Patent Pending Red 18

[CatskillSmoker]

So on Thursday I get a PM from @dgodwin with a link and picture for a CL ad.
I was contacting seller and I get a text from @DrewZ  about it as well.
Got the seller on the phone and we set up for 10:30 AM Friday.
He expains there a LOT of ash in it so I should bring a bag to empty them out in. WTF
So Friday morning I pull up to the house and the grill and 2 1/2 bags of 24lb. Kingsford are in the driveway.
Seller comes out and is about 75-80, very nice gentlemen. I ask if he bought it and he tells me it was a house warming gift from a friend when they bought the house in 1970. I empty out ashes that were up to charcoal grate out into the bag. He says " A man not afraid to get his hands dirty". No problem I say. I ask where the garbage can is and he says " it's not handy". WTF. I guess using his hose to clean my hands would be asking to much so I put the bag in the bed of the truck and pack the grill in my passenger seat, shake hands with my dirty hand, and I'm off. Got her home and gave her a quick cleaning. Bowl daisy vents are locked up, Kroil on them now. Pin size hole by one socket weld. Treads on metal wheels are split, but all there. Another fun project. Thanks Fellas for looking out.



Nice Blueish grey

[Cellar2ful]

Great score Colin.  Is it just me or does that interior bowl color look blue but the interior of the lid appears to be black?  (Here we go again - lol)

[CatskillSmoker]

Great score Colin.  Is it just me or does that interior bowl color look blue but the interior of the lid appears to be black?  (Here we go again - lol)

Both seem to be a blueish grey like the inside of an oven. Really cool. A first for me.

[DrewZ]

Nice get.

Kroil rules.

[mhiszem]

Nice score and teamwork.


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[chiku18]

Very nice score , specially steel wheels and that blue inside . Grate going !!'


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[MrSandman]

Beautiful job!!!


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[Craig]

Ver early Pat PENDING for sure. 1969. It's still got the thumbscrew era grate strap configuration (2 of the four straps lined up with the bowl handles in a + ). Weber changed the straps to the familiar "X" pattern not long after. Nice pickup!


HOLY GRAILS: 1950s era Black or Custom finish 18.5 or 22.5 Kettle, Brown Go Anywhere grill.

[KevinP]

Very nice. Grate score


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[Madpap]

Nice score! And good to know about the grate straps too!


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[CatskillSmoker]

I think the person doing grate straps that day had to much to drink at lunchtime.

[addicted-to-smoke]

Re: the seller

I know that generation as you described him. Perfectly understandable once or if you can appreciate the perspective.

Nice kettle!

[CatskillSmoker]

First, many thanks to @Cellar2ful for his posting of such a detailed RRR of a very BEAUTIFUL kettle.
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/weber-kettles-accessories/196162-ambassador-in-the-wild-(yellow-ochre)/60/
I hear his voice in my head,just another sanding. LOL. This is my first steel wheel kettle RRR. Hope you Fellas enjoy.
So the legs, I must say were a BITCH. They were corroded and rusty in spots. Upon taking legs off the kettle I noticed one leg was frozen to the triangle, which is the worse that I've seen. With guidance and inspiration from Jim's post, I sanded and 0000 steel wool the legs and got them to where I was happy. I haven't polished them yet.






Next I started the wheels. Tread is split but intact so was easy to take of wheel. Evaporust, sanding, and again steel wool. It was some work but I got the one side to where I like it ready for Primer/ filler.




As I stated in my first post, Kroil to the rescue.


All 3 bowl daisies were locked up in the closed position.
After 5 days of spraying 2 of the 3 daisies are functional. One more to go. Will keep posting until completed.

[jkolantern]

Grate progress!  Keep it up!

[Mike in Roseville]

Love Kroil! Nice job so far!


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