Recent content by Jon Tofte

I can see that, although I personally like the "cleaner" look of the flush black specialty screws. I purchased those new ones from Amazon. They are the right ones and come nice and shiny. I am good with that on the inside of the hood. However, maybe because I am an accountant and not as...

Thanks, Cody. It will be a while, but I will give it a try and post my results.

Good point, Cody. I had thought about that...I guess I could experiment before paying someone to do it for me! On the instruction lettering, I am thinking black except leaving the lettering on the front without paint. It is legible enough, and I don't see it in black in any pictures:

Mike Lang, the author of "Another Pint Please" and our honored guest at TVWBB Upper Midwest Meet from a few years ago, wrote a nice article about using a Vileluxe: https://www.anotherpintplease.com/blog//2014/08/the-vieluxe-little-weber-history-via.html The one he cooked on did not have the...

The control panel is all stainless. The unique thing about mine is that all of the markers for the control knobs, the instruction lettering and the logo are all ENGRAVED into the stainless. That makes repainting them within reach - if you have a good artist's hand. I am hoping a woman from my...

Yep, the wild west world of Facebook Marketplace!

I wouldn't be above treating with some rust remover and VERY carefully applying a dab of high heat blue paint. No, it won't disappear, but it would be much less obvious. Not worth it on a dime a dozen plain black hood, but for a blue...

I know what you are saying, Hank. I guess I am OK with a modest fade to have a Skyline. The last one that I did, originally thinking of keeping but then in a fit of sanity deciding to sell, had only a small amount of fade. It was in good enough shape that applying some "Pimp My Grill" metal...

This one looks like my early model. Still hard to say, but I think it shows black knobs, bezels, trim holding the hood handle as well as on the sliding side burner cover and ends of the control panel. Everything else is stainless.

BABY STEPS Very little time to dedicate to grills. Here are a few tiny steps toward having a restored Vieluxe: The original drip pan was made out of aluminum, a poor choice vs. the porcelain covered, though much smaller, drip trays used on most earlier Weber gas grills. Mine has too many holes...

My wife, Faith, is from Chicago area, and I went to grad school at the University of Chicago. My dream Skyline was conceived and built from various parts in South Florida, my home most of my life. This picture seems to capture its story:blackgenesis1000:. The Skyline Series will always be extra...

Exactly like mine :smilekettle: !

Fortunately, the smoker box burner seems to be the only one that escaped the doom the others suffered due to two decades of overwhelming neglect. It probably wasn’t used that much, and the smoker box helped shield it.

I wonder if I was off by a 1/16th”.

Larry, not expecting it to do rotisserie, I LOVE that Summit you sold me! I think it is a powerful cooking machine and now that the disappointing firebox design has been overcome with stainless reinforcements, a superbly built grill. As I have said before, probably the best Weber put their name...