Nice restoration, great work.
Nice!
We get a few resto type reality shows over here - wonder if we’ll soon see “American Lanterns” 
That looks awesome! Light it up please! I want to see how it works. :bigsmile:
Coin Collection Family forum??
Great restoration! That 'Benz-O-matic' lantern in the background of the first pic looks very interesting also (nice basic shape, I like that, and a great brand name!)
EDIT: a google search revealed that it is actually BernzOmatic and that the brand is still alive and very common on the other side of the ocean :-)
You have done an orsm job on the restoration. Thanks for showing us something that was once junk turned into an as new lantern.
now fill that shiny base with 18650 cells and put some XHP70 in it and light the skys
That’s pretty awesome, DBSAR.
Wow! :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes: :heart_eyes:
So shiny-perty! I wants one!
BTW, still loving the steam-pipe light in your avatar. That is one cool tool. If you ever need to find it a new home… :bigsmile:
such a fine job 
You must have travelled back in time to ’62, bought the lantern and came back.
Awesome job.
CCF is ” Coleman Collectors Forum ” 
The BernzOmatic is one of the first propane-powered dual-beam lanterns ever built in the 50s & 60s.
It too is currently under a complete restoration. and will post it soon.
I also have the first consumer propane portable lantern model, its the one in the photo below along with the matching BernzOmatic stove from the same era. (1940’s)
Both i restored last year.)
lol if it was only that easy i would be rich now.
Looks like that Propane can is old, too. What would happen if you installed a can of MAP gas in one of those instead of the Propane can it was made for? J)
This looks like new, never thought that the result could be so perfect after seeing this bashed up before picture…
Nice work! I have used kerosene pressure lanterns and stoves but never dared gasoline.
Great job with the ol Major, DBSAR! Your lantern shelves look as busy as mine. :bigsmile: Here’s a few of my 237 restorations helping to heat the house during winter.
Wow nice video of the 237s! that must be radiating a ton of heat there. Great to see another avid “lantern” collector here too. (I’m surprised your not a member of the CCF forums.)
Thanks for the insightful video. You must have your favorite tint in all these lights as they appeared to be all the same. Love your restoration skills.
Thanks! I probably have over 200 lanterns. You know how it is… anything to do with creating light. lol It looks like you’ve indulged quite heavily as well. :bigsmile: Most of my rare lantern restorations are sold to Japanese collectors who pay top dollar for prime examples.
Ive been a CPF member for several years. After many of my detailed how-to pictorials kept disappearing to make space on Mikes old system (while other ridiculous posts remained - created by a certain dictatorial overzealous admin) I stopped contributing. Its too bad, because many of the most knowledgeable and respected members also left for similar reasons.
Not to fear because everyone seems to have reunited at “Antique & Vintage Coleman Lantern & Stove Collectors” on facebook.
Redirecting... I hope you’ll join us.
Im glad you enjoyed it. The cam sensor easily gets pegged from all the lumens and doesnt do a very good job at reproducing the color temp and CRI. I had to under-pressure the lanterns for the vid shot. The mantles are thorium coated and burn at around 5k and probably 98-100 CRI on my home-brew fuel mixtures. If you enjoy large amounts of omnidirectional outdoor lighting, tinkering and a sense of averting an explosion or setting yourself on fire, then buy an old lantern and enjoy. They are a ton of fun!
200 lanterns! nice. i have roughly only 15 - 16 in my Gas lantern collection so far.
Are you on the CCF ( Coleman Collectors Forum?