New project.... Avocado Imperial Sequoia

[WNC]

Can't wait to see the clean up!
Great find!

[Uncle JJ]

Sweet score!  Take your time, and have fun restoring this beauty.  It has tons of potential!

[dwnthehatch]

The wheels appear to be correct, just that the whitewalls are gone...........

The wheels on mine are plastic with a faded whitewall. They are held on by bolts/washers and a cotter pin instead of an axle and caps. I'll get a pic when I can get to my storage area.

[Craig]

That's an awesome rescue! Can't wait to see it come back to life.

[1buckie]

The wheels appear to be correct, just that the whitewalls are gone...........

The wheels on mine are plastic with a faded whitewall. They are held on by bolts/washers and a cotter pin instead of an axle and caps. I'll get a pic when I can get to my storage area.

Still possible it's an original.....I think this is when they were changing stuff around on models, so let's get a look at it when you get the time.....
It's been captured....there's time now.......

[dwnthehatch]

I stopped by on my way to work this morning to snap some pics.

Knobs - may be original. I see no holes for the strap style handles I see on the other sequoias.


Hinges:


Wheels

[Peaspurple]

Man. Where did you find that. I haven't been on CL for a bit. That's sweet.

[1buckie]

I'm going to guess here.....the knobs might be, the hinges are not based on the  chipped out areas around them & the wheels might actually be original, based on the way they are heavily plugged in.....

They kept changing certain things on all kinds of models, sometimes for a reason, sometimes with little rhyme or reason (at least from where I sit) & so some of this could possibly be stock.....are you still able to connect with the people & ask them what they remember about the fix-its?

[dwnthehatch]

Man. Where did you find that. I haven't been on CL for a bit. That's sweet.

Thanks, it was near Glen Echo Park. Very nice old established area. I bet there are tons of old Webers in the hills there.

[dwnthehatch]

I'm going to guess here.....the knobs might be, the hinges are not based on the  chipped out areas around them & the wheels might actually be original, based on the way they are heavily plugged in.....

They kept changing certain things on all kinds of models, sometimes for a reason, sometimes with little rhyme or reason (at least from where I sit) & so some of this could possibly be stock.....are you still able to connect with the people & ask them what they remember about the fix-its?

I still have his number. Judging the look of the house, I believe he may have been liquidating the estate of his parents. He called his sister to ask permission to sell it at my offering price. I'll reach out to him.

[dwnthehatch]

I did a quick mini clean-up on the way home from work yesterday to see what I'm working with. The bowl has a few holes but nothing a happy cooker internal ash pan wont fix. Mine looks to be made of pine instead of redwood.

[SixZeroFour]

The pressure wash alone did wonders for the cart! Great job so far!

[1buckie]

OK.....THIS needs to be your tagline !!!!

"The bowl has a few holes but nothing a Happy Cooker internal ash pan wont fix."

Seems actually pretty dang good.....some chips & rusting, but all in all, really not too far along like some that have been resurrected !!!!


PS: Those wheels look more Weberish all the time......... ;

[dwnthehatch]

The wheels appear to be correct, just that the whitewalls are gone...........

The wheels on mine are plastic with a faded whitewall. They are held on by bolts/washers and a cotter pin instead of an axle and caps. I'll get a pic when I can get to my storage area.

Still possible it's an original.....I think this is when they were changing stuff around on models, so let's get a look at it when you get the time.....
It's been captured....there's time now.......

Looks like this has similar wheels. At least the tread looks the same.

[1buckie]

Yes, that is where I've seen them before.....check out the Westerners & some of the general age 26'ers