So, back in September, a brownie came up on CL in St. Louis for $20 about two miles from my parents. My sister and dad picked it up. The ad made it look pretty good, but once they got it home, we quickly realized it was ROUGH. Anyway, I arrived in STL from Vegas last night, and I got a chance to take a look at the grill today. It's an H code (1986). As I mentioned on another post, the One Touch system had two sweeps broken, and was welded solidly into place. The leg sockets were loose, one leg was FILLED with dirt, and the legs would not come out. After a little over two hours of work, I'll show you where I'm at right now.
Pics from this summer:
The Craigslist ad:
Pic my sister sent me once she picked it up:
Other pic she sent:
So today, here is what I saw:
First off, my dad is an AWESOME trim carpenter and of course made homemade handles for me sometime this fall. I'll show some close up pics later. He just took off the old broken handle, made a sketch, then made and varnished all new handles. They are very nice, and make this old grill that much more special.
(It was raining when I brought it from my dad's shed into the basement.)
Legs
Triangle
Interior of grill before clean-up. Notice only one sweep still in tact.
After the razor scraper and steel wool:
Legs cleaned and polished:
My dad and I finally used a hacksaw to cut off the handle of the old One Touch system...you can see what the bottom looks like here. I'm curious as to what others have done to shore up the bottom of their kettles.
And with all that said, here's where we are right now...
I also cleaned up the triangle, but I didn't get a pic. I have to say, I just cannot get the knack of getting those to a shiny new state.
The vent:
NOW...the next step is getting this back to Las Vegas. I'm going to pack it in TWO boxes, and try taking it as free checked baggage on Southwest. By my measurements, It will just work. We will see how that all works, and I'll keep you all updated. Happy Thanksgiving!
Topic: Brownie Restore (Read 2298 times)
