Hello, Camping in the 50s through the late 60s was always a fun thing to do, with friends or family. But the countless hours after breakfast, lunches or dinners always involved two major things, a liquid gas filled tank, green, Coleman stove and the hour or so cleaning up the leftovers after each meal. The one thing we remember is the small tank sitting in front of the Green Coleman Stove. It had a small pump that looked similar in function to the old Moon Gas Tanks with a pump. The purpose being sending pressure to make the gas go into the burner section in this case. It is a wonder there were not more explosions and/or huge table top fires after or during the cooking process. The tank was no more than inches away from the burning flames. Only a thin wall green metal casing of the outside unit was the separating factor. Sometimes after a long water cook/boil or pan frying session, the green wall was rather warm and we always told our son not to touch or get near the green surface. If we were leaving one campsite for another, we had to let the Green Coleman Stove cool down to the touch to store it away in the trunk or rear part of the station wagon. It was too hot after cooking a breakfast meal. Jnaki Luckily, we used the old Green Coleman Stove safely and someone was looking out for us. We never got burned or had an explosion. By the time we took our last camping trips up the Westcoast of California, we had a nice sealed, waterproof Dome Tent, a new Coleman Stove that had gas cannisters instead of liquid gas sloshing around. It was somewhat safer, as a designer made a hose fitting to make the cannisters sit farther away from the actual stove and cooking heat. Progress…
I still have my green Coleman stove and two gas lanterns. I never had any issues with them. The parts that got very hot were the grill and the lantern lenses. I wouldn’t hesitate to use either of them. One friend claimed that you never clean the stove or won’t work right afterwards. I proved him wrong and kept mine clean.
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