Ryan RS in Mass
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Sometime last week (before I got my $10 Green 1000) I found a craigslist ad for a Redhead 1000 for $50.
I contacted the seller and he wasn't available any of the times I was available, so I decided I'd just let it pass.
Sunday afternoon he called me and told me he'd take $30 for it and he was around the rest of the afternoon.
He is moving out of state next weekend, so he wanted it gone.
I agreed that if it was as nice as he said it was, I'd take it.
Well, I drove home yesterday afternoon with my first Redhead, which is now firmly my keeper grill.
The frame is super mint, and the shelves are real wood, but appear to be the stained gray, which I just read today is somewhat of an oddity.
It does have a rotisserie mount, but he did not have the rotisserie anymore.
He put new burners, new grates, and new flavorizer bars into it 2 years ago, but the center of the grates are dented inward, so they're not really usable in my opinion.
Unfortunately he also drilled the control panel for the later "pop-in" style of igniter, which no longer works.
So, I've gotta swap grates and control panels on it, but he even threw in a cover which I should be able to get at least a season out of.
Worth the money, in my eyes.
Pics!:
Like I said, this is definitely a keeper for me, and hopefully the last grill I will ever buy to keep.
Subsequently, and to try to cure myself of Weber-itis, I have unfollowed my followed searches for Webers, and have tried to enter into a reformation program.
I likely will refurbish it completely sometime next spring, after I finish my green 1000.
Once I sell my Silver A (hopefully in the next few weeks), this baby is going to get my new Stainless Rod Quligrates, a new igniter, and go into full service - I am looking forward to it!
What are my options for a control panel swap so I can get rid of the extra igniter button?
Can I swap on the later Silver B premium control panel I have? They appear to be the same size...
I contacted the seller and he wasn't available any of the times I was available, so I decided I'd just let it pass.
Sunday afternoon he called me and told me he'd take $30 for it and he was around the rest of the afternoon.
He is moving out of state next weekend, so he wanted it gone.
I agreed that if it was as nice as he said it was, I'd take it.
Well, I drove home yesterday afternoon with my first Redhead, which is now firmly my keeper grill.
The frame is super mint, and the shelves are real wood, but appear to be the stained gray, which I just read today is somewhat of an oddity.
It does have a rotisserie mount, but he did not have the rotisserie anymore.
He put new burners, new grates, and new flavorizer bars into it 2 years ago, but the center of the grates are dented inward, so they're not really usable in my opinion.
Unfortunately he also drilled the control panel for the later "pop-in" style of igniter, which no longer works.
So, I've gotta swap grates and control panels on it, but he even threw in a cover which I should be able to get at least a season out of.
Worth the money, in my eyes.
Pics!:
Like I said, this is definitely a keeper for me, and hopefully the last grill I will ever buy to keep.
Subsequently, and to try to cure myself of Weber-itis, I have unfollowed my followed searches for Webers, and have tried to enter into a reformation program.
I likely will refurbish it completely sometime next spring, after I finish my green 1000.
Once I sell my Silver A (hopefully in the next few weeks), this baby is going to get my new Stainless Rod Quligrates, a new igniter, and go into full service - I am looking forward to it!
What are my options for a control panel swap so I can get rid of the extra igniter button?
Can I swap on the later Silver B premium control panel I have? They appear to be the same size...
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