Coleman stoves post-1945
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This single burner "GI
pocket stove," Coleman Model 530 is dated A 46
which we interpret to be
January-June, 1946.
It has a nickel plated
fount, stainless steel top and aluminum pots/carrying case.
The fuel funnel is attached
as on the military version above.
The wrench serves as a
pot handle for either pot; the pots form covers for the stove.
The burners on this model
and the earlier WWII 520 are also of the "roarer" type.
Coleman made two versions
of this marine/trailer stove:
Model 345 burned kerosene
and Model 348 burned alcohol.
This Model 348, undated,
is in Carl Tucker's collection.
The stove on the left was
placed on the grate for the photo.
Note the walls are higher
than the grates
to keep objects being heated
on the stove top.
Model 413C was manufactured
by Coleman in the late 1940's.
This stove is in Brien
Page's collection.
Note the flat bar on the
cover which can be turned over the top
to serve as a towel rack.
Michael Malone notes it
can also be used to support the lid
in a level position to
provide a table surface.


Coleman in Wichita made the popular 425 series beginning in the late 1940's.
These Model 425 (left) and 425B (right) stoves
are undated but were made after Aug., 1951
based on the Coleman decals inside the top lids.
These stoves are in Suzanne Kennison's collection.
This Model 411 Coleman
stove
appears to have been made
later than the 413C above.
It was made by Coleman
in Canada
and is in Mike Baker's
collection.

Above are two versions
of the Model 404 "Bushman" stove, which was made in Australia
by arrangement with "The
Coleman Lamp and Stove Company Ltd. of Canada."
The card inside the lid
of the stove on the left has a printing date of June, 1954;
it appears to be a functional
model for display and has not been fired.
The paint on these two
stoves, in David Moody's collection, is original.
This is a Coleman surgical
instrument sterilizer.
Fred Kuntz got this unit
with the original box and crate
(not shown) and stamped
#40 of 114.
The stove is model 523
and is dated 1956.

After WWII the Coleman
Speedmaster, Model 500 stove
was made with a nickel
plated brass fount (left, dated 1949 A)
and later it was green
painted brass (right, dated 1951 B).
Both stoves have been restored
and operate.
The Coleman 500A differed
from the 500 noticeably
in the round wire grate,
rather than scalloped.
This stove, in Fred Kuntz's
collection,
has a steel fount and is
dated Jan 1957.
The Drum Heater, No. 5050,
was made by
the Kamp-Site Products
Co., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Coleman's Model 501 stove
was only on the market
for a couple of months
before it was recalled
due to problems with the
circular generator
which didn't vaporize fuel
properly.
Most were recalled and
replaced by the company.
This one, dated June '62,
is in Jerry Engbring's collection.


Coleman redesigned the 501 stove as Model 501A
and changed the fuel flow so fuel now went first to the shut-off valve then the generator.
This 501A stove (left), in John Morris's collection, is date stamped Aug. 1962.
You can see a new instruction label over the earlier 501 label.
The heat drum, also in John's collection, only fits the 501/501A stoves
as it lacks the cut-out for the burner on Model 502.
Coleman made the 413F two
burner stove from 1961 to 1964.
This like-new 413F, in
Brooks Wilson's collection,
came with the original
paperwork
which includes a Feb '63
date code.
Model 442A has an aluminum
case
with red painted steel
fount;
the windscreens are red
painted aluminum.
This stove, in Glenn Knapke's
collection,
has a date code for January,
1964 on the tabs
that hold the fount on
the case.
This Coleman 425E two burner
stove is date stamped September, 1969
on the tabs that hold the
fount on the case of the stove.
Brien Page got the stove
with the shields that you see in the front and two sides of the case.
The shields were possibly
made by Ato-Mac Industries Inc., Cleveland, Ohio,
that also made the Sparky
lantern and stove lighters.
This Model 500A stove made
by Coleman Canada
can only be identified
as this model by an A stamped on the box in black ink after the model number.
The stove itself can only
be dated by the accompanying instruction sheet.
This stove, in Matthew
Reid's collection, also differs from the earlier 500
in having a green painted
brass fount and filler cap,
and the burner casting
is not open between the upper and lower tubes.
Coleman in Toronto, Canada,
made this Speedmaster Model 500B
stove, dated Jan, 1972,
seen here running.
It differs from the Model
500 stoves above in having
a steel fount, and one
piece, large
fuel filler cap.
I repainted the burner
and grate with high temperature paint.
Coleman stove Model 502
is common as a used model in the US.
This one, dated May, 1972,
was only used a few times
and came with the original
box and papers.
The ribs on the collar
match the ribs on the base rests
of Coleman lantern models
220F and 228F,
from this same period.
The Model 425 series stoves
were made by Coleman for several decades beginning in the 1940's.
This Model 425E, in Monte
Dodge's collection, is dated July, 1973
on the tabs that hold the
fount on the case.
Patented in 1976, this
cook top was made by Campro Inc.
"Cooks free! Right on top
of the world's most popular lantern!"
Images on the box show
cooking eggs in a small frying pan
and making coffee.
The notch at the top accommodates
the handle of a small frying pan.
This cook top is in Brien
Page's collection.
Canadian Pocket II stove
Model 505 came in a storage tin
which in turn was held
in a leatherette case with a snap lid and belt loop.
This stove, in Jim Hogg's
collection, is date stamped January, 1977.
Two-burner Model 424 is
a dual fuel model
(unleaded gasoline or white
gas/Coleman fuel)
but the generator life
is longer with only the latter fuel.
This model was sold by
Coleman in Canada.
This stove is in Mike Baker's
collection.
Another Coleman stove in
Mike Baker's collection
is this three-burner Model
46D.
This Model 413H stove,
in Brien Page's collection, is dated Oct. 1986.
Coleman Model 508 (left)
date stamped Dec. 1985 and 508A (right) date stamped Nov. 1995
differ primarily in the
pump design and the tip cleaner location.
Model 508 has a separate
tip cleaner lever (black tipped lever)
while Model 508A has that
feature built into the on-off lever.
Model 508A also has the
newer style pump assembly
that requires a special
4-pronged tool to remove.
Coleman made this Classic
single burner camp stove,
Model 502A740J, for the
Japanese market.
This stove, in Dean DeGroff's
collection,
has never been used, includes
the box and papers (not shown),
and is dated September
'95.
Coleman made this 100 year
Centennial Commemorative stove
for the Japanese market
and included a soft carrying case.
Chrome-plated steel, each
stove is individually numbered
on the plate on the fount.
This one is dated March
2001
and is in Jerry Engbring's
collection.