Brian Moriarty
TVWBB All-Star
I found a "DD" 2000 Green One Touch Platinum in very rough shape. The bowl was rusted out pretty bad, so I decided to do a little modification to the restoration.
I pressure washed the plastic table top and frame braces, sandblasted the wire shelf and repainted with a Hammered finish on the frame as well.
Popped the welds off the bowl brackets, lightly blasted and repainted with Dupli-Color Engine Red.
Dropped a restored "EZ" 1998 Red Master-Touch into the frame, secured with stainless hardware.
Added the vent handle from the original Greenie and found a matching grooved handle from an old Weber chimney.
I kind of agonized over which Red kettle to chop and drill, but the Master-Touch was a no brainer since it only has the one bowl handle and all my others have two. This one had a broken weld on the handle secured with nut and bolt so it was fairly easy to pop the remaining weld on the handle.
No way around it, I used some nickel plated hole plugs drilled through and secured with stainless bolt and acorn nuts-not the prettiest, but it works for me.
From the rust and ashes it will rise and live to grill on!
Thanks for looking!
![IMG_2427.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2427.jpg)
![IMG_2423.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2423.jpg)
I pressure washed the plastic table top and frame braces, sandblasted the wire shelf and repainted with a Hammered finish on the frame as well.
Popped the welds off the bowl brackets, lightly blasted and repainted with Dupli-Color Engine Red.
![IMG_2430_1.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2430_1.jpg)
Dropped a restored "EZ" 1998 Red Master-Touch into the frame, secured with stainless hardware.
![IMG_2432.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2432.jpg)
![IMG_2433.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2433.jpg)
![IMG_2435.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2435.jpg)
Added the vent handle from the original Greenie and found a matching grooved handle from an old Weber chimney.
![IMG_2436.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2436.jpg)
I kind of agonized over which Red kettle to chop and drill, but the Master-Touch was a no brainer since it only has the one bowl handle and all my others have two. This one had a broken weld on the handle secured with nut and bolt so it was fairly easy to pop the remaining weld on the handle.
No way around it, I used some nickel plated hole plugs drilled through and secured with stainless bolt and acorn nuts-not the prettiest, but it works for me.
![IMG_2439.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2439.jpg)
![IMG_2437.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2437.jpg)
From the rust and ashes it will rise and live to grill on!
![IMG_2438.jpg](http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t310/swamprb/Ugly%20Drum%20Smoker/Weber/IMG_2438.jpg)
Thanks for looking!