I want to get rid of this 50+ yr old Camping Gaz Stove set

When i was a lot younger my future FIL gave me a Camping Gas stove set his parents had bought for him when he was ‘going’ to start the Duke of Edinburgh scheme i think.  Anyhow he never even opened the box and it sat in their loft for decades and now mine.

I found it the other day and tbh i want rid.  I dont like having the original and untouched gas canisters in there and it just seems a shame for it to sit there until i eventually skip it.  Can anyone think of a good way of getting it to someone that might appreciate it.  Ive checked out Ebay etc and scruffy examples are about £20 but this is like a time capsule, brand new.  I dont even want any money for it.

Any suggestions appreciated.

Give it to your local Scouts or Guides? Some gas stove standards haven’t changed so hopefully it’s still current.

Do you think they would even be allowed to accept something so old?

Dunno. Maybe test it first. I still have a gas stove from 2000 or so in regular use. Still current coleman-type screw-fit gas and works fine. I have an even older MSR multifuel thing, but that definitely isn’t safe until I do some repair work.

Speaking as a Scout Leader, it would be a “thanks, but no thanks” from our unit. Can’t speak for others though.

We like to know the provenance of our kit and we regularly update our burners.

Sorry :-/

Can you post a link to a picture of it or similar?

50years is taking you into those bloody pierced can stoves isn’t it.

The pierceable canisters are not recommended for Scouts, so if it’s that type then don’t offer it.

Get rid.

I’ve watched a petrol Coleman explode on site because the old seals gave way and the dribble caught fire.

Film/TV prop company?

Even if it’s just been sitting in a box for 50 years, the o rings will probably be knackered.

Have you thought of somewhere like Beamish museum?

They have loads of everyday stuff.

I’ve watched a petrol Coleman explode on site because the old seals gave way and the dribble caught fire.

*Squints at double burner suspiciously*

50years is taking you into those bloody pierced can stoves isn’t it.

Yep. Pretty sure the stove I had before my current one was a can piercer, and that would have been 90s ish. I’d like to see photos of it OP if you have any? I’ve no use for it, and no idea who would take it off of you other than a museum perhaps, but interested to see what it looks like. Can’t imagine it would be much different to todays stoves.

I’d 2nd the idea that all the O-rings and rubber hoses are going to be knackered by now.  It probably sits in an antique-stove no-mans-land somewhere between the pyromaniac steam-punks who want to use a petrol powered primus that live for the drama and danger it adds to brewing a cup of tea whilst running it on vintage leaded 2* to give it the full brain rotting terroir, and everyone else who would just buy a new one from Go-Outdoors.

The people who might be interested are the ones in VW / Bedfords / Mercs and other retro campers.  But I’d sell it with a warning that it’s 50 years old and almost certainly needs a service.