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Old December 20th 04, 09:23 PM
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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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Old December 22nd 04, 12:59 AM
Margy Natalie
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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
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Old December 22nd 04, 03:32 AM
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Margy Natalie wrote:

George, were you in a rural area?


Yes.

George Patterson
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Old December 22nd 04, 03:34 AM
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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
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Old December 22nd 04, 01:34 PM
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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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Old December 23rd 04, 01:09 AM
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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
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Old December 23rd 04, 01:31 AM
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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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Old December 23rd 04, 02:08 AM
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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?
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Old December 23rd 04, 03:02 AM
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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.

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Jim Pennino

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Old December 23rd 04, 06:02 AM
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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
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