Eugene Deel
New member
I was gifted a redhead Weber Genesis 1100 (I think that's what it is) and other than the usual crud and minor rust on the frame I thought it would be a good restore project. As I removed the flavorizer bars and took a look at the inside of the firebox, I noticed several small holes around the edge of the firebox where the upper flavorizer bar ends rest. I also noticed some deterioration of the firebox near the front frame rail. It appears that the aluminum firebox is corroding away. Is this common on vintage Weber's? Structurally the firebox does not seem to be anywhere near falling apart so I'm wondering if I should even worry about this. All in all this may change my restore plans as I don't want to put a lot of time, money, and effort into this if it has a fatal, or near fatal flaw. I may just clean it up and use as is without replacing any parts. For now all I have is a dark picture of the outside. I have all the wood panels, they're just not in the picture.