''Neverout'' Oil Lamps for the WWI Columbia and Great Western Military Bicycle

[hoofhearted]

Purchased this pair NOS Neverout Oil Lamps for the Columbia
and Great Western WWI Military Bicycles.

The Harley-Davidson and Davis-Dayton would not be fitted
with these olive-drab specimens, as their models are painted
black ... perhaps Brewster-Green.

One of the biggest mysteries regarding the Neverout Military
oil (kerosene) lamps .... for me .... is in the stamping of the
U.S.A. marking.

Never mind that any ''U.S.A.''- stamped, Neverout lamp is made
out of impossibilium ...... the lamps that are stamped with the
''U.S.A.'' appearing below the surface of the oil-tank, holding-
area are made of unobtainium .......

Having seen ONLY ONE of these stamped below the surface
lamps ... I wondered if it was a counterfeit lamp-stamping.

But when I saw this pair of ''U.S.A.'' specimens ... each exhibit-
ing a different stamping of the same information ... well, it was
like Stormy Daniels fluttering her eyelashes at me in the produce
section of Walmart .....

The mystery, however, still continues in a slightly different tangent.
Which came first ... the chicken .. or, the chicken sammich ?

..... patric

Below the Surface stamping ... first one I'd ever seen .............

 

[Mercian]

Hi Patric,

Congratulations, my search continues...

The October 1918 dated handbook is especially nice, and must be nearly unique.

I'm fairly certain that the first lamp is not pressed below the surface of the tank, but is pressed out like the two you've just bought. II thought the same as you when I first saw it, but then came to the conclusion it was an optical illusion due to the dark wear on the plating on the high points of the USA giving the impression of shadow. I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time...

Best Regards,

Adrian

 

[hoofhearted]

Hi Patric,

Congratulations, my search continues...

The October 1918 dated handbook is especially nice, and must be nearly unique.

I'm fairly certain that the first lamp is not pressed below the surface of the tank, but is pressed out like the two you've just bought. I thought the same as you when I first saw it, but then came to the conclusion it was an optical illusion due to the dark wear on the plating on the high points of the USA giving the impression of shadow. I could be wrong, it wouldn't be the first time...

Best Regards,

Adrian

Adrian ... each of these lamps has a stamping
technology that is different from one-another.

The lamp on the left (second foto) features the
''pressed-out'' stamping.

The lamp on the right is a ''below the surface''
stamping. Both lamps are in original, but not
exactingly-matched WWI olive-drab paint.

Some, but not all, paint has fallen away in the
past 100 years.

Good to hear from you -- Adrian !!

..... patric

 

[hoofhearted]

Adrian ... you may have something with that optical illusion stuff .......

 

[2jakes]

 

[2jakes]

MOTORCYCLE ILLUSTRATED JULY 1, 1909

 

[Bozman]

MOTORCYCLE ILLUSTRATED JULY 1, 1909
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My question is did the WWI military bike have this motorcycle clamp or the bicycle clamp?

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[2jakes]

My question is did the WWI military bike have this motorcycle clamp or the bicycle clamp?

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Found this ad from 1913 regarding this particular lamp with the dual clamps by Neverout which was offered
in addition to a gas headlight for civilian motorcycles.
Whether the WWI military bike have this motorcycle clamp, I don't know.

 

[hoofhearted]

For CABE member ... Bozman ......

 

[Bozman]

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It will be interesting to test my Neverout with Kerosene and see how hot it gets. I wonder if it would blister modern OD paint.

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