Vintage Gear

  I started camping in a tent with my parents in 1960 when I was 10 .  Later, my parents had a pop up for our family of 4.  I will never forget a trip to Florida in 1966 with the pop up because I had just turned 16 and my dad let me drive and tow the pop up on that trip.  That really made me feel good. so, I guess I can honestly say that I have been towing a camper since 1966-50 years this summer!!
Vann

This was my first camping stove which I carried backpacking through the northern U.S.A. and northern Canadian some 50 years ago. 

Cool stuff! Does it still work?

I have an original Peak 1, before multi fuel and all that, a straight Peak 1 Backpacking stove. I still use it from time to time. Hundreds of tanks of fuel through it, rebuilt the pump once, a decade ago or so. We also own a 425B two burner.. pretty old. My grandfather bought it new the year I was born..

Originally posted by ronahue It's sad all my old Coleman products are great "works good last a long time". The new items I have bought are junk. I still have forty year old Coleman lanterns and a 2 burner stove that have been used hundreds of times and still work great. I bought a portable grill last year that doesn't heat evenly is impossible to clean and has sharp edges that I have cut myself in several times. JUNK!!

I, just a few minutes ago, returned from Walmart and purchased a new Coleman grill/stove.

Coleman grill/stove

I hope it will work out fine but, I can tell it is not of the quality of the old stuff. I don't think Coleman even made it. I recall seeing a "Sunbeam" sticker on it somewhere. I'll look more closely at it this weekend.