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G.R. Patterson III wrote :
I've been running my 1940 Ford on the same tank for three years now (obviously I don't take it anywhere -- just run the engine a while). You've been fortunate to get a tank of extremely stable gasoline. Over the last few decades, I've stored a number of motorcycles in my garage for varying periods. I found that autogas would start to smell funny after a year. After 2 years, it transformed itself into something that looked and smelled exactly like turpentine. Needless to say, by the time the fuel got to that point, the carburetor jets were hopelessly clogged with a nasty gummy substance. If you use a gasoline stabilizer like Sta-bil, auto gas can last quite a bit longer. Fuel makers recognize that planes may go awhile on the same tank of gas, so they formulate avgas accordingly. Last time I checked, Chevron and BP both said their avgas would be fine after a year. John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180) |
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George, were you in a rural area? Most states dyed their "farm" gas a color so it
would be obvious if folks were using farm gas in their cars. Hence car gas was "white", but that wasn't the White Gas they sold for Coleman stoves. Margy "G.R. Patterson III" wrote: Matt Whiting wrote: I won't dispute that, but still doesn't make it so. I can call a Ford a Chevy also, but it doesn't make it so. Your opinion, but mine is that better than half a century of common usage *does* make it so. White gas is unleaded car gas. George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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Margy Natalie wrote: George, were you in a rural area? Yes. George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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Margy Natalie wrote: Hence car gas was "white", but that wasn't the White Gas they sold for Coleman stoves. Actually, car gas was a yellow or amber color (I suppose from the lead). Only Amoco sold unleaded in the fifties, so that's where we went to fill up the Coleman lantern. George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:
Margy Natalie wrote: Hence car gas was "white", but that wasn't the White Gas they sold for Coleman stoves. Actually, car gas was a yellow or amber color (I suppose from the lead). Only Amoco sold unleaded in the fifties, so that's where we went to fill up the Coleman lantern. What did you call the real white gas that Coleman and others sell for lanterns and stoves? Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote: What did you call the real white gas that Coleman and others sell for lanterns and stoves? As far as I know, they didn't sell that in the 50s. I never saw "Coleman Fuel" until the mid-70s. George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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G.R. Patterson III wrote:
Matt Whiting wrote: What did you call the real white gas that Coleman and others sell for lanterns and stoves? As far as I know, they didn't sell that in the 50s. I never saw "Coleman Fuel" until the mid-70s. I'm pretty sure it was availabe in the late 60s, but my memory doesn't go back any farther than that! I've been searching around trying to find the history of Coleman fuel, aka "white gas", but no luck yet. Matt |
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Matt Whiting wrote: G.R. Patterson III wrote: Matt Whiting wrote: What did you call the real white gas that Coleman and others sell for lanterns and stoves? As far as I know, they didn't sell that in the 50s. I never saw "Coleman Fuel" until the mid-70s. I'm pretty sure it was availabe in the late 60s, but my memory doesn't go back any farther than that! I've been searching around trying to find the history of Coleman fuel, aka "white gas", but no luck yet. Matt The Coleman web site claims they've been making gas lanterns for over 100 years. Is Coleman fuel anything other than gasoline without the additives added to motor fuel? |
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Roy Smith wrote:
In article , Matt Whiting wrote: G.R. Patterson III wrote: Matt Whiting wrote: What did you call the real white gas that Coleman and others sell for lanterns and stoves? As far as I know, they didn't sell that in the 50s. I never saw "Coleman Fuel" until the mid-70s. I'm pretty sure it was availabe in the late 60s, but my memory doesn't go back any farther than that! I've been searching around trying to find the history of Coleman fuel, aka "white gas", but no luck yet. Matt The Coleman web site claims they've been making gas lanterns for over 100 years. Is Coleman fuel anything other than gasoline without the additives added to motor fuel? Its basically naptha. -- Jim Pennino Remove -spam-sux to reply. |
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Matt Whiting wrote: I'm pretty sure it was availabe in the late 60s, but my memory doesn't go back any farther than that! I've been searching around trying to find the history of Coleman fuel, aka "white gas", but no luck yet. Just read a can of it at a sporting goods shop tonight. The words "white gas" do not occurr anywhere on the package. It's called "fuel/combustible". Interesting enough the label says it's intended to be used in lanterns and appliances that "burn unleaded gasoline." George Patterson The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise. |
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