Weber 1979 Catalog (Pic Heavy)

[Hogsy]

I picked this up today and wanted to share with all you Grillfellas
Are you ready for some Weber Porn

[harris92]

Very interesting.  I didn't realize Weber made the Imperial Sequoia in 1977.

[G$]

Watch the Thank Yous pile up, Hogsy.

[Duke]

Excellent catalog Hogsy! 1st I am trying to figure out who everyone is? I have wondered, is that Georges wife to the left? One of the neat things I see is they offered the GA's in red and brown, which up until now the brown has only been a myth and the red other than the Snap-Ons have not been known to exist. Love the pink threads by the way.

[Craig]

Wow! Thanks a bunch for posting this! I learned some new things today from this, that Weber made the Smokey Joe's only in black by 1978 (I wonder when they brought the red ones back, must have been sometime in the 1980s), They made permanent mount gas kettles, which that type of gas grill was huge around here back then (for regular box style gassers). Also, 1977 must have been the last year for yellow and lime kettles. I figured I was close on when dark blue and dark green came out, 1978 (previously believed to be 1979 so I was a year off ) so that means there's some untapped undated blues and greens out in the world somewhere just waiting to be rescued. I want a blue or green MBH in the worst way.  Notice in the photos they used 1976-1977 kettles for the black and red 18 and 22's with the small lid vent tabs, but the others have the large tabs..    It looks like they used an early 70s red for their cut-out kettle and put new wheels on it. I'd love to see one of those in person Wow this is some serious pr0n for me, I am so geeking out on this, I may need a moment...    BTW, its good to still see George on the catalogs as late as '78.

Hey Marty, the cover would make a great WKC group dub photo.... 

A thousand thank you's Joel! 

[MartyG]

Hey Marty, the cover would make a great WKC group dub photo.... 

Be careful what you wish for Craig...

[Hogsy]

I appreciate all the thank you's, I knew you guys would get a kick out of it
I studied this catalog last night and there's so many cool things
Looks to be a retailers catalog , seeing the quantities that need to be ordered
The first paragraph on the 2nd page says 'we've been making the kettle for 25yrs' but the copyright on the back page is 1978. So it could be the 1977 catalog??
It gives me a bit of hope in finding an old colored 26, or GA or Galley Que or......
Anyway picked it up on Gumtree but it was a bit of a mission to get as the seller was interstate and a bit weird and wouldn't post, but the effort was worth it

[Peaspurple]

I love love love it !

[Craig]

I love the backlighting they did on the kettles in this photoshoot. Thanks for the avatar, Hogsy! 

[Duke]

I wonder why George isn't in the larger group shot and just the smaller one? This is a really great catalog!

[G$]

I keep loking at the greens and blues.  They pop!

[Jeff]

Thanks for posting that.  Some cool pics in there!