WOW, this looks like it’s going to be really nice!! Almost 3000 miles from me will have to pass!:thumbup::thumbup::clap:
Could it be some kind of “Tilley wanna be”?? It looks like it could be a “Frankie” maybe???;):thumbup::thumbup:
What a lantern! I love mine! It’s a 1930 with the plain metal top. Primus had something here when they came out with this one! :D/:thumbup::thumbup:
NICE!!:clap:
I have a ‘49 Coleman 249 and it has the horse shoe cup. These lanterns are almost indestructible! :D/:thumbup::thumbup:
You got a real winner there!!! :D/:thumbup::thumbup:
Gasoline in any lantern without a “positive” shutoff is dangerous. I know some Aida and Petromax lanterns are suppose to use gasoline but you are...
One of the best Tilley ever made! Beautiful, and you are very fortunate to have one from the man, “who wrote the book on Tilley”!...
Don’t think it’s rare, just hard to find! At any rate you scored! The 523 is one I don’t have in my collection! :D/:p:thumbup:
WOW!!! what a knockout!!:thumbup:8]
Very nice, indeed!!:D/:thumbup::thumbup:
It’s normal, I have the scares to prove it!:rage: It’s the hottest lantern I’ve had any experience with!
Nice find and should restore well enough!:D/:thumbup::thumbup:
It’s been quite a while ago now but I once bought a lantern from some moron who left quite a bit of fuel, kerosene in this case, in the tank and...
Regardless of who made the lantern, Coleman, Aida or Tilley, etc, the first thing I do is replace all the seals and washers! It just makes me feel...
Great going, Darryl!!:D/:D/:thumbup:
If you don’t win it won’t be for lack of not trying!:D/:thumbup::D
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Very nice indeed!:D/:thumbup:
If I remember correctly the dat is on the bottom? There is a series of “dots” on the bottom, big ones and small ones, big ones are years and small...
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