Coppermist LetGo basement find

[Scott Zee]

Monday night I was checking local selling sites(No CUBS game to keep me busy). CL, OfferUp and LetGo. I have Weber as a key word in all of them...and didn't see anything special. So I check "grill"...and find an ad on LetGo that says "Brown portable grill". In the ad it says vintage Webber, never been used...It had a vent pic and a lid pic...looked like a Coppermist but really hard to tell. I did know at that point it was a Pat# lid and the vent was CLEAN. Send the seller a lowball offer and he come's back with a number that I thought was fair if it was in nice shape. We set up a meet for this morning...Indeed it is a Coppermist...possibly used maybe once as the coal grate is rusty and the original cooking grate has slight rust in a couple spots, nothing that won't come right off. Interior is virtually spotless.  The seller said he found it in a basement of a widow who put the grill in there after her husband passed away some 40 years ago. It's raining here right now so the following pics were taken in my garage...
Vent pic


Handle in perfect condition


Couple pics with flash on...



No flash...love the high dark fade




And this is what put it over the top for me...it sat under this BEAUTIFUL cover all these years



No mention of the cover in the ad and when he came driving up with the grill in the bed of his pickup truck I almost $hit my pants

My emotions are flying high right now as this was the color kettle my father had when I was a child. I vividly recall him cooking
hotdogs and burgers on it for the family. The only thing that could possibly make today any better would be a Cubs win tonight.
I know my dad is looking down today with a HUGE smile and a spatula waiting to flip those burgers....

[Craig]

What an awesome find! Congratulations on your new brownie! Looks like a '75.

[SixZeroFour]

AWESOME score! Fades are my personal fav's and your Copper Mist is a stunner! Congrats

[LightningBoldtz]

What an amazing find Scott, let me know if this add is pushing you to the limit and you need to let the lime MT go. 

[Darko]

Holy Crap!! What a great score. Congrats.

[JDD]

Wow! Wow! Wow! It has to be your lucky day!! Go Cubs! I hope your dad is a Cubs fan!

[brewtownbeatdown]

Grate score!!!  The epitome of 70's BBQ style. Love it.


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[kettlebb]

That's a good story! Congrats to you.


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[Scott Zee]

@JDD As a matter of fact he as well as my whole family are diehard Cub fans. My father passed away on January 11th and my brother and I took my mom to a game this past summer. When my dad passed I had a little bit of him (he was cremated) put in a small pill container, you can see it in my hand in the 1st picture.


After the game we went down to the field and I let a little bit of dad rest in one of his favorite spots in the whole world, on the field at Wrigley....I KNOW he's enjoying the ride this year and will be forever more...

[greenweb]

Beautiful! Congrats!

[JDD]

Very Cool!! I'm sure he is enjoying every minute of this. Thanks for sharing your story.

[Mr.CPHo]

That is really cool.  Nice score.


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[cumminfourya]

That's so cool, congrats!!!


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[Darko]

Great story. Thank you for sharing Scott.

[Travis]

What a great find Scott! Congrats!
Thanks for sharing your story. I'm sure the ol man is watching the game tonight, too!


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