Old but Gold!

[Bertl]

A very huge shoutout to Marty aka @56MPG and @Jeff my friends over the big pond!
That great gentlemen made it possible to me to get a true beauty! I got Weberitis very hard and made myself a birthday present. My new familymember arrived exact at my birthday Dec. 29th. I knew the ashpan was very rusty and i decidet to restore it original as possible. That is all i had to do at this beautyful kettle. It landet in pretty perfect condition. Pictures tell more than i can write.

Thank you again Martin & Jeff!!!

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[jkolantern]

Amazing!  Cooker or looker?

[Lowbrass]

Looks awesome!  Nice work on the ash pan!


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[Foster Dahlet]

that is a beauty!

[mhiszem]

Wow great team work guys!


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[WNC]

Wow, looks to be in amazing shape! Nice job on the pan!
Happy birthday


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[56MPG]

Great to be a part of this deal, and welcome to the Wood Dale Mob @Bertl ! As you said early on, you'll likely have the oldest Weber grill in Europe now, Austria for sure, and a good one it is - we're thinking 1960ish.  When @Jeff offered it to me years ago, I thought I would eventually restore the pan, but time marched on and I never did. Your restoration (of the pan - the rest of the grill was amazing as it is) is a real tribute to this amazing icon. Glad it's in your hands, and jazzed that it arrived on your birthday. I was biting my nails watching the progress from PA to Austria, but USPS did a fine job with the transfer. For those interested, it ran $150.00 to ship it. UPS quoted over $800! I packed it in a Master Touch box using the original inserts. I did stuff some extra newspaper in between some things, but not much.

I did manage to cook on it once or twice - that was a lot of fun. Hope you do the same.

Marty

By the way, you might be interested to know it was seen and handled by a legendary figure in the history of Weber; Warren Peterson. At a long ago meetup near Chicago at one of the Weber Grill restaurants, one of our guests worked with George Stephens Sr on the transition from spun to stamped kettles - his company in essence taught Weber how to make kettles the way they do today, and the rest is history. I recorded a conversation I had with him and will write it up someday. Anyway, Jeff had brought it along (these meetups always involve trades and deals - rain or shine) and Mr. Peterson loved seeing it. Here's Jeff and Warren reliving the glory days of Weber:

[Speedster]

Wow! That's awesome. Historical icon


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[RottiGuy]

Great job by all and what a beauty of a kettle!!!

[Jeff]

Looks great @bertl.  You completed the finishing touch this kettle always needed since I found it.  Thanks to Marty @56MPG for getting this gem over the pond safely.   

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[greenweb]

Nicely done guys! Congrats to bertl.

[jcnaz]

That is beautiful!

[Travis]

A classic beauty. So nice. Congrats man and great job on that pan.


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[CatskillSmoker]

That is just an awesome story. Kuddos to everyone involved in this
What a great community we all have here. Keep it up Fellas
Congrats on the Grate score @Bertl

[weldboy]

Awesome man. Beautiful kettle and that pan looks great


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