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

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I think I have a Neverout lamp addiction. I was able to find several lamps that where boken or missing parts and I'm going to use them to build out complete USA stamped lamps. I have lucked out and found an unissued WWI OD painted lamp. It still has the instructions in it dated from 1918. The top was missing but I was able to paint a spare part top and age it to match the existing paint. I also came across both original black and OD painted lamps with worn paint. View attachment 872435View attachment 872436View attachment 872437View attachment 872438View attachment 872439View attachment 872440View attachment 872441View attachment 872442View attachment 872443

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no wonder I caint find one....
 
When these were mounted to a military bicycle, were they left brass or were they painted? OD, black, etc?
 
Thought You'ld Like To Know ......

Here's one ... appears NOS ... with heavy-duty
bicycle / motorcycle clamp .....

Ebay Auction... priced @ $9.95 plus $19.95 shipping ...
no bids for several hours.


Contacted seller ... offered $300,00 plus $20 (VISA).
Seller did not respond.


Once the bidding started ... decided to back off on a bid.
I need another one of these like I need a side-car for a
wheelchair.


The bracket really did excite me, 'tho ... as did the raised
U.S.A. on the lamp.


My lesson ... Can I Learn To Be Happy With What I've Got ?

Having OCD since 1947 ... I wanted to kick myself for not
bidding. But there comes a time .. when an old pirate like
me realizes that I will never build more than one Davis-Built
H-D Military Model.


I committed to the choice to Back-Off.

Watched that auction like Kim Jong Un perusing Craig's List ...
lookin'' for a real Betty to love him long time.


Still committed ... watched the auction play-out to the end.

$262.00 plus post of $19.95. Twenty-some bids .. 9 Bidders.
Not posting I.D. Numbers ... but I will tell you this ... for one
reason or another .. the unit was posted at the very end of a
long run of these lamps .. in every condition imaginable ......
(none with the U.S.A.) ... and get this - it also followed every Never-
out Lamp Advertizement or piece of printed literature that was
available (about these lamps) in the auctions on Ebay .. at the time.


I NEVER look to see what is available in ads or lit. 'Cept this once.

I believe if the auction was located above the paper items .. among
the metal relics .. well .. it may have brought better money.


Still have Three-Hundred Plus Simoleons ... and my bride is still
the Betty I married nearly fifty years ago.


..... patric


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Hi Patric & C°.

I will admit to being the underbidder here. )-:

I would have bid more, but the postage to Europe (plus importation tax) is substantially more than internal shipping in the US, which tends to moderate my bids somewhat. Anyway, I was off by a reasonable amount, since the buyer had upped his bid three times before my final shot, and I didn't exceed even the lowest of those bids.

Plus, I only really need the bracket. (Well, I don't 'need' anything, it's a nice to have), which also tempers the bidding.

I was leaving it a short while before putting up the same bracket/lamp shots, in case the buyer was on here. I notice the final buyer has previously bought vintage motorcycle parts, so I guess it may be destined for that?

The ID numbers for bidders are randomly allocated to each auction to prevent bidder identification. In the past, bidder's full names were used, so you could see who you were bidding against.

I was surprised by the number of individual bidders, although once we got into three figures, most dropped away.

Until the next time,

Best Regards,

Adrian

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Like Patrick I'm drawn to these lamps like a moth to a kerosene lamp flame! I did not bid on this beauty and I'm glad I didn't see it........I've picked up a quite few over the past few years. They range from NOS, to used gently, to battlefield hardened, to parts only.

I took my 1918 Columbia Military Model out the other night and drove around the neighborhood with the Neverout as my light. They throw off a surprising amount of light when you put a new wick in them.
 
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