1971 Weber Catalog pick up.........

[harris92]

Picked up this 1971 Weber Catalog.  Never seen this one up til now.  Notice steel wheels were still the norm.

[Cochise]

All those guys on the cover need now is some Sierra Nevada Sausagefest!

https://youtu.be/z4EJIAvKF9I

[rangerdanger]

notice the 2nd kettle under a cover; even back then you needed more than one.

[Uncle JJ]

Cool find!  I've seen that custom somewhere before.

[GregS]

lovely red 26. 

[Hogsy]

Great find Harris, is there any more pages?

[harris92]

Yes,  I will get the entire catalog scanned.

[Craig]

Congrats Stephen. Saw this one a couple months ago and have been wanting to launch it.

[Troy]

Congrats Stephen. Saw this one a couple months ago and have been wanting to launch it.

Sorry @Craig and @harris92 and everyone else.

This was acquired back in late June, but my world got turned upside down in July and everything fell through the cracks

1971 Catalog has been added to the Weber Catalogs page.

[WNC]

Awesome find Stephen, thanks for posting!
I love looking through these old catalogs!

[Craig]

This catalog confirms my long standing belief that the hubcaps were the first change on the wheels which are still metal here in the catalog photos. Even the 26ers are sporting metal wheels with plastic hubcaps and the classic straight line rubber treads. Now one thing to keep in mind is that 1971 is the last year that the wheels are described as "white wall rubber tired wheels". Beginning in 1972, that line is omitted. Though the '72 catalog features the plastic rims with rubber treads which may have occurred in or during '71. As kettle colors did not change from the previous year these could be 1970 models pictured. These are the kind of details that keep me up late at night trying to pinpoint. Though I'm proud of how much more we know now about 1970-78 kettles than we did just three years ago. Also note that the kettles are still marked as PAT PENDING in the corners of each picture. Patent was granted on 11/10/1970. That continued into the 1972 catalog.

[Troy]

This catalog confirms my long standing belief that the hubcaps were the first change on the wheels which are still metal here in the catalog photos. Even the 26ers are sporting metal wheels with plastic hubcaps and the classic straight line rubber treads. Now one thing to keep in mind is that 1971 is the last year that the wheels are described as "white wall rubber tired wheels". Beginning in 1972, that line is omitted. Though the '72 catalog features the plastic rims with rubber treads which may have occurred in or during '71. As kettle colors did not change from the previous year these could be 1970 models pictured. These are the kind of details that keep me up late at night trying to pinpoint. Though I'm proud of how much more we know now about 1970-78 kettles than we did just three years ago. Also note that the kettles are still marked as PAT PENDING in the corners of each picture. Patent was granted on 11/10/1970. That continued into the 1972 catalog.

I would assume they reused plenty of layouts, pictures, and texts.
I wonder which is more dependable, old catalogs, or old memories?

[Craig]

This catalog confirms my long standing belief that the hubcaps were the first change on the wheels which are still metal here in the catalog photos. Even the 26ers are sporting metal wheels with plastic hubcaps and the classic straight line rubber treads. Now one thing to keep in mind is that 1971 is the last year that the wheels are described as "white wall rubber tired wheels". Beginning in 1972, that line is omitted. Though the '72 catalog features the plastic rims with rubber treads which may have occurred in or during '71. As kettle colors did not change from the previous year these could be 1970 models pictured. These are the kind of details that keep me up late at night trying to pinpoint. Though I'm proud of how much more we know now about 1970-78 kettles than we did just three years ago. Also note that the kettles are still marked as PAT PENDING in the corners of each picture. Patent was granted on 11/10/1970. That continued into the 1972 catalog.

I would assume they reused plenty of layouts, pictures, and texts.
I wonder which is more dependable, old catalogs, or old memories?

I can tell you I'm dying to see the 1975 and 1976 catalogs.

[SixZeroFour]

The kettle cover in the first pic is fantastic! I'd love to find one of those babies.

[Hogsy]

The kettle cover in the first pic is fantastic! I'd love to find one of those babies.

The outdoor umbrella is pretty cool too!