Most were recalled and replaced by the company.
Prepo stove fuel generator#
Don Ostby, whose collection this is in, believes this is the last Coleman 3 burner model with a towel rack, evenly split grates, and retracting leg assemblies.Ĭoleman’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. This Model 426C is not date stamped but the instruction booklet is dated September 1961. The grate on the last to be manufactured 500A’s had the legs bent over and spot welded to the frame base plate. This stove, in Glenn Knapke’s collection, has a steel fount and is dated June 1961. The Coleman 500A differed from the 500 noticeably in the round wire grate, rather than scalloped, and a large filler cap offset only 45 degrees from the pump. The paperwork with this one dates to 1961 the last year of production of the 413E model. It may be that the leg adjustments, when there were three slots, led to too many pinched fingers, according to John. This last/sixth version of Model 413E, also in John Stendahl’s collection, differs from the previous version above in having a single slot for the legs to be set in the front and back sides of the case.
The tank is now red painted steel, not finished in bronze lacquer. In this version there is a wire spot welded to the grate to hold the fuel cap (and tank) steady when it is in the case. This fifth undated 413E version is in Suzanne Kennison’s collection. Bill Sheehy restored this stove, that was in his brother-in-law’s family, and presented it to their daughter and husband when they got married. John Stendahl notes that Coleman advertised the stove with this feature in 1960 and believes this dates this stove and the 413E versions that follow to 1960-61 after which the stove was replaced by the 413F.
This makes it possible to level the stove on an uneven surface. This version of the 413E came out in 1958.Ī fourth version of model 413E now has three slots to set the four legs’ heights, rather than a single slot as before.
Prepo stove fuel series#
It differs from the second in the series in having the tank painted red. John Stendahl places this stove in the third position in the 413E series. This version is the same as the one above but also has a wire spot welded to the grate to hold the generator (and tank) in place when stored. This appears to be a second version of the 413Es, according to the owner, John Stendahl. The tank is still copper painted but is now seamed around the middle and made from two pressed pieces of steel. John Stendahl, whose collection this is in, believes this is the earliest version of the 413E’s. John Stendahl, whose collection this is in, notes that models with small cases are the most likely to have scorch marks on the cases from large pots or pans and high flames.Ĭoleman records indicate that they made their Model 413E stove from 1954 through 1961.
The same change to a red finish in 1958 was made to the third version of Model 413E (below) and to 426B (above). In the 1958 model year, Coleman changed the 425B tank finish from bronze lacquer to red paint. The strap legs are retracted in this image. This 3 burner stove is in John Stendahl’s collection. This Coleman Model 426B unfired stove is undated but the Wichita newspapers used in the packing are dated May, 1957. The stove is model 523 and is dated 1956. Fred Kuntz got this unit with the original box and crate (not shown) and stamped #40 of 114. This is a Coleman surgical instrument sterilizer, first made available during the Korean War. The two piece steel tank on the later version was finished in red (see below). This stove, in Greg Rubin’s collection, is unfired.
This early Model 425B, circa 1954, has a welded two piece tank finished in bronze lacquer.
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