Here's my top two Grill pick-ups this week...Hint think 60's & 70's!


 
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Here are a couple older grills that I've picked up on CL in the last week or so. I don't know but its been easy pickins' here in the Twin Cities as I guess no one else in the area cares about these old grills like I do. Oh well, someone has to rescue them. :) The first is a red Weber Imperial Sequoia that is in pretty good shape. Its missing the ash pan and some hardware (lid hooks and towel rings) and the bowl has a few chips in it but other than that looks to be pretty complete. The original wheels have been replaced and it has been painted so I'm going to remove that and let the natural redwood show with just a transparent stain to go on the wood. Here's a couple pics as its going to have to wait until I have time to work on it, but I did clean the lid.

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Next is a 70's Weber Gas Barbeque Kettle grill that I just received today. I guess this doesn't belong in the charcoal grill section but I've added it to the other find that I got. I've cleaned it up and fired her up and it works fine. The on/off knob seems to be stuck in the "on" position so I'll have to work on that but overall looks good. I like the vents in the lid, looks like the fins on a shark and this even comes with your 70's lava rock. The owner was the original buyer and said the lava rock was also original.

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Both of these grills would qualify as Weber "classics" in my book. The Weber Sequoia will be used when I get done with the restoration and I'll even try the Weber gas barbeque grill just to see how well it does or does not work. Not real optimistic about that one though.
 
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So you're actually going to do some work on the Sequoia and not just flip it for three or four times what you paid for it? Assuming you actually picked this up here in the Twin Cities anyway, which I doubt. See, what many of you don't know is that Todd is a flipper, he doesn't care about Weber grills, he's in it for the money and refuses to work with any members here in the Twin Cities. So his mentioning that there doesn't seem to be anyone in the Twin Cities who cares about these grills is actually a dig at me and a few others. There's quite a few of us who do care about restoring and using the rare grills that pop up here fairly frequently, and if he weren't so greedy he'd find that all of working together be better than the rivalry he seems to want to instigate.
 
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So you're actually going to do some work on the Sequoia and not just flip it for three or four times what you paid for it? Assuming you actually picked this up here in the Twin Cities anyway, which I doubt. See, what many of you don't know is that Todd is a flipper, he doesn't care about Weber grills, he's in it for the money and refuses to work with any members here in the Twin Cities. So his mentioning that there doesn't seem to be anyone in the Twin Cities who cares about these grills is actually a dig at me and a few others. There's quite a few of us who do care about restoring and using the rare grills that pop up here fairly frequently, and if he weren't so greedy he'd find that all of working together be better than the rivalry he seems to want to instigate.
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Lol, He sounds angry doesn't he? Oooh, over a couple grills that he missed out on. Rivalry? Instigate? Really? Sounds like you should reserve the name calling with and for your other "members?" on the other site, it seems they get a kick out of it too and we really don't think that's entertaining here. The last thing I would do would work with any of your "members", now that's laughable! I have a little more history and appreciation of all things Weber than you know or describe here so please keep the lectures to yourself until you get a little more experience son. Ha, I do know how to drive'em out of the woodwork though, way too easy.
 
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Lol, He sounds angry doesn't he? Oooh, over a couple grills that he missed out on. Rivalry? Instigate? Really? Sounds like you should reserve the name calling with and for your other "members?" on the other site, it seems they get a kick out of it too and we really don't think that's entertaining here. The last thing I would do would work with any of your "members", now that's laughable! I have a little more history and appreciation of all things Weber than you know or describe here so please keep the lectures to yourself until you get a little more experience son. Ha, I do know how to drive'em out of the woodwork though, way too easy.
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Didn't read my post very well did you? I'm not angry Todd, just curious why you would write a post that was so obvious a farce to a few of us Twin Cities TVWB members. You should try the truth sometime Todd.
As far as the "other site" goes, Todd is referring to the WKC site, of which I am a member, and I've not made that a secret. I'm not interested in creating or participating in acrimony between the sites, it's too bad Todd is trying to stir that up.
I guess your parting shot speaks about the kind of guy you really are and reveals your real motives for posting the way you did.

Whatever Todd, I'm done.
 
Please take this into a private message, gentlemen. We've already had enough drama here on TVWBB during the past week. :)

Nice kettles, Todd, especially that Sequoia.
 
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