Uploaded July 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
In this video I introduce a match lantern and stove set sold by Sears in the 1950s. They're from Sears' J. C. Higgins in-house sporting goods brand. Both are in very rough condition. In this video I give some of the history behind these models and then work through a full restoration of the stove. The lantern will follow in Part Two. The stove is a Sears model 710.74030 and the lantern is model 388.74001.
Reproduction Decal: oldcolemanparts.com/JC-Higgins-Stove-Decal-D66.html
Primer: rustoleum.ca/product-catalog/consumer-brands/tremclad/rust-paint/rust-primer-spray
Colour Coat: vhtpaint.com/high-heat/vht-engine-metallic
Video Content
00:00 Intro and History
05:47 Disassembly
18:30 Stripping with Electrolysis
22:02 Painting: Primer
23:34 Wet Sanding
24:53 Painting: Colour Coat
27:49 Cleaning with Citric Acid
28:29 Polishing
30:11 Making a new pip for the NRV
35:56 Reassembly
1:03:23 Light-up
In this video I introduce a match lantern and stove set sold by Sears in the 1950s. They're from Sears' J. C. Higgins in-house sporting goods brand. Both are in very rough condition. In this video I give some of the history behind these models and then work through a full restoration of the stove. The lantern will follow in Part Two. The stove is a Sears model 710.74030 and the lantern is model 388.74001.
Reproduction Decal: oldcolemanparts.com/JC-Higgins-Stove-Decal-D66.html
Primer: rustoleum.ca/product-catalog/consumer-brands/tremclad/rust-paint/rust-primer-spray
Colour Coat: vhtpaint.com/high-heat/vht-engine-metallic
Video Content
00:00 Intro and History
05:47 Disassembly
18:30 Stripping with Electrolysis
22:02 Painting: Primer
23:34 Wet Sanding
24:53 Painting: Colour Coat
27:49 Cleaning with Citric Acid
28:29 Polishing
30:11 Making a new pip for the NRV
35:56 Reassembly
1:03:23 Light-up
