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Vintage Lanterns
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:37 pm
Anybody here collect them, or have one you use? I have an acquaintance that collects old Colemans. I saw some photos, and got interested. I like things with a sense of nostalgia. Somehow they just seem cooler than a new one with a propane bottle screwed on.
Anyway, seems like kind of a fun little side hobby. Most of them really aren't worth a lot because they were made by the millions. But, I don't think their worth is what makes them cool.
Anyway, he's selling me a '72 model 220E "Big Hat". This one:
A 40+ year old lantern will be sweet for my next car camping trip.
Anyway, seems like kind of a fun little side hobby. Most of them really aren't worth a lot because they were made by the millions. But, I don't think their worth is what makes them cool.
Anyway, he's selling me a '72 model 220E "Big Hat". This one:
A 40+ year old lantern will be sweet for my next car camping trip.
This post was edited on 11/4/13 at 4:41 pm
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Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:40 pm to Teague
I have one like that. Was bought in mid 1960's. Still works. Also have the stove too! 
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:43 pm to fishfighter
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Also have the stove too
same here!
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:44 pm to fishfighter
Yea I got a couple older than that. I think they are red and came out before they went green ??
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:47 pm to Drop4Loss
They were red. I own 2 and putting those fricking mantles on is a monumental pain in the arse for me.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:48 pm to Drop4Loss
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Yea I got a couple older than that. I think they are red and came out before they went green ??
Yeah, there are red ones, brown ones, light green ones, and some with brass or nickle tanks.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:55 pm to fishfighter
I had both the stove and lantern too. But after marrying a gal that had the new propane stuff, I realized what a pain that white gas can be.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:58 pm to Teague
I have my granddads set. I dont know the age, but they used them late 50's - 70's when my Dad and uncles were camping / hunting with him.
I have the lantern, single burner stove and 2 burner camp stove.
I have the lantern, single burner stove and 2 burner camp stove.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:58 pm to Teague
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brown ones
I have one of these, found it in the attic when we bought our house, it was still in the box and had never been opened
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:58 pm to jorconalx
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I have one of these, found it in the attic when we bought our house, it was still in the box and had never been opened
Sweet. I can haz it?
There's probably a date on the bottom of it.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 2:59 pm to Teague
I love old lanterns. I have a nice collections stored in my attic right now. I'll have to get them down and take some pics. My favorite is one I found in my pawpaw's garage recently. It was a blue lantern. Looked about 50 years old.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 3:00 pm to Teague
Its at my dad's shop, going over there this evening to put a carb kit on my 4 wheeler, i'll dig it out and look at the date and take a pic
Posted on 11/4/13 at 3:12 pm to Teague
I have one still in the box. Gave a stove, heater and 2 lanterns away with my other camping stuff. The one I have just missed the purge.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 3:36 pm to Teague
i have that exact model. IDK when it was made though.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 3:41 pm to mack the knife
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Also have the stove too
raises hand. I don't use any of the old stuff anymore, I bought that cheap generator from harbor freight and made a string of lights out of a 50ft extension cord, I take my camp chef cooker and a propane tanks for cooking when I go hunting, Teague if your interested you can have the lantern, i'll dig it out this evening.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 3:45 pm to Teague
probably got at least 20 pre-70's lanterns and 3 stoves at our farm. have a few old kerosene heaters as well. They all hang from the ceiling in our family "shelter house" that my dad and uncles built back in the 60's
Posted on 11/4/13 at 4:40 pm to jorconalx
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Teague if your interested you can have the lantern, i'll dig it out this evening.
Will you bring it to me?
But seriously, I might be interested if you'd go through the trouble of shipping it.
This post was edited on 11/4/13 at 4:43 pm
Posted on 11/4/13 at 4:58 pm to Teague
I have two like that sitting in my dad's garage somewhere. I also have two Coleman stoves that fold out from what looks like a suitcase. I had no idea what they were until I took them apart
Posted on 11/4/13 at 5:05 pm to Hammertime
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I also have two Coleman stoves that fold out from what looks like a suitcase. I had no idea what they were until I took them apart
I've warmed many a can of soup on those back in my early deer hunting days. I'm sure my dad still has one somewhere. I just have a little single-burner backpacking stove that I use these days.
Lot's of cool old things from the deer camp days.
Posted on 11/4/13 at 5:22 pm to Teague
Just looked, and that damn thing is 45 years old
Here is one of the two:
Here is one of the two:
This post was edited on 11/4/13 at 5:26 pm
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