My family has wondered why I have several 1950’s & 60’s Coleman stoves and lanterns… I have had them for 50+ years and they still work great! Living in California they are a great backup in case of emergency! I have an old “tanker” stove from when I was in Cambodia in 1971. I was forbidden to use it because it was too noisy!!! I was able to take it home and I still use it! I picked up a 1980’s lantern at a swap meet for $5.00. I went to pump it up to check pressure and flow and the seller said “what are you doing?”. He never pumped it up… he still sold it to me!! I guess I’m not the only lantern and stove guy!! Thanks for your video!!! The Old Army Scout…
Hi there, The last stove is a primus 71, Great stoves! They run on coleman fuel and are surprisingly somewhat alarmingly powerful for the size. As is the 123 you scored.. The Primus should have a date code on the base of the tank or the burner riser. There is a primus date code chart available on various websites 👍 Great scores all round. Thanks for sharing
Thanks! I had never seen a Primus 71 before. I passed by that stove several times as it sat on the table before I actually focused on it. Proves that it’s always a good idea to take one last look around before leaving.
Primus 71 [5:21]. They were made from the Mid 1930s. Optimus absorbed or bought out Primus and Svea in the Mid '60s. They kept the Primus label for a few years as a premium. Optimus 80s were the same stove as Primus 71s in this period. They kept the Svea 123 pretty much the same, except they evolved it into the Svea 123R with an Optimus-designed cleaning needle in the tip of the regulator as used on the Optimus 8R and Optimus 99. Domed gas tank cap looks early. This will have a soldered in ''safety pin'' somewhere on the tank body. If the unit gets overtemp, the solder melts, and a jet of vaporized gas goes whoosh. This is considdered safer than it blowing up. Later models had Safety Release Valves in the gas cap. Once blown, a professional fettler can silver solder in a new pin. I have gotten my Sveas overtemp a few times. The flaming exhaust can go a few feet tall. I usually kick it over, and it snuffs itself out, rolling around. But with the built-in SRV in the cap. it resets when cooled. I don't own any Primus units. Check out the stove gallery under Sweden on the *CCS website to research Primus dating. All Primus stoves [until the Optimus takeover] have a 2 digit date code stamped in the bottom. *classiccampstovesDOTcom.
Glad you’re son found the lantern,good set to have.. l am looking for the Svea 123 also,picked up a sigg tourist set last week to my surprise.. just sitting on a table at a sale. Keep up the good work.
@@Firencoffee It's self-pressurizing. There is no air pump. Very simple. You will need to preheat by pouring a little alcohol in the dished region around the burner and igniting it.
Did you mean Octane Rating? Don't use automotive pump gas in these stoves. 90 years ago cars ran on unadulterated Naptha. Which is what Coleman fuel still is. The performance and environmental additives they now put in auto gas are harmful to human health and will gum up the stove works. Coleman is about 85 octane IIRC.
My family has wondered why I have several 1950’s & 60’s Coleman stoves and lanterns… I have had them for 50+ years and they still work great! Living in California they are a great backup in case of emergency! I have an old “tanker” stove from when I was in Cambodia in 1971. I was forbidden to use it because it was too noisy!!! I was able to take it home and I still use it! I picked up a 1980’s lantern at a swap meet for $5.00. I went to pump it up to check pressure and flow and the seller said “what are you doing?”. He never pumped it up… he still sold it to me!! I guess I’m not the only lantern and stove guy!! Thanks for your video!!! The Old Army Scout…
I am partial to the 40s-60s lanterns and stoves as well. They just don't make em like they used to.
Those are so cool great find.
Hi there,
The last stove is a primus 71,
Great stoves! They run on coleman fuel and are surprisingly somewhat alarmingly powerful for the size. As is the 123 you scored..
The Primus should have a date code on the base of the tank or the burner riser.
There is a primus date code chart available on various websites 👍
Great scores all round.
Thanks for sharing
Thank you! With that info I looked up the code on ClassicCampStoves.com and see that it’s a 1953.
Ya picked up some very nice things!👍🏻😎🔥
Thanks! There were so many great items available.
123a
Excellent!! Found yourself some pretty amazing stuff!! Now there's an awesome Primus!! You did very well!!
Thanks! I had never seen a Primus 71 before. I passed by that stove several times as it sat on the table before I actually focused on it. Proves that it’s always a good idea to take one last look around before leaving.
love that primus !!! everything really fantastic stuff!!! nice scores
Thanks so much! I’m trying not to get items/models that I already have, and going for diversity.
Those are nice finds.
Thanks! There was so much good stuff there. There’s another gathering not too far from here in June. Can’t wait!
Enjoyable video.
Thank you!
Primus 71 [5:21]. They were made from the Mid 1930s. Optimus absorbed or bought out Primus and Svea in the Mid '60s. They kept the Primus label for a few years as a premium. Optimus 80s were the same stove as Primus 71s in this period. They kept the Svea 123 pretty much the same, except they evolved it into the Svea 123R with an Optimus-designed cleaning needle in the tip of the regulator as used on the Optimus 8R and Optimus 99. Domed gas tank cap looks early. This will have a soldered in ''safety pin'' somewhere on the tank body. If the unit gets overtemp, the solder melts, and a jet of vaporized gas goes whoosh. This is considdered safer than it blowing up. Later models had Safety Release Valves in the gas cap. Once blown, a professional fettler can silver solder in a new pin.
I have gotten my Sveas overtemp a few times. The flaming exhaust can go a few feet tall. I usually kick it over, and it snuffs itself out, rolling around. But with the built-in SRV in the cap. it resets when cooled. I don't own any Primus units. Check out the stove gallery under Sweden on the *CCS website to research Primus dating. All Primus stoves [until the Optimus takeover] have a 2 digit date code stamped in the bottom.
*classiccampstovesDOTcom.
Thanks! I found the code and it dates to 1953.
I still use my Svea 123 for Motorcycle camping. It works great!
Good to hear! These old stoves never stop.
Glad you’re son found the lantern,good set to have.. l am looking for the Svea 123 also,picked up a sigg tourist set last week to my surprise.. just sitting on a table at a sale. Keep up the good work.
Sigg is on my list. There were a few on the table but I ran out of $$!
Nice Robert !😊
You did good 👍
Great time ROBERT ! Btw AUDIO sounds awesome 👌
Well done Mathew 👏 ✔️ 👍 👌 nice match up
That's a Beauty Mathew
Pristine SVEA , I snatched one also 😊
Svea 123. Makes an odd fluttering sound (Leidenfrost Effect?) when operating.
I haven't fired mine up yet. Will be doing that soon in a new video. Stay tuned, and thanks for watching!
@@Firencoffee It's self-pressurizing. There is no air pump. Very simple. You will need to preheat by pouring a little alcohol in the dished region around the burner and igniting it.
Hello, which one is suitable for this type of gasoline stove No. 92 or 95?
I'll be using Coleman white gas, or naptha for both the Primus and Svea
Did you mean Octane Rating? Don't use automotive pump gas in these stoves. 90 years ago cars ran on unadulterated Naptha. Which is what Coleman fuel still is. The performance and environmental additives they now put in auto gas are harmful to human health and will gum up the stove works. Coleman is about 85 octane IIRC.