Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **rainjer** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:01 pm

My 1956 500A came today. I added some fuel and it lit right up. It will need some TLC before I am done with it. I am going to paint it blue & black and put a custom burner grate on it. More pictures to follow.

Jeremy

by **doug hodder** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:20 pm

Good deal Jeremy...interesting to see how the grates changed from 51 -56. Doug

by **rainjer** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 9:54 pm

Well it is already in pieces and paint is dying. It came apart real easy. I need to get some carb. cleaner to clean the generator and some more blue paint tomorrow.

Jeremy

by **Mark72** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:08 pm

Man that was Quick! I wish I could make that kind of progress on my stoves and lanterns! I do have a boatload of parts coming from old town that should be here next week. That should help!

Mark

by **Micro469** » Tue Jan 20, 2009 10:19 pm

Man, that grate looks mangled......did they drop it or is that from excessive heat?????

:thinking:

by **rainjer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:23 am

75% done. I still need to clean the the generator, add the decal and make the new burner plate.

This will be the new burner plate: (or something like it)

Jeremy

by **rainjer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:32 am

Micro469 wrote:Man, that grate looks mangled......did they drop it or is that from excessive heat?????

I believe that is one of the reason I was able to get it so cheap. I plan on making my own burner grate for it so it did not matter to me.

Jeremy

by **apratt** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:24 pm

I beleive the indentation in the grate is to allow room for the funnel to pour fuel into the tank. I could be wrong.

by **rainjer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 1:00 pm

apratt wrote:I beleive the indentation in the grate is to allow room for the funnel to pour fuel into the tank. I could be wrong.

Saddly, no. This grate should be round both on the inner & outer ring. I tried to straighten it last night but without a lot of heat, it's not happening.

Jeremy

by **Classic Finn** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:32 pm

Jeremy cant remember if I asked or not but what paint does one look for if repainting a stove or lantern?

Heikki

by **rainjer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 7:44 pm

It depends on the color you need. The blue is Dupli-color automotive engine paint & the black is Rustoleum paint. The silver is a Dupli-color high-temp paint. The red & green I use is Krylon. All of them a aerosol spray paint.

Jeremy

by **rainjer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 9:38 pm

Here are the kids all together.

Jeremy

by **Micro469** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 10:54 pm

Where'd you get the decals???? :thinking:

by **rainjer** » Wed Jan 21, 2009 11:03 pm

I ordered them from Fred Kuntz.

http://www.mikenchell.com/images/Fred_Kuntz_Catalog.pdf

Here is another source for older Coleman & non-Coleman stuff.

http://www.gaspressuredecalsandlabels.com/

Jeremy

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