Unbelievable find. I find it pretty amazing in this age of technology that people could own such a grill and not do some minimal research to know what they have. It does inspire hope that there are more treasures to be found (even in GA)! Exciting to see this, and congrats!
the guy was fairly young (maybe 30 or so) & had got it from a friend who was the son in what he called "a rich family"....so it just hadn't occurred to him to check into it, I believe.....so the whole history is basically under the radar & pretty vague.......
Struck me as someone who maybe used it some, didn't really like messing with it & got a gasser.......you can kinda tell, even without asking, after a few times picking up older ones.....
He also mumbled something nondescript about it being "too big".................