Coleman mod. 532 stove

[greybrick]

Here's a photo review showing usage of an uncommon Coleman 2 burner Military Vehicular model no. 532 stove that I've been cooking on outdoors for a few years, this one's from 1944 but I've read that these stoves were made until about the 1980's. The AGM (American Gas Machine) company built an identical unit during WW2 which uses the same parts as the Coleman and although neither were sold for civilian use both show up on ebay and in surplus stores occasionally. In some cases an identical stove designated as the Model 532-MD burner is seen which was used in field hospitals for sterilizing medical equipment. What I like about these stoves is that they burn Coleman fuel or vehicle gasoline equally well without the generator plugging up, are a lot more compact and better built than Coleman camping models, will hold 2 full sized 12" cooking pots, pans or a large griddle with ease and can be field serviced or repaired with simple hand tools in a few minutes.

Stove in aluminum 16" x 9" x 4.5" carrying case / container for heating water, weight about 10 lbs with fuel.

Stove in case with lid removed.

Stove removed from carrying case.

Stove with supports extended.

Stove ready to heat water in carrying case.

Stove with 2 gallon pot and 12" frying pan ready to cook a meal.

 

[Mike S]

I love that old stuff. Made in America sixty to seventy years ago and still going strong. Cool stove. Ship it to me, and I will take it camping... :elkgrin:

 

[greybrick]

I love that old stuff. Made in America sixty to seventy years ago and still going strong. Cool stove. Ship it to me, and I will take it camping... :elkgrin:

Me too, I like some of the old Canadian and US built Coleman gear from about the 30's through to about the end of 50's, often well designed with no extra frills and having a bonus of being field repairable. This stove isn't for sale as it's still in service but you should have enough info to track down one or two similar stoves for your own use.

As this stove is a user I've given some thought to rebuilding it with all stainless steel components with modern packings retaining the US Coleman engineering of years ago which was formitable for the time and still works well. A couple of tweaks and this old petrol cooker would likely last for another couple of centuries.

Interestingly with slight modification by changing the burner jet size these types of stoves can also be made to use either ethanol or kerosene.

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[MisfitToy]

just so happens to be one on ebay right now..... had I not just redone my CB setup i would place a bid

 

[greybrick]

Coleman military stove

Haha, yep that's the one...nice condition and looks to have a couple of essential spare parts. Last one that I saw sell on ebay in that condition went for about $90, this one will probably go a bit higher as we are getting into camping season. These stoves are a great help with space and weight conservation imo, hope someone from the forum gets it.

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[greybrick]

Here's a fellow who figures that his 532 military 'collectors stove' is worth a bunch of money, no aluminum case, no windscreen and probably still has a tank full of fuel.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/clt/657254071.html

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[teotwaki]

Here's a fellow who figures that his 532 military 'collectors stove' is worth a bunch of money, no aluminum case, no windscreen and probably still has a tank full of fuel.

http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/clt/657254071.html

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Wow... my old 3 burner with the red tank and original stand must be worth a million too! :bike_rider:

I like all of the photos in the original post! Especially the manual.

 

[roberto]

I bought 2 of them, one is new never issued with manual and the other is missing a knob and no manual, I love old military stuff, thats all I try to buy since I live outside of Ft Bragg, I have lots of it. These are pics of my new one

Rob

 

[Antichrist]

Interesting thread. I came across many references to these stoves just recently.
I've been surfing the web looking for info on my AGM 1944 military lanterns. I rescued 2 of them from my grandmother's house some years back and am trying to get them working. Anyway, I found a lot of references to these stoves. They sound nice.