I’ve had this coleman fuel lantern for about 20 years now. Last night at my campsite I noticed that the mantle was badly ripped, and so I placed a replacement on, burned it white, and then re-assembled the unit. But I’m getting a high flame coming out, and it’s more a yellow glow then I’ve seen in the past from it.
Coleman models 228E (left) and 220E (right) had steel founts. The one on the left, in Dean DeGroff’s collection, is date stamped July 1951, the earliest date we have seen for this model. It lacks the Coleman decal under the filler cap coleman lantern which Coleman started using a couple of months later, as on the right which is date stamped October, 1951. This Model 220D dated A 50 is unusual in having the sides of the brass fount painted green instead of being nickel plated.
By completing the pre-qualified form, you consent to have your credit file accessed for purposes of prequalifying for a vehicle loan. Sometimes spiders make webs in there, happens a lot on gas grills too. Please keep us updated, I’m interested to see how it goes for you. Probably a plugged orifice that meters out the fuel and forms a jet of gas to burn. The orifice is located under where the mantle is tied.
Morgan, Corpus Christi, Texas and includes Sheldon Coleman’s name engraved in script. Some of the 202 models presented/engraved to individuals came with a black enamel ventilator, as seen here, rather than the typical green ventilator on most 202s. This lantern, in Dan Boschen’s collection, is dated May, 1959. Model 202, the Professional (left), is dated Jan., ’55. This model was produced for 10 years beginning in 1954 For the first couple of years the burner cap was ceramic.
I believe that packages of two cost around $2 to $4, depending on the store. This lantern reminds me to slow down, because your patience will be rewarded when you use it. It gives off such a beautiful, bright and natural light that can’t compete with modern LED lanterns. The construction of the above 228B built in May 1930 includes a swaged bail that will only fit in the key slot on the frame member when it is under the frame.
Coleman made this model for their Sunshine Safety company (post 1923). It has many of the same parts as Quick-Lite Model L327. The collar, generator, and cap nut are different from that model. The center globe cage base disk is stamped Sunshine Safety Lamp Co., Kansas City, MO.
One of these items was a – a now old-school one that you have to fill with fuel and then pump. When you’re ready to light, just hold the match to the mantle and hope the lantern doesn’t explode and blow off your face. So far, this hasn’t happened to me, but if I know my luck, it will. He uses them too—he brings at least two lanterns on each camping trip, and rotates through his collection trip to trip. These are vintage lanterns from the 1920s, 30s and 40s, and they still run, thanks to the love and care that Wilmot gives them. Wilmot also has an off-the-grid cabin on the Brule River, where he spends every Friday, Saturday and Sunday night.
But for Damian Wilmot, of Superior WI, one specific lantern—the Coleman gas lantern—is the pinnacle of cool. In fact, Wilmot’s appreciation and respect for the has led to somewhat of an addiction for collecting vintage models. Wilmot collects lanterns the way other people might collect art. He treasures every piece, and puts valuable time and attention into restoring each lantern to its rightful beauty. Wilmot ignores today’s plethora of battery-powered, rechargeable LED headlamps and lanterns, giving preference instead to the “timeless” gas Colemans.