Slow progress being made!
Finally had a chance to pull it all down. Frame is in good condition, some surface rust which should sand off and refinish nicely. The cook box strangely has some damage at the front, looks like someone hit it with a mallet (not visible when assembled) and some pitting visible after I had a mate sand blast it and the hood ends.
All in all, I think the rest should refurbish nicely. I plan to buy new burners and flavorizer bars. I am even toying with the idea of making my own flavorizer bars. Weber want $175 for a stainless set!
Also pictured is the cook box, hood ends & alloy grates for a Silver A I picked up before the 5000. The grates were sandblasted and then I hit them on the wire wheel and they came up really nice.
OH, and I got the one and only remaining 'Steam N Chips' from Weber Australia!!
Hopefully I can finish the Silver A and flip that to free up some funds to progress the 5000!
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