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Grill Talk => Weber Grill Forum (Grills, Accessories) => Topic started by: Ken Mc on October 20, 2012, 12:56:06 PM
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Thank you to Stu !!!!! This is my newest addition. The only thing, before someone dogs me about it, I am pretty sure it should have black wall wheels, but I wanted it together now...lol..will order black wall wheels in a bit...
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Nice lookin grill Mac! I personally would leave the wheels like you have it. I myself don't like the black wheels.
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Thanks Jeff. Kind of a toss up for me. My Silver has black wheels and i like it, but then again, I never put the white ones on there so I don't know what it would look like, I may like that too...lol...
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That's a beaut! :)
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Thanks Duke, you getting an 18 from Stu???
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Looking Good Ken! I donl't mind the mix of old and new at all... 8)
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I like the color and the wheels look pretty good too!
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Nice!
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That is one shiny ash catcher, really like that color.
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What wheels are all black? Even the wheels I have that look all black have old remnants of a white wall on them. The wheels on my yellow grill that are currently all black had white on them at one time. Plus the white that was on them came off with goo gone. I think the white just wore off real easy. Was there ever all black wheels? Have we seen them in a catalog? None of the catalogs I have show any all black wheels. That doesn't mean they didn't exist I just have neve seen them myself...
Brian
PS I like your wheels and I would leave them.....
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That is a great color, congrats
Danny
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Nice addition Ken! It looks brand new! :o
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Looks sharp Ken....Id keep the wheels you have.
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What wheels are all black? Even the wheels I have that look all black have old remnants of a white wall on them. The wheels on my yellow grill that are currently all black had white on them at one time. Plus the white that was on them came off with goo gone. I think the white just wore off real easy. Was there ever all black wheels? Have we seen them in a catalog? None of the catalogs I have show any all black wheels. That doesn't mean they didn't exist I just have neve seen them myself...
Brian
PS I like your wheels and I would leave them.....
Hey Brian, as far as I know, the Bar B Kettles had just plain blackwall wheels, at least according to the schematic and what is on my Silver. I called Weber C.S. for replacements for my Silver and they sent blackwall. I will post a pic.
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I have seen lots of craigslist ads with some older kettles...say from the mid to late 70's and even through the 90's that have blackwalls. My company has an black 3 wheeler with wood handles that is packed away and it has blackwalls. I think its an early 90s grill.
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this is pic of the 2 different wheels, one is without the holes for the white ring and the other is with the holes for the white ring.
same wheel just the holes are not punched out. By no means am I saying this is gospel, you guys know a WHOLE lot more than I do !!!!!
This is just what Weber sent me to replace the black wall wheels on my Bar B Kettle.
By the way, thank you all for the compliments and all the cool things that All of you guys do!!
Ken
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Interesting....I never saw these before. As far as all the ones on CL I figured the white part just rotted and fell out...The old plastic on the wheels seems really bad. Its like when plastic started being used on everything they didn't think to UV stabilize it so it seems to rot really bad out in the sun.
Didn't someone here have a whole wheel thread? I need to go back and look through that. Who was it Husker? Who had all that wheel info,?
Brian
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Even with plaatic, there are numerous variations.. The plain black don't do it for me, but you could always customize them by outlining the letters with a little paint.
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Interesting....I never saw these before. As far as all the ones on CL I figured the white part just rotted and fell out...The old plastic on the wheels seems really bad Its like when plastic started being used on everything they didn't think to UV stabilize it so it seems to rot really bad out in the sun. Didn't someone here have a whole wheel thread? I need to go back and look through that. Who was it Husker? Who had all that wheel info,?
Brian
Or when one runs over lit coals when moving the kettle around..... :'(
That thing is gorgeous !!
Nice spit shine... :)
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I dont know how I missed this thread, but that is a nice Warrior! Looks brand new! :D
Craig
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Yeah that warrior looks awesome!!!
Did the ash catcher come like that or did you restore it?
It's shining like the top of the Chrysler building :)
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I agree super nice!
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Maybe the plain black wheels were the more ecomonic (cheaper) version. Wasn't the Bar-B-kettle a opening price point option, then you moved up in price and features from there. I understand that the kettles had already came with the white walls, but maybe Weber replaced the white wall with the plain black along the way. Maybe to keep the cost of the grill down. But then for the higher price point grills they kept the white walls. I know I have some catalogs from the 80's and 90's that I can check on this.
Oh, and very nice shine on that classic kettle.
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The compact model that weber sells in our version of Walmart
Comes with those wheels and instead of the one touch cleaning system comes with this single vent in the base of the bowl
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Actually, Ken. The whitewall wheels with daisy wheel kettles/metal bowl handles would be "period correct" if your wanting to make it look like it did when it was new. I think they went all black when the daisy kettles were renamed Bar-B-Kettles in the early/mid 80s when the One Touch came out and it became the "premium" model and it got the whitewalls. I agree with Jeff, I like the look of the white wall wheels, regardless or era. This is a cherry looking brownie! 8)
Craig