1959 back to new condition.

[1spacemanspiff]

Well done!!!

[Lilyankee]

Looks great!


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[Sprinkler76]

Amazing


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[cigarman20]

Late to the party but that is a beauty!! Great job on the restoration


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[jkolantern]

Fantastic job! Is there a story on the acquisition?

[RRRanger99]

Now that's the real deal! It would've been awesome if the anniversary kettles were an exact replica, with all new authentic reproduction parts, right down to accurate detail. That's how it SHOULD look!

[Chris-B-Que]

Fantastic job! Is there a story on the acquisition?

No special story, but was found by a grillfella in the states on the side of the Rd.
I had been searching for a while for a solid base white wheeled kettle to go with my WBMW 58 18 5inch.
Came across the 1959 on a fb post.
Spent over 6 months chatting and talking and trying to acquire it off the guy, and he finally replied back one day saying he was ready to sell.
So it got boxed up and on a 10000 km journey to Australia.

The rest is history.

I do love this grill. Is a special one that's for sure

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[Chris-B-Que]

Now that's the real deal! It would've been awesome if the anniversary kettles were an exact replica, with all new authentic reproduction parts, right down to accurate detail. That's how it SHOULD look!

I agree to a certain point.
Due to safety reasons metal handles will never be made again.

I def will be getting a grey and a yellow 70th anniversary grill to join my 3x 50s grills.

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[TXFlyGuy]

A few weeks ago I bit the bullet and committed to a full as new resto on my 1959 first yr solid base Wood Dale due to it being in very very good condition 9+/10.

Only thing I couldn't resto is the og steel chromed legs, after removing rust with evaporust the legs were far far too pitted and damage to be re chromed professionally. 2 chrome plating places knocked me back.
Will always keep the original legs.

Everything else on this beauty is original.
The utility shelf got garnet blasted back to bare metal and then lots of body work with bondo/car filler to fill and smooth the bad pitting and 2 dents.
Undercoat and then 4 or 5 coats of a cheap Aussie rattle can paint in new copper colour, then some high quality non yellowing satin enamel clear was sprayed over the colour.

Wheels got the same, removed rust, bondo/filled and sanded and painted white gloss with clear enamel gloss.

Legs, bolt, thumbscrews and axle all got a buff and a polish.

Super happy with how this has turned out.
Looks like it would have just rolled off the production line.
Like a brand new purchase in 1959.

Just need some topper stickers to 'top' it off

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Good looking basil plant.