splash of boredom and the fact I...
I think the paint is original, can’t see evidence that it’s been stripped. Could just be a defect during stamping. [ATTACH]
Is that not an early E41 tank with separate air release and monometer? Great find.
Picked this 300X the other week, no markings on the hood just on the frame, apart from the Bi is missing and it just reads aladdin, assume this is...
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