Optimus No96 Bargain found!

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towim

Member
Dec 5, 2007
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West Wales
Went to my local antiques dealer today and he knows I like old lamps and camping stoves... This is what he offered me for £4 so I royally paid and left sharpish! :cool:
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Little bit of polishing and a couple of new parts and it will be a great addition to my polish lavvu!
 

R.Lewis

Full Member
Aug 23, 2009
1,098
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Cambs
That truly is a bargain. Got one of these meself that I need to get working, used to belong to my Grandad so kinda special to me. Need new burner jet and some seals....
 

fred gordon

Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Mar 8, 2006
2,099
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Aberdeenshire
:)Very nice indeed. I have one of these bit its tin is missing. I used it for many years when I was in Mountain Rescue. You are right it is a bargain! Lets see it when its polished up and working. I just love the sound they make. Ah happy memories!:)
 

m.durston

Full Member
Jun 15, 2005
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st albans
that reminds me i need to order some new graphite packing for my optimus 111T! rebuilding something like that and having it fire up is a great feeling :) yer lucky bugger lol
 

QDanT

Settler
Mar 16, 2006
933
5
Yorkshire England
Hi Towim, great find I've the same model and the newer version which has pressed steel flame spreader I think the older one is far better made. Any way the jet size is 9 thousandths of an inch. If you go to a shop that sells guitar strings they are sold by the gauge thickness not the musical note which I think for 9 thousandths is E ? you’ll get about three feet of wire for about 80p ? keep you in prickers for life.
cheers Danny
 

bilmo-p5

Bushcrafter through and through
Jul 5, 2010
8,168
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west yorkshire
Nice stove and certainly a bargain buy but if you take it camping remember there's a lot of bits to it which are easy to lose and may not be as easy or cheap to replace.
 

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