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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: stubblebum on September 07, 2016, 05:16:58 AM
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As a Packers fan, I was doing my obligatory 3.5 hours on the couch watching the Packers-49ers game. Since it was a preseason game, I got bored and started looking around on the Internet on my IPad. Eventually found myself searching through Internet auction sites of smaller auctioneers that were mostly selling off estate items. Some of them had hundreds and up to almost a thousand lots. Many of these were lots of household items and trinkets that were not even getting the minimum $2.50 bids. The game was almost over and my eyes were getting weary from scrolling through all these lots and looking at thumbnail pictures. I found another auction site with a downsizing auction and started scrolling and then there it was on the second page Lot #173 - Retro Lime Green Weber Charcoal Grill. One picture only
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I signed up to bid and had to wait a few days until the end of the auction which was sitting at $17.50. There were few bids at the end and one other bidder who brought the price up some at the end, but it ended up at a price that made it well worth the one hour drive to pick it up. Auctioneer said at first they said no but later decided to sell it. There was a generic grill cover and some grill tools included.
I have been busy and supposed to rain for the next few days so all I have are some pictures in the back seat of my truck that I will post soon.
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Stunning lime grill, congrate
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Wow great find! !!
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Wow, in that kind of shape too! That is insane!
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Very nice!
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Awesome! Congrats on a grate score! Looking forward to more pics..............
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Nice find! Your perseverance paid off. It's in pristine condition. Some guy is trying to sell a similar one here in NE Florida for $160 and its condition is much worse! Congrats!
Mind sharing some of the auction sites you searched?
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Great score man. It's a beauty.
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Nice find! Your perseverance paid off. It's in pristine condition. Some guy is trying to sell a similar one here in NE Florida for $160 and its condition is much worse! Congrats!
Mind sharing some of the auction sites you searched?
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I just used google to search for auctions that were close to me because I wasn't interested in cost or hassle of shipping. I also have a bunch of local auction house and estate sale websites saved in a folder that I have found in the past. Often you can find good deals on small items locally due to small audience and prohibitive cost packing and shipping items.
This one was in an auction that used Hibid.com.
Previously I have found items like this one at Proxibid that @Harbormaster bought- see link for full story.
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/recent-on-line-auction-score/
Estate sales.net and auctionzip also have tools to search for auctions and sales within a certain area or distance.
Time wise these searches are have definitely not been worth the reward, even with an awesome pickup like this one. I justify it because I usually do these searches on my IPad while doing other nonproductive things like watching TV.
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Wow, in that kind of shape too! That is insane!
Unfortunately, It is caddywampus ;D
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Starting out slowly, ash pan on a bag of bird seed in the front seat pictures.
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That is on hell of a score for a grill that looks like it's barely been used and has been stored out of the elements its entire life. Very nicely done!
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Kettle bottom- small chip on this handle. Sorry if you have to turn your head to look at it.
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Another pic with accessories in view.
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Other side
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Lid
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Vent - somehow a small chip on the paint under vent in between holes.
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Bowl inside
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Lid inside
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Wow, that lime is in great condition. Congrats on the find!
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Last pics for now.
Wood handle
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One of the wheels. Most of the work on this one will be shining up the legs and especially the triangle which has a little light rust.
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If anyone wants to see larger pics, right now they are the latest pictures uploaded at pics.weberkettleclub.com. Hopefully you can see them if interested.
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Dude that's a beautiful color. Congrats!
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That's incredible!!!
Rare to find this color w/o all the heat cracks / crazing & lid chips that are usually present....enjoy that one (& try not to burn too,too high of heat!!)
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Very nice score. Congrats.
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Wow just wow!
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That is an incredible find. Such a beautiful condition Lime.
Looking forward to minor clean-up pics. I'll bet it will look brand new.
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That Lime is the closest to mint as I have seen.....and I have a very good one here.
..........Leading up to you getting this I don't recall reading about it in online finds. Smart.
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Wow! That's nice.
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Wow, that lime is in great condition. Congrats on the find!
Thanks! My biggest concern is how it will look when I take it out in the light. I love how it looks in the auction house picture, but when I look at it in the back seat of my truck I don't love it. It looks less Limey and more Simpsons grill yellowish. Hopefully that is because the light is filtered thru tinted back windows.
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That Lime is the closest to mint as I have seen.....and I have a very good one here.
..........Leading up to you getting this I don't recall reading about it in online finds. Smart.
One thing I don't do is get so excited that I have to post up a grill that I am interested in. This was only a couple of days from the time I found it until the auction ended. If you read the link that I previously posted, you will see that it was over a month from the time I found it until the auction ended. That sucked. I was really excited about that one, especially since the listing only listed grill and not Weber in the title/ description so I thought it might be missed. After looking at that listing almost every day for a month, my excitement waned because hunting season had started. I had other things things I wanted to do more than driving five hours to pick it up, so I passed the info on to the nearest WKC member I found on the member map.
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Looks sweet, awesome find!!! [emoji1303]
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Damn! That lime couldn't have been cooked on more than a few times. I don't see one chip or handle strap blowout. GRATE FIND!! Looks like a 1975.
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That shit looks mint!
Great find, one of the best limes I've seen up here
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Great find!!!! What a beauty...
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Awesome find. Congrats. I'm pretty sure you'll be pleased by the lime color in the sun.
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@stubblebum sweet score! She's a beauty.
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One thing I don't do is get so excited that I have to post up a grill that I am interested in. This was only a couple of days from the time I found it until the auction ended. If you read the link that I previously posted, you will see that it was over a month from the time I found it until the auction ended. That sucked. I was really excited about that one, especially since the listing only listed grill and not Weber in the title/ description so I thought it might be missed. After looking at that listing almost every day for a month, my excitement waned because hunting season had started. I had other things things I wanted to do more than driving five hours to pick it up, so I passed the info on to the nearest WKC member I found on the member map.
What is this, "link that I previously posted"? And have you gotten to love the Lime or not so much. If not so much I bet it wouldn't be difficult to re-home her.
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MrHoss
The link in Reply #8 to this thread.
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That's gotta be one of the nicer limes that I've seen! Congrats
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Very nice @stubblebum! You've picked up two really nice greenies recently. Congratulations!
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Finally got around to getting it out and taking a few pictures prior to cleanup. Forgot to take out the ash pan for the pictures, though.
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Congrats, nice find!!
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Wow, incredible shape. That sir, is a beautiful grill. [emoji106][emoji106]
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"Oh, my my, Oh, hell yes, Honey, put on that party dress" ... your latest pics show the color shifting from lime green, to yellow-ish, to ochre-ish. But, what's in a Party Dress :) Fantastic search and collect a memorable kettle. All my congratulations. You are the "Master".
SJ