Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
Since I only recently joined this group, I thought I would dig out one of my first all-out restorations. I found this tired out Genesis on CL and picked it up pretty cheap.
The original owner had let the original trays go to pot and replaced the side one with some kind of tile slab. I didn't know a lot about the history of these grills at the time, but I found out that this one was apparently an edition created specially for Target stores. I thought it was black when looking at the pictures but found in person that it was actually a classy charcoal gray.
When I first started working on this grill I didn't realize the challenge of tracking down the various missing durawood trays. I am sure it is that much harder now. Eventually, I found them and meanwhile got the frame stripped down and the goofy slab thing (and related glue/cement) off.
I decided that I wanted to donate my final product to our local small college for their annual auction. I probably went a little overboard, but I replaced all the internals with new parts and did my best to bring the remainder back to life.
I printed out the paperwork that came with this grill and even made a poster to help generate additional bids!
The auction winner got a pretty good deal. While I now much prefer the older Genesis models with real wood slats (even if difficult to maintain), I thought this one with durawood slats came out pretty attractive. Let me know what you think!
Jon
The original owner had let the original trays go to pot and replaced the side one with some kind of tile slab. I didn't know a lot about the history of these grills at the time, but I found out that this one was apparently an edition created specially for Target stores. I thought it was black when looking at the pictures but found in person that it was actually a classy charcoal gray.
When I first started working on this grill I didn't realize the challenge of tracking down the various missing durawood trays. I am sure it is that much harder now. Eventually, I found them and meanwhile got the frame stripped down and the goofy slab thing (and related glue/cement) off.
I decided that I wanted to donate my final product to our local small college for their annual auction. I probably went a little overboard, but I replaced all the internals with new parts and did my best to bring the remainder back to life.
I printed out the paperwork that came with this grill and even made a poster to help generate additional bids!
The auction winner got a pretty good deal. While I now much prefer the older Genesis models with real wood slats (even if difficult to maintain), I thought this one with durawood slats came out pretty attractive. Let me know what you think!
Jon