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Yep, and I'll bet the airflow would have at slowed down the rust on the side and back panels. An even crazier thought would have been to use stainless steel for those panels since that's what they used for the doors.
Actually on the 1st generation Summit - but NOT on the Platinum of that era that used a similar frame - in addition to the doors, the side and back cabinet pieces are all heavy 304 stainless. Before the Vieluxe was created, these were Weber’s pinnacle grills.

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