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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: zavod44 on June 12, 2016, 02:54:56 PM
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Well by some miracle I had off last Friday, technically I didn't have off, I just stayed all night on Wed so I decided not to go in on Friday. Anyhow I was home and I checked CL and I saw a red 26. No sooner do I make contact and I get a few texts saying that a red 26 aristocrat is for sale by me. So I told the guy I was on my way. When I was about ten min out troy calls and says there's a red 26 by me on Craigslist. Not one to jinx anything I told troy I would look into it.....I rolled up and it was in the back yard. It was honestly one of the worst condition grills I ever saw. I can't figure out what they did to this lid. Tons of porcelain was gone and it looks like they smeared cement on there. As soon as you moved it the legs collapsed. He tossed in a small bag of charcoal. He also gave me a leg from the old style Weber table. Nothing else but he did have a leg. But hey it's a red flat top. Also before I left he tossed in a big old pick axe.
On the way home I sent Troy a picture of it in my van. It was like ten min after he called....
So what I did was I took the wheels off, I put some generic 8" wheels on there. And I took it to my sister in laws and we cooked some chicken on the bone for the family.....back in action after all these years. To me that's what it's all about.
The day I picked it up
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Here it is back on its feet. Cooking for the family. It's got it's new shoes on. Put some foil on the legs to tighten them up.
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The obligatory shot of the darkening of the red color.....
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For $30 it was well worth it and will continue to be used for a long time to come.....even if it is the Aristoc-Rat
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Why to bring it back to life!
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I'd cook on it. Absolutely...
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A cooker for sure, but a damn nice cooker!
Way to breathe some life back in to this one!
RRR
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Awesome Zav!
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The handle isn't even bad on this one!
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killer cooker right there. nice grab.
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The handle isn't even bad on this one!
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Looks like Thor cooked on it. He probably just knocked the lid off with his hammer. Also explains why the handle was in such great shape.
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More like Capitan America used it for his shield....
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I still think you should have put me on speaker phone so i could listen to the entire transaction.
cool old grill that has clearly been through some shit.
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Glad it's found a good home! Congrats!
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Love it.
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Nice save, Brian. RRR
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That old abused cooker is finally in good hands. Great score Brian.
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Love it! Rare find.
Best of its kind or One of its kind. It is Red, 26 flat top, vintage (not sure what year) with metal bowl handles, and full of character. Yap! She's a aristocrat with full of history.
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Great save, Brian! So weird to see the huge amount of porcelain loss but the lid handle strap looks virtually unscathed. That will make a killer cooker for sure! I see the original wheels have the rubber treads/plastic rims. We're those shot or are you moving those to a different 26er?
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Great score Brian.
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I took the wheels and I'll use them on something else...I figured they would be better used on a different project. I'm also going to get a modern style ash pan on this one too. The one with the clips....
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I think that makes the perfect cooking mate for Grandpa.....the 2 of them would make a great shot dude. You still have the Red round-top 26er too?
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Sure I do
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Sure I do
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Brian, We need another family shot of all your grills, this site is sourly needing that kind of inspiration. Young collectors need to show their wives and say "Honey, be glad I am not "that guy"" :)
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Okay I'll get something together
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Keep 'em cookin'! ;)
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Sure I do
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@zavod44
Brian, We need another family shot of all your grills, this site is sourly needing that kind of inspiration. Young collectors need to show their wives and say "Honey, be glad I am not "that guy"" :)
Won't work in this house. My wife will see the picture and say " Ooooooh, there is a color we don't have. Let's get one of those!" She is responsible for my last two CL Weber purchases, although she dose not partake in the restoration part.
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Sure I do
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@zavod44
Brian, We need another family shot of all your grills, this site is sourly needing that kind of inspiration. Young collectors need to show their wives and say "Honey, be glad I am not "that guy"" :)
Won't work in this house. My wife will see the picture and say " Ooooooh, there is a color we don't have. Let's get one of those!" She is responsible for my last two CL Weber purchases, although she dose not partake in the restoration part.
You have a rare one, hold on and don't let go......
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I took the wheels and I'll use them on something else...I figured they would be better used on a different project. I'm also going to get a modern style ash pan on this one too. The one with the clips....
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If you don't want your ash pan, I'll buy it. I've been looking for a twist 26r size.
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Oh I need the ash pan...
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I took the wheels and I'll use them on something else...I figured they would be better used on a different project. I'm also going to get a modern style ash pan on this one too. The one with the clips....
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If you don't want your ash pan, I'll buy it. I've been looking for a twist 26r size.
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a 26 ash pan is going to be REAL hard to come by.
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The aristoc-rat didn't even have one. So that's why I have to add a newer one. I stole the one that's on it from another 26 I have. It needed something so hot coals didn't fall out all over the yard....
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Are you at all interested in the pick axe?
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hello all users. i am quas wenkis from mali.