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AZ Monsoon

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Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" - One Touch Plus
« on: March 17, 2016, 11:15:12 AM »
Craigslist find. 1st day - "nice grill, pretty fade, but I don't need it." 2nd day -  "it's still there huh?" 3rd day "just go buy it already." The gentleman was in his 70's I would say and said he was selling it for his Dad. I don't think it was used much. It had the normal rusted triangle, weathered legs, wheels and handles, but I'm guessing it lived it's life under a covered patio. Porcelain has to be close to 98-99%

New ash pan. I'll only subject myself to the punishment of cleaning a twist pan.

If these are the original grates I can only imagine they cooked hot dogs or something on this  :)

1st time redoing the wheels with the plastic white walls on them. Built up the white walls with primer, then semi gloss white. Wheels got satin black. The white walls are so brittle, I thought they were just going to crumble at some point while taking them apart....

He threw in one o those old-school electric charcoal starters too. May have to give it a go for nostalgia purposes.










Upside down L
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tb80

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #1 on: March 17, 2016, 11:32:48 AM »
Wow. Beautiful grill. Great find.


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MikeRocksTheRed

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #2 on: March 17, 2016, 11:43:22 AM »
HOLY SHIT....YOU HAVE GRASS IN YOUR BACKYARD!!!!!???????   Hehe...Really nice grill.  The handles look great.  It looks like you gave them a light sanding then refinished them so that they still have a bit of a weathered look.  I need to have the AZ crew over to my place for a meetup/azmonsoon lid vent shining demonstration!
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brewtownbeatdown

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #3 on: March 17, 2016, 11:51:38 AM »
Boy, ain't she perrrrty!!!
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apt323

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #4 on: March 17, 2016, 12:09:07 PM »
Great cleanup! its a nice looking son of a gun!!!!
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jcnaz

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2016, 12:33:02 PM »
That looks awesome, Barry!
Does anyone know of any other upside down L examples?
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Jeff

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #6 on: March 17, 2016, 12:45:32 PM »
Nice work! Looks like new.  Not much fade on this grill.  I like it better like that anyways. 
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AZ Monsoon

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2016, 03:23:50 PM »
Thanks guys. Mike, I can teach you that vent shining in about 2 minutes.
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weldboy

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2016, 03:38:07 PM »
Looks fantastic, beautiful red sir


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Darko

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" one touch plus
« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2016, 04:17:03 PM »
That's a beautiful looking grill.
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Qreps

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" - One Touch Plus
« Reply #10 on: March 17, 2016, 06:56:03 PM »
Wow that's a beauty!. Congratulations .
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crowderjd

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" - One Touch Plus
« Reply #11 on: March 17, 2016, 08:10:31 PM »
Is that the original handle?  Overall it looks beautiful! 
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AZ Monsoon

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" - One Touch Plus
« Reply #12 on: March 17, 2016, 08:18:20 PM »
Quote from: crowderjd on March 17, 2016, 08:10:31 PM
Is that the original handle?  Overall it looks beautiful!
Yeah man. I didn't plan on the handles looking distressed. They just ended up that way.  Just sanded with 250 grit, three or four coats of cherry stain, 3 coats of poly, a little rub down with #0000 steel wool and then Howard's wax n' feed over the top.

Howard's products are awesome by the way. I use them on 60's - 70's speaker cabinets fairly often. Available at Home Depot.

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einrej

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" - One Touch Plus
« Reply #13 on: March 17, 2016, 10:56:49 PM »
Looks Great
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SixZeroFour

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Re: Finished the 1989 red fade, upside down "L" - One Touch Plus
« Reply #14 on: March 24, 2016, 05:39:40 PM »
Somehow I missed this post for a whole week!?!? :o  Monsoon, The red looks incredible!!! Really great work on the cleanup [emoji106]

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