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Dianne ordered 10 dozen ears of corn which we will freeze tomorrow. Instead of heating up the kitchen, I’ll use the Coleman stove outside. Besides the one we cook on at Truckstock, we have another we inherited that I don’t think I’ve ever used. I think it dates to 1958 and is in real good shape. I’ll give it a workout tomorrow.
Really good shape. The old reliable The old reliable
That one stove looks in near perfect shape. If it were an NOS truck part or a stock 53-56 Ford truck in near perfect shape with original paint it would be worth a lot of money.
For a few seconds when I read the thread title I thought you were talking about a cast iron stove made by the Elizabeth iron forge above Brickerville. The Coleman's bought it from Baron Steigel who made stoves.
Lots of crazy stuff happening in the world lately with government regulators making the rules rather than constitutionally prescribed elected lawmakers. Fortunately though, at least where I live, white gas is still readily available. Just today, in fact, I retrieved my trusty single burner backpacking stove and made sure it was ready to go for my annual Boundary Waters canoe trip. We leave Sunday--two sons, and three grandchildren, and I are heading into the wilderness dependent on a white gas stove.
Nice stoves Dennis! The whole world is turning upside down right before our eyes. Institutions and traditions are crumbling all around us, but one thing that hasn't changed is the two burner Coleman gasoline stove. You can buy one today, and it would be virtually unchanged from the classic examples Dennis has pictured. Good for Coleman for not messing with a good thing.
I haven't looked this up, but I wouldn't be surprised if Henry Ford didn't use a Coleman stove that looked just about like Dennis' on his famous camping trips with Edison and Firestone.
When I was a kid in the early 70's, the Coleman propane stoves were starting to become popular and were more convenient with the little propane bottles and didn't need to worry about liquid gas that could spill. That's what my dad used for us then. Now I understand that California has outlawed the sale of those propane canisters. I'm sure white gas isn't far behind, if it hasn't been already.
We still use it in backpacking all the time. In fact, it's better at super cold temperatures and high elevations than butane or propane.
Coleman swears their formulation hasn't changed, but I've had a devil of a time getting my stove (an early-60's 2-burner) fired up in ~35° degree at 7000+ elevations.
Interesting to see the evolution of these stoves. Dennis's early model has a loop that holds the tank in place when stored; missing on the other (and mine). I may just fab that, I hate the tank sliding around. Other changes are on the wind deflectors, mine have little spring clips that hold them in position. What I love about all of them is that you can still buy every part, most of them are at Walmart.
Very cool. There's a Coleman thread on another truck forum I'm on that's up to 161 pages so far. Old Coleman stuff is VERY popular and valuable. More than I ever realized.
Very cool. There's a Coleman thread on another truck forum I'm on that's up to 161 pages so far. Old Coleman stuff is VERY popular and valuable. More than I ever realized.
give us a link sounds interesting! I remember this very stove, my parents had it from the sixties. It kinda goes with these trucks. That and a plaid thermos.
I have not seen a Coleman stove since I was a kid and went camping with the family.
We also had lanterns and a heater.
It was always fun, not, filling them in the evening just before we needed the lanterns and heater.
Where do you get the white gas from a camping store?
I want to say way back in the day I want to say dad got gas from the gas station.
It was unleaded IIRC where you could still get leaded gas.
Then again I could be wrong as I was pretty young.
On cooking ears of corn.
I soak them with the leaves still on them for say 10 or 15 min. so the water can soak into them.
I then place them on the grill to cook turning them so the leaves dont burn up.
You are steaming them with the leaves still on holding the water in.
When you can smell them the corn is done. Pull them off the grill and remove the leaves and eat.
If we dont eat them all we place them in a baggie leaves and all and reheat when we want them.
Dave ----
We used to buy white gas at Amoco gas stations.
I still have my Coleman stove and lantern. Mine saw a lot of use in the 70's thru the 90's camping with my kids across the country.
My parents had one from the early 60's.
Maybe it’s just the area we live in, with Amish and plain folks, a lot of stores carry the fuel. General goods stores, hardware stores, Walmart. We can get unleaded ethanol free gasoline at a lot of gas stations in our area. On Saturday I saw a can of Crown fuel for $16.95. I probably paid $11.95 for the can pictured. I topped off the can with the unleaded ethanol free gas I use in the lawnmower.
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