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Title: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: harris92 on March 15, 2014, 09:43:57 AM
I like the peg legs.  The seller threw in a gift too. :)

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Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: bthorn9435 on March 15, 2014, 10:20:34 AM
Can I be in your will????
Your gonna make someone very happy at an estate sale!!! All kidding aside great pickup.
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: pbe gummi bear on March 15, 2014, 11:00:45 AM
That's really nice Harris. Any indication of year on the box?
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: tattooedant on March 15, 2014, 11:03:20 AM
Beautiful...How sturdy does the handle/vent feel when you turn it? I've always wondered about the offset handle that way. Does it bend the vent at all after many uses? Not that you would be doing your everyday on it...
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: harris92 on March 15, 2014, 11:37:24 AM
No date on the box.  The seller's husband was a contractor. About 16 years ago, his crew was renovating the home of two elderly sisters who lived together.  The sisters had many collectible items and gave the seller's husband the grill.  The box was unopened at the time he received the grill.  I was told on a couple occasions the grill was originally purchased in the 1960's.  The handle and vent feel sturdy.
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: Jeff on March 15, 2014, 01:54:45 PM
Harris...you're on a roll lately.  You're lucky you have a very understanding wife!  LOL

Does the small box that the legs were in have any sort of writing on it, or is it just plain?
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: harris92 on March 15, 2014, 03:44:50 PM
Yes, the Mrs. is a keeper :).  Good question about the box.  There is no writing on it.  Below are two pictures of the leg boxes for the offset brown and my offset red.  The leg box for the brown is on the left.  The boxes are identical.

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Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: pbe gummi bear on March 15, 2014, 04:25:43 PM
Quote from: harris92 on March 15, 2014, 03:44:50 PM
Yes, the Mrs. is a keeper :).  Good question about the box.  There is no writing on it.  Below are two pictures of the leg boxes for the offset brown and my offset red.  The leg box for the brown is on the left.  The boxes are identical.

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Oooooh the mystery deepens.

Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: blackdog043 on March 15, 2014, 04:37:50 PM
That's a nice looking grill!!!
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: Peaspurple on March 15, 2014, 06:24:14 PM
Beautiful.
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: javahog2002 on March 15, 2014, 08:48:46 PM
Very cool.

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Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: harris92 on March 16, 2014, 10:33:17 AM
The handle on the brown "sits back" at an angle compared to the red offset.

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Title: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: crumbsnatcher on March 16, 2014, 11:31:32 AM
Very nice pair u fit there Harris.  How easy is it to turn the vent with the handle attached to it?


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Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: OGlenn on March 16, 2014, 11:35:04 AM
Nice find there, Harris.  Maybe I have forgotten, but I don't recall ever seeing a smokey joe with wooden legs.
Title: Re: Vintage Brown Smokey Joe
Post by: Fo Sizzle My Nizzle on March 16, 2014, 12:19:01 PM
Family picture please.