Wrought iron cart and Weber grill

[harris92]

Thank you to the agent "Midnight Rider" for picking this up for me on his latest excursion.  I will repaint the cart with a coat of black paint and clean up the grill.  The grill has an "A" stamp and does not have leg sockets.

[Jocool]

Sweet!

How many carts other than the Seville, Sequoia and now this, were made by Weber over the years?

[Troy]

interesting.

the cart isn't detailed like the known sevilles
the bowl doesn't have leg sockets, but it still sits on its handles instead of L clips

my theory is this cart (and the others like it) were sold by sears roebuck and/or montgomery ward (maybe other catalog sales companies too).
Possibly made BY weber, but sold exclusively by another.

maybe its time to start trying to dig up old sears and montgomery ward catalogs from the 60s and 70s.

[Jeff]

Whether its real or not, its still interesting looking.  Maybe a Weber prototype?  I wonder if the bowl was meant to be turned 90 degrees so the bowl handles aren't over the "mesh area".  This would allow for more work space.  But then the handles might stick out past the side rails?

[Troy]

definitely interesting and collectible.

i just bought a bunch of montgomery ward catalogs from 77, 78, and 79 off ebay. i'll let you know what i find

someone should get the sears catalogs and see if they can find info

[Duke]

Nice pick up! Tell the Midnight Rider hello for me. 

[harris92]

The carts were sold exclusively by others.  I don't know whether Weber manufactured them though.  This setup does have a name.  They are called "Woodwards".

[Troy]

The carts were sold exclusively by others.  I don't know whether Weber manufactured them though.  This setup does have a name.  They are called "Woodwards".

Awesome info. Have a source to cite for the exclusivity?

The wheels are strikingly similar, which makes me wonder about manufacturers.

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[wyd]

Wow that is awesome looking.  I just saw setups like that to while I was at my dealer.  They had a 50 year Weber poster that shows a ton of their kettles and carts.

[Golly]

Another amazing pick up Harris 
Well done
Can't wait for more info to be dug up on this
And of course the resto pics

[Golly]

Looks like Jeff is right it needs to be spun around

This looks similar to on posted on CL a while ago
IIRC they wanted $400

[harris92]

Golly,  The one you are thinking about is the really nice Avocado in Los Angeles.  This one was for sale for $400.00.  Here is a thread on this setup.

http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/18'-seville/msg63476/#msg63476

Here is a pic from one appearing in an episode of the Rockford Files.  This pic was taken from another thread.

[Troy]

alright, so after some digging...

WoodWard is the manufacturer of the cart.
They made, and still make patio furniture.

WOOOOO we figured things out!

Alright, who has a woodward cart?
Where does it say woodward at?

[Troy]

hmmmm

after a bit more digging, i wouldn't be surprised if WoodWard actually made ALL the iron carts (even the Weber branded Sevilles)

it would explain the wheels matching...
plus Weber likely didn't have the manufacturing equipment to handle wrought iron.

search for "woodard wrought iron furniture vintage" and a lot of the furniture is VERY similar in style and character and ornateness to the white Weber Seville.

[pbe gummi bear]

hmmmm

after a bit more digging, i wouldn't be surprised if WoodWard actually made ALL the iron carts (even the Weber branded Sevilles)

it would explain the wheels matching...
plus Weber likely didn't have the manufacturing equipment to handle wrought iron.

search for "woodard wrought iron furniture vintage" and a lot of the furniture is VERY similar in style and character and ornateness to the white Weber Seville.

check this one out:



Can we find a short round table and make a Flamenco?!?!?!