Saved my parents 1970 red head

[Brickout]

So after last Summer when I restored my performer I got to thinking, "I need to fix up my parents old red head." So last Fall I'm at my parents house and I'm showing my brother the restoration of the performer. I tell him I'm going to fix up Mom and Dads Weber. He calls "Claim" and sates I already have a red Weber now...fair enough. I figured I'd fix it up and take it to his weekend house in Wisconsin.

So here's how I find the grill last fall. It's been sitting in this spot for over 20 years!



I wasn't about to take it home that day, and I didn't have time to work on it anyway. So I dumped out the ashes, took her apart, and stored her in the shed for the winter.

Fast forward to two weeks ago, school has wrapped up for the semester and I finally have some free time. I go to my parents, bring the grill home and get to work.

So she's missing a handle, one leg socket is detached, one is loose, charcoal grate is gone, cooking grate is pretty rusted, ash pan is beat up, some dents & and scratches. I think we can save her!



Here's the lid after 5 min. with 000 steel wool on the left side.



Started cleaning up the legs.



Masked off the wheels to repaint the whitewalls.



Used some stainless bolts, nuts, and lock washers to reattach the legs and secure the loose ones.



All cleaned up with new grates.



All back together!



Burning off any residue from the cleaning and new grates.



All I'm waiting on now is a new handle, which has been ordered. I also picked up a new cover and a utensil holder.

I'll tell ya', these old red's sure do shine. The red coating that Weber used back in the 70's is far better than the red they used on my performer.

[LightningBoldtz]

Fantastic job, a fine example of the WKC motto.

[1buckie]

Sharp fixup !!!!

Might be the single worst charcoal grate I've ever seen & believe me, I've seen some toads..........

[pbe gummi bear]

Bravo, Brickout! I'm always excited to see your resto's. Good job on that ashpan especially.

[landgraftj]

Nice fix up of a family grill, way to go!

[mike.stavlund]

Nice work, Brick!  It looks great, and it's so sweet to have a family heirloom restored like this.

[Craig]

Good work Brickout! Really came back to life!

[blackdog043]

Nice clean up, it looks great!!!

[Jeff]

Beautiful job! Nice save.
What did your parents say?

[argentflame]

Excellent job. That is beautiful.

[Heyjude]

Very nice, be sure to send pics to your brother!   

[Fishawn]

Nice! Great Job!!

[Jason]

Well worth the effort, nice!

[1911Ron]

Great job!

[jcnaz]

Wow, she is beautiful!