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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GeneW" data-source="post: 3858426" data-attributes="member: 27284">I was working a summer job during College at the Montgomery Wards store (remember them?) at Penn Square Mall (back when it was an open air mall, not enclosed) back in 1977 and purchased a 3 burner gas Coleman stove and a 2-silk Coleman gas lantern.  I still have them.   They work just fine, and I think they're better than the cheap flimsy Coleman Propane 2 burner stove I bought 2 years ago (just to have a propane option).   I started out in the Sporting Goods department (loved it, was a lot of fun and I loved the camping and fishing stuff).I also had one of those old Coleman Heater stoves, the round one, there is one pictured about a page back or so.  It never worked well and I finally sold it.I think it's fun to restore the old Coleman stoves and lanterns.   I try to buy them during the spring and summer garage sales and stash them until winter.  When the winters are cold and crappy this is the time I like to heat up my garage and spend pleasant time restoring and refurbishing the old ones.There just isn't anything like the HISS of them running for you.  Love that.There are just tons and tons of YouTube vides on restoring/refurbishing the old Coleman stuff (beware there are some idiots and fools that are totally wrong on their videos, you learn to ignore and skip to the next ones).</blockquote>