WOOD DALE Owners Mob

[brettbrown]

Here's mine chugging along on a camping trip

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[56MPG]

My Wood Dale. Unrestored. As found. Survivor.

[glrasmussen]

[JDD]

Yes I'm in the mob:

[MaxBobcat]

[Winz]

Here is the Wooddale that I got from @Dale Benson   and wound up passing on to @Winz.

So I am a former member of the mob.
And now all of my pictures are sideways...







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I love this little grill, and the fact that @Dale Benson gifted it to @jcnaz who subsequently gifted it to me makes it even more special.  When I was living in NORCAL, I sent JC the hooks for him to rebuild the ash pan, not knowing that I would eventually move 10 miles away from him and end up with the 49er in my hands!


Heres is what Dale bought:



He cleaned it up, JC fixed the ash pan, and this is what I received as a gift from JC:





For the record, it cooks a mean steak:





Winz

[Scott Zee]

Hopefully someday I'll be a member of the mob....before I swim with the fishes....

[JEBIV]

Just joined last night
Not great pics but I love this little 18 had to snap the pics quick and hide in the garage before the wife got home I will sneak it into the collection later LOL

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[Mr.CPHo]

@JEBIV, looks friggin awesome!  Congrats.


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[HoosierKettle]

I can't tell what makes a wood dale a wood dale and I couldn't figure it out by researching this site either.  How do you identify a wood dale?

[56MPG]

The vent will be stamped with the WOOD DALE, ILL. city name. There MAY have been some early non-stamped vents for kettles made in Wood Dale after the move from Chicago, but it's hard to verify.



The vent-code cheat-sheet is a work in progress, but this version is close to final. Handy to have a copy in the glovebox for those sudden curb-alert finds.



For those wondering, the very first tabs were welded onto the vent as a separate piece. After that, the tab was stamped out with the vent itself. Note the shape of the vent tab also changes, and I need to update the chart to reflect the reality that WOOD DALE vents are square - at least some are. @Craig would know for sure what years went with what tab style, but we keep learning new stuff as some of the old kettles resurface.

[HoosierKettle]

Ah I see.  I had been studying pictures to no avail

[Travis]

Congrats @JEBIV! She's a beaut!!


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[zavod44]

Here is my Wood Dale row



I just picked this up in a trade..



I think I have two more, I'll try to get pics tomorrow





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[firedude5015]

Here is my Wood Dale row



I just picked this up in a trade..



I think I have two more, I'll try to get pics tomorrow





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THAT...is freaking Amazing!

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