How to convert 1950ish Nuttle Kamp Kitchen to modern propane or butane?

So I got my hands on this Nuttle Kamp Kitchn from about 1950, and it's so simutlaneously sturdy and lightweig that I want to actually use it. It's set up for a very, very obsolete propane canister, though. I need to either convert it to propane or just replace the stove with some little butane burners or something. My question is this: with a stove this old (seemingly unused, but still), is there any sense in hooking the original burners up to new fuel? Are they likely to work reasonably well? Or should I just go the replace-with-new-burners route?