Coleman "SUNSHINE OF THE NIGHT"
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Coleman "SUNSHINE OF THE NIGHT"
COLEMAN MODEL 202 "SUNSHINE OF THE NIGHT" LANTERN.
Made in the U.S.A. 1954 through 1964.
Made in the U.S.A. 1954 through 1964.
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Neat - never had one of these but then - we don't camp.
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This was a hurry up purchase for the end of the world
On May 21st. that has now been changed to Oct. 21st
On May 21st. that has now been changed to Oct. 21st
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You found Joe's time machine, didn't you?
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At first i thought that said Pyrodex as in powder that would light up the night
That`s one sharp looking latern.
That`s one sharp looking latern.
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Quality .. It never goes out of style...Coleman & Pyrex... Pure D Made in the USA QUALITY..
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THOMAS ALVA EDISON DID NOT TURN BACK THE NIGHT, COLEMAN DID. EDISON CAME ALONG LATER AND JUST MADE IT HANDIER. MAYBE A BIT LESS DANGEROUS....AND THEN AGAIN MAYBE NOT.
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"TERRY" I'M TRULY HONORED...Terry Murbach wrote:THOMAS ALVA EDISON DID NOT TURN BACK THE NIGHT, COLEMAN DID. EDISON CAME ALONG LATER AND JUST MADE IT HANDIER. MAYBE A BIT LESS DANGEROUS....AND THEN AGAIN MAYBE NOT.
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Wow! That's a real beauty of an old Coleman you have there. All most of them need is a simple tune-up and new mantle to run right.
Politicians and diapers both require frequent changing for the EXACT same reason!
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You should check out the Coleman muesem and outlet store and talk to the guys there if you ever go to Wichita.
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I have that on my bucket list of things I really need to do.Beaker wrote:You should check out the Coleman muesem and outlet store and talk to the guys there if you ever go to Wichita.
I also need to get to the Zippo factory & museum, never been there,
and the shame is it's only a few hours drive away.
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Check the underneath of the fuel tank, it should have the last two digits of the year of manufacture stamped in.
These are my two Colemans a 1962 vintage 200A I got at a garage sale about 20 years ago, and my 1936 vintage 242B inherited from my Dad the original owner. I also have a 2 mantle propane Coleman but somehow not in the same league as these two classics.
These are my two Colemans a 1962 vintage 200A I got at a garage sale about 20 years ago, and my 1936 vintage 242B inherited from my Dad the original owner. I also have a 2 mantle propane Coleman but somehow not in the same league as these two classics.
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Very nice!
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Awsome lamps Ji
on the 1936 vintage 242B, does that one take a special mantle?
Also another question for Ji, Pitchy and any of you other knowledgeable guys
that are into Coleman lanterns & stoves.
(opening Pandora’s box I’m sure )
Do you have to use the Coleman brand white gas in these devices?
Would a good quality Mineral spirits work
on the 1936 vintage 242B, does that one take a special mantle?
Also another question for Ji, Pitchy and any of you other knowledgeable guys
that are into Coleman lanterns & stoves.
(opening Pandora’s box I’m sure )
Do you have to use the Coleman brand white gas in these devices?
Would a good quality Mineral spirits work
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Check this site out Goobler,Gobblerforge wrote:Are all Coleman lanterns date stamped?
Gobbler
It may answer your question. If not, good info anyway.
http://pages.suddenlink.net/abosch1/ColemanPaper.htm
Also plenty of time-killing awesome drool pictures right here…
http://www.pbase.com/mad_monte1/_retro_outdoor_gear
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Another of my strange collections. I just like things made to last, mine are from 1947 to 1996.
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stinkycat wrote:Another of my strange collections. I just like things made to last, mine are from 1947 to 1996.
WOW!
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No wonder I can't find one.stinkycat wrote:Another of my strange collections. I just like things made to last, mine are from 1947 to 1996.
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Most do but not all my dad's 242B being unmarked, and just going by memory of what dad told years ago as far as age.Gobblerforge wrote:Are all Coleman lanterns date stamped?
Gobbler
The 242B takes same standard mantle as all Colemans. It just looks "saggy-baggy" in picture because it's new before being lit. Will shrink and tighten after first lighting. When I was a kid you could by "white gas" (pure gasoline with no additives) at the gas station from a pump for the same price as regular gas. All I can find now is the Coleman brand which is just white gas. Paint thinner is a different animal altogether, less viscous so would not atomize as well as the white gas/Coleman fuel. The closest thing to white gas at the hardware store is Naptha but I think it costs more so no point. Some of the newer Colemans are advertised as able to run on pump gas but not sure if these oldies will.casastahle wrote:Awsome lamps Ji
on the 1936 vintage 242B, does that one take a special mantle?
Do you have to use the Coleman brand white gas in these devices?
Would a good quality Mineral spirits work
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
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I thought the same thing…Gobblerforge wrote:No wonder I can't find one.stinkycat wrote:Another of my strange collections. I just like things made to last, mine are from 1947 to 1996.
Gobbler
stinkycat has single handedly caused an imbalance in the
supply & demand of Coleman lanterns.
