Weber Platinum Find

[RobW-ToolmakerRob]

Hi All,

Just picked this up on my way home today for $40.00, Genesis Platinum black hood, natural gas. Seems in pretty good shape overall. The bottom crossbar inside nuts broke off as I was lifting it into my van and the one bottom shelf mounting steel was rotted.
I am having difficulty trying to decipher the serial number. I did find a small tag on the side and another one underneath by the manifold. Can anyone assist in trying to figure out what year approximate it is?
I plan on running a gas line to the outside of my shop as it already has a gas line going to a radiant tube heater.
Feels like a nice simple project. Oh crap!!! Am I getting a case of Weberitis?
What do you guys think?
Thanks, Rob

 

[PatrickG]

420756 just need the starting digets

 

[Bruce]

I think the two letters might be EE

 

[Samuel]

That is the 1st Platinum I have ever seen. Great find!

 

[RobW-ToolmakerRob]

If the EE signifies year 1999? this is in pretty good shape overall. I will try to get a better look this weekend at the tag on the side of the manifold. I do not know what the sticker below means, image 180255.

Thanks guys.

 

[JohnS NJ]

that's a nice platinum. The SS flavor bars looks to be intact. The burners and cross burner are in great shape. Just needs a paint job and some SS screws and it's good to go for another 10 years.

 

[Rick W]

I've had success reading the faded serial numbers by using a UV light. For some reason the faded/ghost image of the printed number pops out under the influence of the UV light.

 

[Nick G]

Interesting that they had the burner holes on the sides of the tubes instead of on the top.

 

[AlexHanWI]

Interesting that they had the burner holes on the sides of the tubes instead of on the top.

These have burner holes on both sides of the tube. I'm not sure if it makes the grill hotter though.