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Originally Posted by postino
That is way cool!!! 
Does it use gasoline for fuel??? Or is it multi-fuel???
Can you estimate its age???
It looks much larger than it is...Can you give some approximate dimensions??? |
Postino, it recommends white fuel but also uses lead gasoline. A gentlemen inquired about the stove and stated that he uses unleaded gas in his.
Measurements are approximately 8 3/4 in high and 4 1/4 in in diameter.
This stove was made in 1946 as it is stamped B46 there are also A46 stamped stoves too. I read somewhere that they had estimated that the A46 stove was made between Jan. to June of 1946 not sure if that is correct.
The Coleman 530 was the predecessor of the 520 which was a U.S. Military contracted stove made only for military sales from 41 to 46 I believe, may even have been made through 1947. The 530 stove was made for commercial sale for two years 1946 and 1947. It was called the G.I. pocket stove as a sales gimmick and was targeted toward returning vets of WWII as the stove operate similarly to the 520. The 530 was never under military contract but the military did buy the 530 from Coleman.
