My first score of the new season


 
Looks like a great restoration in progress!

On that drip pan, I think that was probably the time period that the porcelain ones were being phased out. They were a lot nicer. Now all you can get is thin aluminum or non-OEM plain steel painted black. Oh, there was a company offering a stainless one in a slightly squarer shape. I don't think they are available any longer.
 
Jon Tofte said:
Looks like a great restoration in progress!

On that drip pan, I think that was probably the time period that the porcelain ones were being phased out. They were a lot nicer. Now all you can get is thin aluminum or non-OEM plain steel painted black. Oh, there was a company offering a stainless one in a slightly squarer shape. I don't think they are available any longer.
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Thanks Jon. I'm looking at this one as more of a thorough cleaning than an actual restoration. I'm not expecting do any paint work on it unless that bottom rack isn't just dirty. I'm going to replace the igniter, the wheel inserts, and that aluminum drip tray. I just wasn't sure at first if that was original to the grill, but apparently it was.
 
I got the burner tubes out and cleaned up. Only slight degradation after 23 years. This is where I really need to have a bench grinder with a wire wheel attachment and a buffing wheel. Holding the tube in one hand and the drill in the other is not the best way to do this job. I also found the manufacturer info tag on the frame as I was tearing the grill down to get the burner tubes out. It's a 2002 model.IMG_20250323_063517244.jpgIMG_20250323_035502698.jpg
 
I polished the valves on the manifold a little bit and I sprayed some Gibbs penetrant on the valve stems and the rest of the manifold. The valves are a little sticky and aren't locking 100%, this should take care of that problem without having to try and take each individual valve apart. There is also some surface rust on the manifold which the Gibbs should disolve. If not, I will sand it down and repaint it.IMG_20250323_080304066.jpg
 
Steve Hoch said:
I got the burner tubes out and cleaned up. Only slight degradation after 23 years. This is where I really need to have a bench grinder with a wire wheel attachment and a buffing wheel. Holding the tube in one hand and the drill in the other is not the best way to do this job. I also found the manufacturer info tag on the frame as I was tearing the grill down to get the burner tubes out. It's a 2002 model.View attachment 109494
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A Jawhorse is your friend in rehabbing grills.
 
Steve Hoch said:
I polished the valves on the manifold a little bit and I sprayed some Gibbs penetrant on the valve stems and the rest of the manifold. The valves are a little sticky and aren't locking 100%, this should take care of that problem without having to try and take each individual valve apart. There is also some surface rust on the manifold which the Gibbs should disolve. If not, I will sand it down and repaint it.View attachment 109497
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Never heard of Gibbs before...
 
It's been a long time since I've had one of these thermoset table grills to work on so somebody help me out. This table just sits on top of the frame and rests on the four rubber bumpers? IMG_20250323_102008359.jpg
 
Steve Hoch said:
It is. I'm going to be able to get away with a good cleaning on this one and it will look like new. I'm not going to dig into it tonight, but I'm guessing it's somewhere around a 2003-2004. For around here especially, it's in pretty impressive condition.
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I have the very same grill, I wanna say mine was a 2001 model. Great grill.
 
C Denham said:
I have the very same grill, I wanna say mine was a 2001 model. Great grill.
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Very cool. I like it enough that I'm going to give it a tryout after I get it back together. It may even become my new everyday grill if it comes close enough to my Genesis 1000.
 
Steve Hoch said:
A friend of mine told me he got this Weber Genesis Gold from one of his neighbors and he asked me if I wanted it. I looked at a few pictures of it and told him sure. He dropped it off tonight and was just going to give it to me but it's in such good condition that I would have felt bad taking it for nothing and having him deliver to me so I gave him $50 for it. I think I still got the better end of the bargain. It may need a new igniter and one of the plastic push pins that hold the cover on the side burner broke off when he was loading in his van. These are some pictures of it right off the truck so to speak. This isn't the kind of grill I usually go for, but it's in such good shape that it's quickly growing on me. Even the cover looks pretty much new.
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I have one just like it. I got it for free along with another one similar a few weeks later. Between the 2 of them I made one just like what you have in like new shape. It may not be one of the older ones, but it's a real nice cooker and durable. I might send mine down the road this spring though, it didn't get used but once last summer and that was just to say I used it
 
Eric-NH said:
I have one just like it. I got it for free along with another one similar a few weeks later. Between the 2 of them I made one just like what you have in like new shape. It may not be one of the older ones, but it's a real nice cooker and durable. I might send mine down the road this spring though, it didn't get used but once last summer and that was just to say I used it
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It’s crazy to me how I’ve gotten 4 of these, all DU code, and 3 of the were NG. One NG was super rough and all I could salvage was the cookbox, grease tray, 8” wheels and tables. It was almost like it sat in water. Even the manifold was rusted to hell. Where it sits against the cook box was probably about half as thick as it should’ve been.

These Gold C’s are in the top 3 of my favorite of the Genesis series of grills.
 
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