I've had a lot of life going on lately so collecting has taken a back seat. I printed a one page flyer/ad a while back that I hand out at antique shops and to flea market vendors I buy something from. A guy called me this week and said "You gave me a flyer a couple years ago, I'll be at the flea market Saturday with a bunch of lanterns and stoves." So, I trucked down to the flea market this morning and found the guy. Three 502s with rusty tanks, one ratty 288 and ten 220s. Two 220Fs with no vent and the rest later model 220s with rusty holes in the vents, cracked globes, rusty tanks. Nothing in the bunch worth taking home. I thanked him for calling me and we parted on good terms. Oh well, make a quick pass through and get on with your day I think. I headed down the last aisle and saw a young fellow with only about 8-10 items on his table. The picture below was one of them. For $20 I didn't even haggle over the price, the pump alone was worth it. I've got a couple of these but didn't have a heat drum. When I unscrewed the fuel cap it hissed at me which was a good sign.
@cottage hill bill , OUTSTANDING find, and a brilliant bit of luck! Well done! I now you will do your usual magic on this neat old timer, and have it ship-shape in no time! Hearty congrats on scoring that, and I hope you were wearing a mask when you "stole" it from the seller!! WOW!! $20???!!! Excellent!! Doc
Sometimes you get lucky... indeed and life is good. I thank you, A. I enjoy your post(s) & comments. and B. good tip: … you've handed out flyers, to vendors in this case (i'll be doing this too). I do not frequent the flea markets and to put the word out there, as you do, had not occurred to me. Flea markets near me have ample camp stoves and lanterns but "sought-after ones" are very few and far between. That said the reason I post, if you don't mind, I don't want to assume... what is it? thanks again.
The GPA above is a Coleman 457G Handy Gas Plant (HGP) with heat drum attached. This is the smaller of the two sizes made. It was a general purpose heat source, much like the 3 and 4 burner large brassies. Intended to be stuck under anything that needed heating, laundry tubs, milk pasteurizers etc. The G in the model numbers means it has a grate, the 457 didn't. The heat drum works like the radiant heater on any GPA, just gets hot and radiates heat. Coleman made general purpose burners like this from 1917 on. I think the 457 and 460 models were made from the late 30s into the late 50s. This is a later model because it has the support stand. That is the wire ring and uprights on top of the tank supporting the dished pan the pump is resting on. This is the last one I reworked. It started in a little better shape than the one above, but I believe in the power of electrolysis so I have hope. This is sans heat drum.
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has knowledge of the dimensions of the heat drum for the HGP? I have not been able to find one for sale in a very long time, so I was considering fabricating my own and make it as close to the original as possible. Thanks for any info!
recently scored a late plastic knob primus 3 for £3.75, just ordered a cast iron top plate from base-camp to finish her off
