Curb pickup today in Bethesda, MD.


 
I've seen some incredible car body repairs with PDR but that's a real skill. I am waiting for a response from the previous owner. If they don't care and still want it I will just leave it. Otherwise I think the crease has really ruined the value. It should still cook well! I actually really just hope I find out how it happened. It would take a lot of pressure from something sort of sharp, but not too sharp to break the porcelain.
 
Val Deale said:
I've never used JB weld but I've seen it in the hardware store. It's an epoxy? Would you smear it on after sanding and then sand again? Sort of like Bondo?
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They make different versions of it, but don't remember how many high heat choices there are. Yes, you basically use it like bondo and as long as what you get isn't too old and not pliable anymore it works pretty well.
 
Val Deale said:
I've seen some incredible car body repairs with PDR but that's a real skill. I am waiting for a response from the previous owner. If they don't care and still want it I will just leave it. Otherwise I think the crease has really ruined the value. It should still cook well! I actually really just hope I find out how it happened. It would take a lot of pressure from something sort of sharp, but not too sharp to break the porcelain.
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Today the previous owner got back with me about the lid crease - she said it was a "HUGE" tree that fell on it from a neighbors yard. That would explain the damage not chipping the porcelain.
 
Here is exactly what the previous owner sent me, I thought it was interesting:

"The dent happened when a HUGE branch from our neighbors tree fell on it. Again a testament to how good grills used to be, if that same branch fell on the new one we have, it would likely be crushed like a little walnut"

Go Genesis 1000 WBS!
 
Being a tree branch it explains a little why the porcelain did not crack. The wood being soft did not present anything sharp and then did not produce a sharp crease where the physical stresses would have caused it.
 
That's how I got my first Weber grill that ultimately led to me getting in the grill restoration hobby. We had moved back to Florida, and the first summer we were there our area experienced two hurricanes separated by just weeks. In the aftermath, my wife and I were driving down a main street when I saw the wreck of a Weber redhead laying in pieces out by the curb. A tree branch had put a much worse dent in the hood and the owners were scrapping it. My grill ownership until then was limited to typical big box cheapo grills. I said, "Stop! I know what that is."

Much to my wife's embarrasment, we stopped and loaded the pile of parts into our minivan. I took it home to try to put it all back together. Lacking tools beyond a small collection of Craftsman basics, I FILED the rust off the cast iron grates in the Florida heat, bought a few parts and wood for slats, and little by little got it working again. A little high heat red on the hood, and I had my first REAL WEBER. I still remember firing it up the first time and being amazed at the difference compared to the flamethrower with a grate that I had been using!
 
I think I'm going to try and fix WBS all up and give it back to the owners and only charge them for parts. The wife (girlfriend? ) of the owner is really into recycling old stuff and with the lid dent, this thing even has a story to it. Besides, they helped my daughter buy her first car and it will give me experience before I tackle my other Genesis project.20251006_105640.jpg

Question - I think I can restore the burners with no problem. They feature the old style center double hole burner. But the plastic insect guards are shot. What would you all do? Put a make-shift screen around the shutters or just get a $65 Hongso/Amazon burner tube and flavor bar replacement kit? She will need new flavor bars at a minimum.
 
Not sure what to tell you about those plastic guards. IDK if they're sold. I'd almost try using some stainless steel mesh either inserted into the end of the burner (like new burners use) or simply wrapping around and securing with wire
 
Val Deale said:
I think I'm going to try and fix WBS all up and give it back to the owners and only charge them for parts. The wife (girlfriend? ) of the owner is really into recycling old stuff and with the lid dent, this thing even has a story to it. Besides, they helped my daughter buy her first car and it will give me experience before I tackle my other Genesis project.View attachment 120654

Question - I think I can restore the burners with no problem. They feature the old style center double hole burner. But the plastic insect guards are shot. What would you all do? Put a make-shift screen around the shutters or just get a $65 Hongso/Amazon burner tube and flavor bar replacement kit? She will need new flavor bars at a minimum.
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I had to replace all four of them on the FT400 flat top I just worked on as they were all melted.
 
Dave in KC said:
Dedication, right there.
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Dave, NOBODY could ever rival you for dedication!

I was much more used to the high heat and humidity back then. Now I am still learning to adjust to cold. The one thing is, though, that no matter how hot it got in Florida, you COULD work outside as long as you avoided the sun (note my "sun hat") and had plenty of cold water available. When it is 5 below zero, most any outdoor activity stops in its tracks.
 
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