refound this in my basement looking for camping gear for my daughter. it belonged to my wife's grandfather. looks to have been hardly used. no serial number on it. i think it would date to the 60's.
old coleman lantern thread.
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Canadian 200. Nice!
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the bail is in the box.
it does not have a serial number which is apparently a thing with early 60's canuck 200 lanterns.
also it seems to be a very early "200a" hybrid. note the letter "a" hand stamped on the box off centre after the "200" and note the lower vent cap is not a 200 vent cap. i can find 200s with no serial number and early canuck 200a's with the same hybrid vent cap and a serial number, but i can't find both together.
Careful...the Coleman stuff can be as addicting as the Landcruiser stuff...
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It's a normal 200A. Canadian models had an extra loop in the tip cleaner. Yours looks nice. It will almost certainly run as is.
I'm going to guess 64-65-66. It has the newer vent, and mid 60s fuel cap. The sticker looks later 60s. Earlier had a yellow border. Things might have been slightly different in Canukistan.
Post a pic of the bottom of the font. Bet there's a date. I have a couple of Canadian Lanterns and all were date stamped. No serial numbers though. Just a date of font manufacture if you're lucky.
Coleman was famous for being cheap and re-using boxes and other stuff, even when the new model was out.
Put a mantle and fuel in it and post pics of it running in the Coleman thread.
I'm going to guess 64-65-66. It has the newer vent, and mid 60s fuel cap. The sticker looks later 60s. Earlier had a yellow border. Things might have been slightly different in Canukistan.
Post a pic of the bottom of the font. Bet there's a date. I have a couple of Canadian Lanterns and all were date stamped. No serial numbers though. Just a date of font manufacture if you're lucky.
Coleman was famous for being cheap and re-using boxes and other stuff, even when the new model was out.
Put a mantle and fuel in it and post pics of it running in the Coleman thread.