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Author Topic: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE  (Read 3895 times)

harris92

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OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« on: March 17, 2016, 01:05:19 PM »
Picked this up a couple weeks ago.  The seller found it at a thrift store.

Probably the oldest Glen Blue seen so far..Cleaning up really well.

steel legs, white wheels with rubber tread, square bowl tabs

The ash pan in the pic is a stand in for now.  The original is in complete (original clips present) but has a lot of rust.  It is going through the cleaning process.  The underside of the ash pan is white porcelain (more on that later).

Up till now - I believe we have seen still legs and white wheels on black, chestnut and marbleized.  @Craig  I am thinking this is a 1960 maybe
1961.  Craig may have some input.
























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Hogsy

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 01:11:14 PM »
And the hits keep comin.....great find Harris
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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2016, 01:20:23 PM »
Wow, that is in great shape!!!  Nice find!
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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2016, 01:37:40 PM »
Holy smokes that's beautiful!   
Congratulations!
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Darko

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2016, 02:00:58 PM »
What a great score!
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Troy

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2016, 02:11:36 PM »
beauty!!
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weldboy

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2016, 03:42:23 PM »
Incredible


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indy82z

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2016, 03:46:10 PM »
Awesome find!! I dont know how you always seem to find these....
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harris92

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2016, 03:59:24 PM »
Underside of the ash pan.  It was completely covered in rust...  Reveals white porcelain enamel.  This ash pan is made of much thicker metal than the newer
Wood Dales.



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Craig

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2016, 04:16:52 PM »
You know we've come a long way as a collecting community in the last three years when we refer to Wood Dales as "newer". [emoji38]

At any rate, what an epic score! I had a hunch for the longest time that the whitey wheels came with the first/early Imperials and possibly the first red kettles. I'd say 1960-61 like Greg Rassmussen's Texan.


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armpit

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2016, 04:34:39 PM »
Well that cleaned up well from the eBay pics.
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Qreps

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2016, 06:58:46 PM »
What a great score. It turned out beautiful. Congratulations.
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tb80

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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2016, 07:01:41 PM »
Great score.


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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2016, 07:25:01 PM »
I've never seen that ash pan. So cool.
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Re: OLD Glen Blue Imperial.....UPDATE
« Reply #14 on: March 17, 2016, 08:07:51 PM »
What a beautiful kettle! 
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