Links

 

CLUBS  &  ORGANIZATIONS

The International Coleman Collectors Club (ICCC) has a website with members information and pages, old Coleman paper, convention news, etc. If you collect Coleman, this organization is a must! The new 400 page Guide to Vintage Coleman Products 1900-1983 is now available, Click on one of the links at the bottom of the linked page.

USEFUL  RESOURCES

Neil McRae’s Pressure Lamp Catalog (PLC) is a must-have reference for liquid fuel lighting appliances made by manufacturers all over the world. In addition to line item entries on each appliance known there are many illustrations to help with identifications and company histories.

It is with great sadness that we tell you that Neil died on February 20, 2025. There is a plan for other collectors to continue Neil’s catalog. We will post that information when it becomes available.

FORUMS

The following sites are where you can ask questions:

Classic Camp Stoves (CCS) website is a treasure house of information on stoves – catalogues, instruction sheets, Primus product date codes and stove company histories.

Classic Pressure Lamps & Heaters (CPL) is a website with a large membership and a treasure house of information on pressure lamps, lanterns and heaters and is the sister site to Classic Camp Stoves website above.

The Coleman Collectors Forum (CCF) is a popular website where you can post questions and find answers to questions about Coleman gas pressure appliances.

Gérard Métron has a fine website of gas and kerosene pressure lighting in his collection as well as that of several friends plus a forum for discussion of gas pressure lighting topics. The French website can be quickly translated to a variety of languages using Google translator on the main page.

Visit the Stuga-Cabana Petroleum Forum website hosted by Jürgen Breidenstein for questions and answers on all kinds of pressure lamps in Europe. You can also find current gas lighting and stove products for sale on the linked pages of Stuga-Cabana.

COLLECTIONS  &  COMPANY INFORMATION

Frank Bebb has recreated the Old Town Coleman Center website that he first had online 19 years ago. It includes information to rebuild and troubleshoot lamps, lanterns, and stoves as well as explaining how they work, user manuals, and parts diagrams. There is also a safety section and much more.

Don Colston is creating a website devoted to hollow wire lighting. Don invites others to send him images of their hollow wire lighting to add to the website.

Roland Dworschak has a growing website in Austria of pressure and non-pressure lighting and heating appliances with detailed images.

Monsieur Ara’s (Kebapcioglu) Lights of the Past website has a wide variety of lighting through the 19th century including pressure lighting. Follow the links to Flames. Languages on the website are English, French, German, & Turkish. Of special interest is a page on Tito Landi lighting; look for the link in the section on Lamps for gasoline, spirit, etc.

Erik Leger has a website in German that focuses on Continental Licht products but also has other European gas pressure appliances.

Herman Mulder has a homepage that includes his collection of lamps and stoves. The page is linked to the Dutch version but by using the three dots option and choosing translate an English read is possible.

Erwin Schaefer in Germany has a website that includes his lantern collecting hobby. His collection includes both European and North American lantern and lamp models.

Another interesting German website is Torsten Scherning’s. His site includes gas pressure lighting and heating appliances.

Yoshihiro Sugimoto’s website is aimed at Japanese collectors But has excellent images and details on Coleman pressure appliances.

Juan Manuel Lopez Vallina has a blog here where you can learn more about the Focus brand by Padros & Soler Ltd., Badalona, Spain, and the variety of their liquid fuel pressure products. His blog also has a page on Petromax. He has plans to expand to other brands from Spain and elsewhere.

PARTS  &  TOOLS

The Base Camp, a UK supplier of lamps, heaters, stoves plus spare parts for them has an excellent website that includes instructions for lighting Tilleys and Vapalux lamps, exploded views, books and manuals for sale, etc. for products generally available in the UK.

Rob Butts is reproducing mica chimneys/globes for a variety of manufacturers’ lanterns and lamps. You can contact him for details and prices via e-mail or phone: (231) 360-5349.

 

The Old Coleman Parts website has many Coleman parts for sale and parts diagrams for a variety of Coleman products.

Visit Woody and Dawn Kirkman’s website for “…the Most Complete Source for Dietz hurricane kerosene lanterns, Oil Lamps and Tubular Lantern Parts in the World!”

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