Another recent acquisition. A Valor Packaway. Interesting contrast between the blue and white tin and the light green of the burner stand and windshield. It's missing the meths tin and funnel but is other wise complete. It was heavily tarnished with some verdigris on the outside. I've managed to get parts of it to clean up ok before my hands got too tired. It's a biggish stove for a picnic stove; Looks like it is a 1.75 pint stove rather than a one pinter. The pump leather is rather tired and the pump works only if you hold your mouth right. It runs well although a tad rich. Used the T&C style roarer with the screw to access the jet. priming
I bought one a few months ago, I was a little surprised when it arrived as to how big it was. Mine is also missing the funnel and meths tin, also the packing cap. Nice stoves though.
Maybe, if you study your stove a bit better, with more patience, you will find a "packing cap" on the pump knob. Radler
Is it the "Packaway" moniker that made one think "small"? I think of a 'picnic stove' as being a 1 3/4 pinter, and a one-pinter as a hiking stove. Imprecise nomenclature, to be sure.
In Britain in the 50s and 60s, even into the 70s, many family cars were very small, and often those with lots of small mouths to feed were on a real budget and there was no money to purchase and run a large car. A common sight would be an Austin A35 with mother and father in the front, and three to five children squashed into the bench seat in the back! A simple picnic would involve a hamper which would fill a fair chunk of the boot, and by the time some toys and games were added, plus a warm layer for everybody for later, there would be very little room left despite well thought out packing. A collapsible stove in a tin, although only saving a little space, would be appreciated for its compactness and neatness, and the Valor Packaway would offer good capacity for a large family so avoiding messy refillig and having to carry spare fuel, yet another item to remember and pack safely away from the food and clothes. And that's just a picnic in the countryside or seaside! Imagine taking the aforementioned family camping for a week! Even with a bulging roofrack, a Mini for example would be bursting at the seams with a bootful, back seat full of children, more kit and clothes packed on and around the children... fun times! Very often these stoves are mistaken for 1-pinters by those who have not seen one in the flesh. I love them, not elegant, and the odd choice of green windshield and tin internals gives them a 'parts box' feel. But very practical and the tin having built in places for stowing the components must have appealed to those who had to carefully and systematically pack the boot of the car! And the tin graphic design, far more modern than, say, the Monitor touring stove, is ready for the 'holiday fever' of the 60s and early 70s, with the funky lettering and up-to-date minimalism of the camping scene. A real piece of history!
It's the packaway name that made me think it was going to be a smaller stove. I tend to think of the 1 pint stoves having more than enough fuel capacity for a picnic. It's something we did mainly in late spring or summer so it was cold dishes, make your own sandwiches, salads and the like. You didn't want hot food, because if the weather was bad you just didn't go. So the only thing that was heated was water for tea or coffee. Disclaimer: we didn't use a kero stove. If we didn't take a large thermos of hot water we took a Thermette, the wood fired water boiler. I can see the desire for a bigger capacity stove if you are also planning on cooking more food for a large horde or for a overnight camping trip.
Hi @Driftwood Valor Packaway Have a look at the above thread and the comment made by the author: “ I thought the reserve cap was missing until I twigged it normally lives on the pump knob when not in use ! “ I believe that @Radler was trying to help you.... Best Regards, Kerophile.
Hi, @Driftwood , I agree with @kerophile . Sometimes, dealing with each other in forum situations can lead to unintended misunderstandings. I believe this is one of those times. Thanks for sharing your stove, and God Bless! Every Good Wish, Doc PS - I, too, have one of those Valor Packaway stoves, and think it's the dog's B's!
Hi, here is a photo of my Valor Packaway with the reserve cap in place. You can see that the pump knob is threaded to allow the reserve cap to be “parked” when not needed to seal the tank.
George, The link does not appear to work, and shows up as an error, FYI. SB and I thought about you during our recent visit to the Highlands above Invergordon, and also Edinburgh! Wish we'd have had time to meet up. Hopefully, we can do that in the future! Take care, and God Bless! - Mark
I have the same stove that belonged to my father. I've been getting it back in order but can't stop the pip valve leaking. I replaced that but I think it's the spring tension is shot on that, and I cannot work out how to get the spring off to replace it. All I can think of is to seal off the quick release valve hole and then just unscrew the fuel cap a bit instead. Any ideas?
I have a couple of Packaway’s. They are a great stove. I popped a Valor silent burner on one of them with enough room in the tin to be able to also store its original roarer burner. Strange why Valor opted for the ‘mushy pea’ green windshield.
I suspect it was because they could get that colour easily and had plenty of it. They were using the same green on their wicking kerosene stoves.
