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Started by jcnaz, July 07, 2015, 08:34:02 AM

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July 07, 2015, 08:34:02 AM Last Edit: July 07, 2015, 06:54:27 PM by jcnaz
I would like to take some serious credit for the RRR of this classic kettle..but, I can't!   ;D

I picked this up last spring from @Dale Benson  during an informal meet-up in Tucson. He had already done all the cleaning and polishing that you see here. @Winz provided the ash pan clips. All I did was put it all together and take some pictures!  8)

What it looked like in the 1963 catalog (Thanks @reillyranch via TVWBB):


This is what it looks like today:























Thanks for looking!
A bunch of black kettles
-JC

Winz

#1
July 07, 2015, 08:40:09 AM
Love me some Wood Dale!


Nice to see it completed JC - such a classic.  I remember the first time I saw it in your sea of kettles - it really stood out.   Very classy.


Winz
In an ongoing relationship with a kettle named Bisbee.

Hogsy

#2
July 07, 2015, 08:41:51 AM
OMG!!! That is a beauty! Congrats on a fine looking kettle
I'm only 2 or 3 kettles away from being that creepy guy down the street with all the Webers
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Craig

#3
July 07, 2015, 09:18:55 AM
That is one AWESOME looking '49er! Very nice job on that!

SixZeroFour

#4
July 07, 2015, 09:33:46 AM
Gorgeous!
W E B E R    B A R - B - Q    K E T T L E

Idahawk

#5
July 07, 2015, 09:39:31 AM
Sweetness !


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Scott Zee

#6
July 07, 2015, 09:40:34 AM
Lil black beauty. The 5th pic is the sh*t. WOW
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Uncle JJ

#7
July 07, 2015, 10:36:02 AM
Amazing condition for such an old gal.

truckertrash

#8
July 07, 2015, 04:54:12 PM
Thats sweet! I used 0000 steel wool with dawn dish soap and water on for the white walls on my Easterner, they looked just like yours and cleaned up bright! (Not gonna lie i was hella nervous tryin it tho!)

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Saugust

#9
July 07, 2015, 04:58:46 PM
What a looker! Do the lid handles on the Woodales get hot? I've always wondered that.
Growing family = growing kettles!

Dale Benson

#10
July 07, 2015, 06:01:46 PM
The lid had been painted with silver paint and it had a lot of built up carbon and gunk inside when I found it. Otherwise it was in very good condition.

Dale
Have 22" Yellow MBH will trade for 22" Lime :-)

charred

#11
July 07, 2015, 06:26:05 PM
Great work...it's a beauty. Wood Dale's rule!
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1buckie

#12
July 07, 2015, 06:31:48 PM
Quote from: charred on July 07, 2015, 06:26:05 PM
Great work...it's a beauty. Wood Dale's rule!
^^^^  THis.....


That screams "Period Correct" !!!!!!
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WNC

#13
July 07, 2015, 06:39:45 PM
Wow beautiful!

jcnaz

#14
July 07, 2015, 06:56:53 PM
Quote from: Dale Benson on July 07, 2015, 06:01:46 PM
The lid had been painted with silver paint and it had a lot of built up carbon and gunk inside when I found it. Otherwise it was in very good condition.


Dale that is the first time that I have seen the picture with the silver paint. You really did a great job cleaning it up!
Thanks again!
A bunch of black kettles
-JC
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