1976-77 weathered warrior

[Izzygrillz]

Kettles of this age never come up for sale around here and this one caught my eye, I'm picking it up Monday, couple questions, what's some pointers for clean up and restore? I wanna keep the patina, and how can I narrow down wether it's a 76 or 77, thanks Izzy


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[PotsieWeber]

The way it says WEBER on the vent makes it a '77.  In '78, it was embossed.  In '76 it said Bar B Kettle & Weber above it, but much smaller.

[Mike in Roseville]

The first rule of Weathered Warriors is...you don't clean Weathered Warriors. BTW...yours is a '77.


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[Walchit]

You clean the inside though right?

[kettlebb]

I would. If I'm cleaning a cooker I just razor scrape the lid and bowl inside. I don't make it sparkly clean as it makes no sense to me since it will be dirty that day or week. I will let it pre-heat a little longer to get the grate good and hot, then give the grate a good scrape and throw down some grub.

Only grills I'll try to shine up the inside are ones I'll spend more time looking at. Enjoy the WW.


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[Izzygrillz]

Thanks for the info guys, I'll post more pics when I have it, and it's assembled caddywampus would you guys fix that or no?


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[Mike in Roseville]

Thanks for the info guys, I'll post more pics when I have it, and it's assembled caddywampus would you guys fix that or no?


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Clean the inside yes. Scrape it if there's a lot of gunk. You could also add a lit chimney or two spread evenly across the charcoal grate to burn it out.

Fix the caddywampus? Up to you. I know some people are really OCD about it and must have it corrected. I personally would...you'll take the legs off to clean it anyway.


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[Walchit]

I clean them up extra good before I use them, mainly because I don't know if cannibals or something owned the grill at one time or another. In sure a really hot fire would do the trick too, but I'm currently deep. Cleaning this ssp. I should grind the ash sweep out and really get it clean, but I think I'm gonna hold off on that, cause it adds another 30 bucks to my project

[Izzygrillz]

I will be fixing the caddywampus it will drive me crazy


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[Filibuster]

   A used weber pretty or ugly gets the full cleaning treatment. I get a sense of personal satisfaction when it stands tall in all its glory amongst other showroom webers.

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[PotsieWeber]

Clean it really, really good.  They might have been vegetarians. 

I clean them up extra good before I use them, mainly because I don't know if cannibals or something owned the grill at one time or another. In sure a really hot fire would do the trick too, but I'm currently deep. Cleaning this ssp. I should grind the ash sweep out and really get it clean, but I think I'm gonna hold off on that, cause it adds another 30 bucks to my project

[james1787]

I will be fixing the caddywampus it will drive me crazy

I could never fix the caddywampus.. still hope to find one in the wild  

[Izzygrillz]

Here's some pictures after doing just some light cleaning


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[kettlebb]

Wow! That's what I want for my WWs. Mine are just faded at this time but I want the patina. Looks grate!


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[JEBIV]

Lovin the patina on that old girl