So some of you may remember a 22 avocado popped up nearby me in Geneva, Il. I was first to respond and picked it up...here was the link to our thread for it.
http://weberkettleclub.com/forums/trading-post/and-now-a-sage-green-for-$25-in-geneva!-(chi)/
Now this grill was actually in pretty good shape as far as the bowl and lid. The only glaring issue was a chip about the size of a half dollar around one of the leg sockets. The lid had a chip on it about the size of half a corn kernel, and one ding/chip in the lip of the lid. There was also a chip on the face of the metal pull handle on the bowl. The handle on top was trashed, the wheels were steel with rubber tread, but extremely rusty...but still solid. The triangle was beyond making it nice again.
So I've spent some time cleaning this one up. Got a new handle on it from Brian, and a replacement triangle from Stu the original was too far gone to make look nice again (thanks again!) the replacement he gave me was still good and polished up very nice. I sanded the wheels down with a dremel attachment, primed them, repainted them, and used a whitewall vinyl sticker from Brian (thanks!). I put new axle hub caps on it to finish them off. Lastly, the legs were polished. Whats also cool and unusual, is that the inside isn't your typical black color, but more of a gun metal bluish color. There is a little bit of surface rust inside, but not bad. This grill turned out pretty darn nice and is solid. I just need a cap for the front leg. This is a patent pending grill with no number on the vent.
While avocado isn't one of my favorite colors, I was kinda missing my previous one that I just traded to Stu at our Weber Fest party. I'll hang onto this one for a while, but it may be used for a trade with someone in the future for another rare or uncommon grill...BTW, I really want an old 22 baby blue!
Here is the lid when I got it...yeah it was that nice..but I did polish the vent a little already at this point...it was pretty dingy
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Primed and painted wheels
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Polished legs
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New white walls
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Polished up underside
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Finished product
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Great Job!
Awesome again Jeff. A truly wonderful restoration.
Based on my avacado of the same vintage, I agree the inside is not black. You call it gun blue, I call it gray.
Bucket full :o
Ahhh fuck that's so fucking sweet
Sensational cleanup of an already well cared for grill
Easily top avo I've seen
Credit to ya
Fantastic work Jeff. You can really tell how much you love these grills looking at the end results of your restores.
Ken
That's not real! Looks great jeff!
"my kettle is more powerful it will do almost anything."
Wow Jeff, that really turned out great!
Nice Cado Jeff! Two things that stand out that I really like are the Duke style dirty angle and the wheel push nuts. 8)
I have noticed the cados usually look like they have a white mist sprayed inside of them.
Nice job. Have you noticed how much heavier the lid is compared to the newer kettles ? My 69 Cado vent is the background for my cell phone screen. 8)
Wow nice work, Jeff!
That looks amazing! I'm wondering what material you used to cover the chip near the leg socket?
Quote from: javahog2002 on July 24, 2013, 07:14:39 PM
Nice job. Have you noticed how much heavier the lid is compared to the newer kettles ? My 69 Cado vent is the background for my cell phone screen. 8)
No doubt java. My 69 avacado is noticeably my heaviest lid.
That spectacular! Awesome restore Jeff! I hope to have one some day.
Impressive.
Nice save indeed!
Very pretty. What did you name her? I like the two tone fade. I love the weber colors a lot, especially the oddballs.
Brilliant Job
Jeff your work is inspirational and inspires a lot of us to have a crack at restoring old grills
Problem is you set the bar so high 8)
You got that right, Hogsy.........
I live on a busy street, the dust etc. is constantly stirred up........NO WAY can I keep stuff up to the standard of this peach.....even indoors.....even under real good "Weber Brand" covers
Tremendous cleanup / fixup !!!!!
Quote from: edhead35 on July 25, 2013, 05:00:22 AM
Very pretty. What did you name her? I like the two tone fade. I love the weber colors a lot, especially the oddballs.
Well this girl remains nameless for now...she hasn't yet earned her way into the family yet! being she's a Cado- she's sort of a black sheep! Lol. Not in my top 5 of colors. She might be a halfway house girl if a baby blue 22 ever comes along
Quote from: Hogsy on July 25, 2013, 05:23:45 AM
Brilliant Job
Jeff your work is inspirational and inspires a lot of us to have a crack at restoring old grills
Problem is you set the bar so high 8)
Well I'm no miracle worker...It helps to have a clean grill to start with and help from other members with parts I need or can't make myself!
Quote from: Jeff on July 25, 2013, 06:42:30 AM
Quote from: edhead35 on July 25, 2013, 05:00:22 AM
Very pretty. What did you name her? I like the two tone fade. I love the weber colors a lot, especially the oddballs.
Well this girl remains nameless for now...she hasn't yet earned her way into the family yet! being she's a Cado- she's sort of a black sheep! Lol. Not in my top 5 of colors. She might be a halfway house girl if a baby blue 22 ever comes along
Geez.....if she's that far down the totem pole........pack 'er up & send her out here.....I'll figger out a name QUICK !!!!!
She's actually starting to grow on me!
Quote from: Jeff on July 25, 2013, 07:14:59 AM
She's actually starting to grow on me!
I would hope!
Quote from: Jeff on July 25, 2013, 07:14:59 AM
She's actually starting to grow on me!
Avacados are royalty.......
Maybe name her "Queen Jane"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cob00SYvHE8
Video is homemade bootleg, but audio is elegant filligree........royal...... 8)
Outstanding work Jeff! That gun-metal blue is the same as on my red 18.5. An Avocado Caribbean IS in my top 5...... that one and your old one (now Stu's), are sweet ones. I've got 1 of my favorite 60s/70s appliance colors in my brown kettle....
Very nice job Jeff, you set the gold standard on restoring a beat up kettle.
Quote from: Craig on July 25, 2013, 03:24:04 PM
Outstanding work Jeff! That gun-metal blue is the same as on my red 18.5. An Avocado Caribbean IS in my top 5...... that one and your old one (now Stu's), are sweet ones. I've got 1 of my favorite 60s/70s appliance colors in my brown kettle....
They both are nice, those cados. Cado and yellow 22 are at the top of my list for sure.
That it's outstanding Jeff!!!
Love it nice work man.
Ok....what kind of car is that nice shiny black thing in the garage?
Looks nice too
Brent
For Big B:
Quote from: Jeff on July 10, 2013, 04:19:07 AM
Great grills you have there, and AWESOME Mopars! I'm a Chevy guy at heart, but do love the Mopars. My dream car is a Superbird. But for now, here is my little toy...complete with a 454
Welcome to the club!
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Have you ever seen any collections of 70's webers at the Car Shows ? I always thought it would be cool to have a food cart serving food cooked on a 70's kettle at a hot rod show.
That would be a cool idea, but no...I never have
Great job on that resto Jeff....impressive.
Quote from: OGlenn on July 24, 2013, 07:52:30 PM
That looks amazing! I'm wondering what material you used to cover the chip near the leg socket?
Well...all I really did with that area was use a dremel with wire brush to take off any surface rust. I primed it with a 2000 degree paint, and then just shot it with a sage color spray. Normally I would take more time and paint match it better, but there was no avocado color I found in visiting just a couple big box home stores. If it was in a more visible area, I would have tried harder to match it...and I still might, but for now its done. This grill won't see any grilling action as long as I have it.