Great to be a part of this deal, and welcome to the Wood Dale Mob
@Bertl ! As you said early on, you'll likely have the oldest Weber grill in Europe now, Austria for sure, and a good one it is - we're thinking 1960ish. When
@Jeff offered it to me years ago, I thought I would eventually restore the pan, but time marched on and I never did. Your restoration (of the pan - the rest of the grill was amazing as it is) is a real tribute to this amazing icon. Glad it's in your hands, and jazzed that it arrived on your birthday. I was biting my nails watching the progress from PA to Austria, but USPS did a fine job with the transfer. For those interested, it ran $150.00 to ship it. UPS quoted over $800! I packed it in a Master Touch box using the original inserts. I did stuff some extra newspaper in between some things, but not much.
I did manage to cook on it once or twice - that was a lot of fun. Hope you do the same.
Marty
By the way, you might be interested to know it was seen and handled by a legendary figure in the history of Weber; Warren Peterson. At a long ago meetup near Chicago at one of the Weber Grill restaurants, one of our guests worked with George Stephens Sr on the transition from spun to stamped kettles - his company in essence taught Weber how to make kettles the way they do today, and the rest is history. I recorded a conversation I had with him and will write it up someday. Anyway, Jeff had brought it along (these meetups always involve trades and deals - rain or shine) and Mr. Peterson loved seeing it. Here's Jeff and Warren reliving the glory days of Weber:
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