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Thanks for the info. JiFriends Call Me Ji wrote:Most do but not all my dad's 242B being unmarked, and just going by memory of what dad told years ago as far as age.Gobblerforge wrote:Are all Coleman lanterns date stamped?
Gobbler
The 242B takes same standard mantle as all Colemans. It just looks "saggy-baggy" in picture because it's new before being lit. Will shrink and tighten after first lighting. When I was a kid you could by "white gas" (pure gasoline with no additives) at the gas station from a pump for the same price as regular gas. All I can find now is the Coleman brand which is just white gas. Paint thinner is a different animal altogether, less viscous so would not atomize as well as the white gas/Coleman fuel. The closest thing to white gas at the hardware store is Naptha but I think it costs more so no point. Some of the newer Colemans are advertised as able to run on pump gas but not sure if these oldies will.casastahle wrote:Awsome lamps Ji
on the 1936 vintage 242B, does that one take a special mantle?
Do you have to use the Coleman brand white gas in these devices?
Would a good quality Mineral spirits work
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In action, bad picture but to the left is my stainless free standing fireplace, to the right a brown 275 coleman friday nights some friends stop by we have a few beers and tell hunting lies.
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Sure would like to see some better pictures of that fireplacestinkycat wrote:In action, bad picture but to the left is my stainless free standing fireplace, to the right a brown 275 coleman friday nights some friends stop by we have a few beers and tell hunting lies.
Is it a wood or gas burner?
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40 gauge stainless, takes 3 good men and a boy to move it, burns wood. should last a lifetime.
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Very cool and impressive...stinkycat wrote:40 gauge stainless, takes 3 good men and a boy to move it, burns wood. should last a lifetime.
Sure you're not related to pitchy
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Are ya sure you didn`t steal that off an old steam locamotive
Looks like a great camp.
Looks like a great camp.
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Coleman Model 202, made in 1955 built like a tank, and still works like the day it was made.
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Standard Colemans require white gas but the newer versions (that have a gray hammertone) tank are rated for pump gas as well.casastahle wrote:Do you have to use the Coleman brand white gas in these devices?
The only true multi-fuel lantern that I know of are military lanterns. I have one and you can research the NSN (if you want more info). It's: 6260-00-170-0430
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I have a nice '54 that I need to get running...
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Here's a couple one burner #502's That I've had for years.
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Very cool GobblerGobblerforge wrote:Here's a couple one burner #502's That I've had for years.
Gobbler
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Nice Coleman, but they hurt my eyes in the woods. I like Beeswax mo betta:
A man on a gallopin' horse in the middle of the night would never know the difference.
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Here`s the only lantern i have, it`s a model 228H, how old is it?
Check out the old water sprinkler.
Check out the old water sprinkler.
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stinkycat's pic reminds me of our last hunting/camping outing. I got there and my buddy was cooking and hadn't set up his lantern yet. So I lit mine. After cooking up some food he decided he to light both his lanterns as well even though they were not needed. It took him a while to get them going but he did it.
Then two friends of his showed up with the cars full of camping gear they had collected and brought all. Each guy had 3 or 4 lanterns and 2 or 3 cookstoves. Each item had a long story of provenance, a garage sale find or Craig's List steal, procedure for lighting it, keeping it going, new gaskets, butane, dual fuel, keronsene, the works.
Well we soon ran out of hooks and branches but still the lanterns and cookstoves kept coming out. I took mine down, but still the camping area was brighter than Chicago's Martin Luther King Dr. at 3:00 am. I was expecting a call from NASA that the space shuttle guys couldn't sleep. I still have a suntan from that night.
I think lanterns have the same appeal to guys that remotes and pickup trucks have, some mix of envy and control and male dominance, perhaps a totemistic symbol of challenging inner demons against a backdrop of competitive identification and disillusioned ambition. Or maybe they're just too cool.
Then two friends of his showed up with the cars full of camping gear they had collected and brought all. Each guy had 3 or 4 lanterns and 2 or 3 cookstoves. Each item had a long story of provenance, a garage sale find or Craig's List steal, procedure for lighting it, keeping it going, new gaskets, butane, dual fuel, keronsene, the works.
Well we soon ran out of hooks and branches but still the lanterns and cookstoves kept coming out. I took mine down, but still the camping area was brighter than Chicago's Martin Luther King Dr. at 3:00 am. I was expecting a call from NASA that the space shuttle guys couldn't sleep. I still have a suntan from that night.
I think lanterns have the same appeal to guys that remotes and pickup trucks have, some mix of envy and control and male dominance, perhaps a totemistic symbol of challenging inner demons against a backdrop of competitive identification and disillusioned ambition. Or maybe they're just too cool.
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Pitchy wrote:Here`s the only lantern i have, it`s a model 228H, how old is it?
Check out the old water sprinkler.
Aloha Pitchy, the 228H was made just one year- 1974.
http://www.oldtowncoleman.com/date.htm
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Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
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Cool, thanks Sir.Friends Call Me Ji wrote:Pitchy wrote:Here`s the only lantern i have, it`s a model 228H, how old is it?
Check out the old water sprinkler.
Aloha Pitchy, the 228H was made just one year- 1974.
http://www.oldtowncoleman.com/date.htm
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