Nice! Congrats Tony, Interesting. You may already be aware but judging from what i find below yours aligns w/1935 (and pre-1939). The 182 in the 1934 Catalogue No:1260, shows: the new 207 silent burner w/cleaning needle (not seen in '32 catalog), the basic filler cap no.297 (no SRV) and the outer spindle w/wheel no 382. The 182 in the 1935 Optimus no 181-182 range brochure shows: the new 207 burner, the new filler cap no.299 w/SRV The 182 in 1936-38 ??? The 182 in the 1939 Optimus Catalogue shows: the 207 burner, the filler cap no.299 w.SRV the outer spindle w/wheel no 382b, the new spirit channel and the new fuel level gauge.
How far are you going to go with that Tony? Wash n’ brush up and seals/pump cups? I’ll bet it gets taken on your travels, when possible, as a practical, reliable and eminently usable expedition base camp stove. John
Morning, Tony, WOW! What a great find! Those two-burner stoves can be very handy, and yours is a gem. I echo John's question about how far you will take getting it running. Are you going to make it serviceable, and not repaint it, or will you go in whole hog? Either way, it's a winner! Hearty congrats, and I look forward to seeing it up and running! Well done on your score! Take care, and God Bless! - Doc
@presscall & @Doc Mark I am still pondering the fettle on this stove. I have more than enough field stoves, and double burner range stoves. As this is an early example and is quite uncommon, and it also has the original cast iron pot rests that are undamaged, I don’t think I’ll take it camping. The japanned green paint is very worn and there is metal with surface rust (not too severe), so some time today I’ll take the whole stove apart and then decide what I think is best to preserve the whole stove. At this point I’m tending to repaint with a close match epoxy/ceramic enamel. The 207 burners need a bit of panel beating, and pulling down. I assume they still have the original (unusual) pricker rack (seen here), but I expect no pricker wires. I’ll post my thoughts and process in this thread. Cheers Tony
Note: The burners are 207A on this stove, so have a different pricker and rack that the one in the link above: They do have the needles! Cheers Tony
As a side note: The first version of the 207 burner with the unconventional pricker rack finished in 1934 according to the catalogues, as posted above by @OMC. The No.333b needle is in the 1935 catalogue and not in the 1934 catalogue; with the 1935 burner identified as 207a. Tony
