OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE

[harris92]

Picked this up a couple weeks ago.  The seller found it at a thrift store.

Probably the oldest Glen Blue seen so far..Cleaning up really well.

steel legs, white wheels with rubber tread, square bowl tabs

The ash pan in the pic is a stand in for now.  The original is in complete (original clips present) but has a lot of rust.  It is going through the cleaning process.  The underside of the ash pan is white porcelain (more on that later).

Up till now - I believe we have seen still legs and white wheels on black, chestnut and marbleized.  @Craig  I am thinking this is a 1960 maybe
1961.  Craig may have some input.

[Hogsy]

And the hits keep comin.....great find Harris

[MikeRocksTheRed]

Wow, that is in great shape!!!  Nice find!

[captjoe06]

Holy smokes that's beautiful!   
Congratulations!

[Darko]

What a great score!

[Troy]

beauty!!

[weldboy]

Incredible


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[indy82z]

Awesome find!! I dont know how you always seem to find these....

[harris92]

Underside of the ash pan.  It was completely covered in rust...  Reveals white porcelain enamel.  This ash pan is made of much thicker metal than the newer
Wood Dales.

[Craig]

You know we've come a long way as a collecting community in the last three years when we refer to Wood Dales as "newer".

At any rate, what an epic score! I had a hunch for the longest time that the whitey wheels came with the first/early Imperials and possibly the first red kettles. I'd say 1960-61 like Greg Rassmussen's Texan.


Sent from an Aqua Blue Western Electric Model 500.

[armpit]

Well that cleaned up well from the eBay pics.

[Qreps]

What a great score. It turned out beautiful. Congratulations.

[tb80]

Great score.


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

[AZ Monsoon]

I've never seen that ash pan. So cool.

[crowderjd]

What a beautiful kettle!