Found this on OfferUp. Saw the ad & knew I had to grab it. Remembered a thread about the limited quantities of Green MBH 22"s, so I figured 18"s were few & far between as well. Woulda paid asking price, but luckily the seller agreed to less. Had been in her family a long time, & she was excited to find that out I'd be restoring it.
The triangle took a lot of abuse (appears to have been attacked by IceMelt & a snow shovel) & wasn't worth salvaging. Front leg stuck in socket with two broken welds. Wanted to keep last weld intact, so I cut leg off & used a die grinder to help remove rest. One bowl damper missing & had rust damage in its place. One chip next to lid damper & the handle was rotten.
Did the standard cleaning on the bowl & lid. Masked off the chip on the lid & touched up. Drilled broken welds on front socket & riveted. Went through my parts stash & came up with nice set of legs & bowl damper (not a matching "B" atm). Grabbed the triangle off a donor kettle. Polished legs, triangle, & ash pan. Used up my last set of new wheels.
Brought it down to the meet-up to add a period correct looking @zavod44 handle.
Gotta thank @einrej for naming it. Too small to be the Green Giant, so Sprout fit perfectly.
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Topic: "SPROUT", the 18" Green "B" Code Kettle (Read 3963 times)