Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

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Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by aajf » Tue Nov 30, 2021 12:37 am

Hello All,

I have a complete Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator (the attached picture for reference only off the internet). The pic is not of my exact unit. Actual pictures of mine to follow in a day or so. Mine is complete like in the picture with original carb. Needs cleaning. Not rough or rusty condition. There are no cracks. Any idea of a ballpark fair market price to possibly offer it to an acquaintance. I inherited it from my dad who passed away and the acquaintance is very interested. I appreciate any help. And yes it is the same exact style as seen in the reference pic. Thanks, Andrew
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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by DanTreace » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:04 am

For value you could contact James Mahaffey, he is expert on these and wrote 3 series articles in recent Model T Times magazine, May-June 2021. Contact via email is : benzdrATbellsouthDOTnet (Replace AT and DOT with @ and .)
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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by aajf » Tue Nov 30, 2021 9:22 am

Dan, Thank you so very much for your info=) I really appre iate it. Sincerely, Andrew


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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by Model T Mark » Tue Nov 30, 2021 4:20 pm

I have run these for years on a 26 roadster and have about 6 of them now. They tend to find me. I paid 125.00 for a nice straight early take off one that you could bolt on an use with new gaskets. I bought a Russ Potter rebuild some years ago for 500.00 and was happy with the price though it was a lot of money at the time. Then I have purchased the odd piece for anywhere from 25-50 bucks. At auctions I like to pay for a complete one 75-150 bucks. They run great not like the Holley Vaporizer. Good luck with your sale. They don’t come up as often as they used to say even 25 years ago you could walk Hershey and maybe see 2 or 3 of them. Now you may see 1 in 2 or 3 years walking Hershey.


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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by aajf » Tue Nov 30, 2021 5:22 pm

Mark,

Thanks so much for your input. I do appreciate it!!! Andrew


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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by TXGOAT2 » Tue Nov 30, 2021 8:04 pm

I'd think one of those would be a good thing to have in cold weather country.


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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by ModelTWoods » Tue Nov 30, 2021 10:53 pm

If you were willing to let it go for what the market would bear; you could list it on EBAY. Naturally, you'll get for it at a swap meet, especially a big one, and if you spend the time to clean it up (externally, at least) it may be worth your time to do so.


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Re: Kingston B1 gasifier regenerator

Post by Dan Haynes » Fri Dec 03, 2021 8:13 am

I had one of those on a '26 I sold 40 years ago. It was a great carb, the car would do 57 mph all day and get over 20 mpg doing it. I still kick myself for letting it go on the car.
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