Got a kick outta this pic. It’s good to have goals in life.





...and a well engineered roof.

 

OOOOOOO
I WANT THAT BUILDING!!!!!!

LOL. I have a "few".
My wife cut me off from buying anything but rare ones now......

 

Why do we like GPA’s them so much?

1. its a cheap hobby compared to others
2. it appeals to our ‘fix-it’ philosophy.
3. we appreciate working on a machine that has no ‘built-in’ obsolescence
4. they are plentiful and can be found at garage sales or on CL
5. we fool ourselves into thinking they’re an investment.
6. ....others,?

 

I love the Blow Torch effect from my Petromax lanterns ... it scares the bejesus out of other campers that don't know about them

 

7. simple, easy to use and keep repaired.
8. cool looking, can tell what it is a mile away
9. soothing hiss in the night, calming
10. instant bug zapper. bugs automatically leave you alone to go check out the lantern, then commit suicide

 

You sir have the best user name on here 👍

 

can you tell that order is important to me?



whew, I stopped twitching .

 

well, since the Petromax and Hipolito styles aren't Coleman, I just couldn't justify putting a number to it ...../.
https://terry-marsh.com/internationa...facturers-h-p/

the petromax are harder to find... and lot of clones so one must be careful, the hipolito is newer from the 70'-80's so not as collectable

BUT I love my Old Coleman products too

 

Rats, now I’ll need to start 2 lists...

.. .maybe I’ll say GPA’s in my original post.


​​​​​​​On that we can all agree!

 

LOL. The name was of one of my cats. she was a mess God rest her soul, she lived to be 20. passed away 9 years ago

 

Power failure so here I sit

 

nice! so bright in picture i squinted! all mine are tucked away in storage....haven't acquired any new ones out here in Colorado yet

 

Maybe Coleman could make us a gpa powered fan.

 

Turbo charged lantern! Haha sucker be bright!

 

Didn't realize there was such interest in these things. I have a mint coleman lantern and two burner stove from when I used to go camping, coincidentally not too far from where my camp is today. Wonder if there are authorized coleman service centers still around to refurbish this stuff?

Probably should bring all my camping paraphernalia to camp to free up space for other crap I'll never use again.