Mastertouch Score! Pic intensive!

[dwnthehatch]

Thanks to Bman for alerting us of the estate sale containing this red MT.  It was well worth the 2 hour round trip get it.

I arrived at the estate sale 1/2 hour early. I was #15 in line. I was a little worried but no one looked to be the type to go there for a Weber grill. I was still nervous. More and more people kept trickling in.

The doors opened and there was a mad rush to get in. Everyone was cutting in front of everyone that had been waiting. I was a little irritated but took my time and headed directly to the garage. It was not in there. I headed to the basement. There she was covered in dust. I walked up to it and opened the lid. I could not believe my eyes. It was unused.

I told the worker that I would take it and he slapped a SOLD label on it. $60 and the unused O MT was mine.

Once I secured the MT I did some browsing.

It belonged to:
Major Robert E. Bjelland,
J.A. Section, Hq USATC
Fort Dix , New Jersey

On the drive home I was wondering if I should ever fire it up since it was unused. I decided to only fire it up on Veterans Day, Memorial day and the 4th of July in honor of Major Bjelland.


Here it is after I pulled it out of the basement.


Unused, complete with charcoal holders.


In the truck




Pre-cleaning pics:



Spun aluminum ash can


Protective plastic still on.


Bowl handle


Lid O vent code


Hinged grate


Charcoal holders


Charcoal grate


Inside bowl


Inside lid


Dirty with her DO sister.


After wiping it down with a damp cloth:





Only flaw I could find. Looks like a rub mark.




Hanging out with friends

[MacEggs]

Fantastic score!

A swiffer dusting cloth is all it really needed, eh?!! 

[Bman]

Out-friggin-standing! 21 photos and I couldn't get enough.  Glad you made the trip this morning Hatch!

[SixZeroFour]

Sweet MT!!! Looks like it's found a good home!

[Craig]

That's an awesome score! Love the non mist MT's. They seem to be less prevalent than the mist ones. That daisy wheel most looks just like my EO One Touch..

[Craig]

I meant mist not most. Tapatalk won't let me edit posts...

[Weber MD]

Outstanding!

[OoPEZoO]

Fantastic score   

[mike.stavlund]

Nice work, hatch!  Can't wait to see this in person at a future meetup.  So gorgeous, and such a cool time-machine experience to see photos of one brand-new. 

...and I'm glad none of those line-cutters got to the MT first, of you would have had to throw down on behalf of the WKC (sorry, I've been watching too much Sons of Anarchy). 

[harris92]

Beautiful grill!

[G$]

Great grill and great story. Thanks for sharing all the detailed pictures.

[Jeff]

Amazing find.  It still remains a mystery to me how someone takes the time to assemble it, yet never takes the time to use it. 

[Peaspurple]

I think it's great that you are going to fire it up on those days in honor of the original owner. Nice find. She's very pretty.

[MartyG]

Great Rescue Hatch- no need to Restore, but you are right on with the Respect angle. I agree with Mike - you need to bring it to our next Meetup.

[salad]

Woooooooo!  Nice one, man.  Great score!