Jon Tofte
TVWBB 1-Star Olympian
You may have seen my post about the "Skyline in hiding." The seller listed his grill on CL with one sorry picture of a grill with a terrible cover, no tray tables and overall looking bleak - asking $50. The one thing was that there was a Skyline-unique wire condiment rack showing.
I decided to not play my hand by asking questions but got him to agree to $35. He probably didn't have any action on his ad. It was a long drive, but I tied it in with seeing a college friend recovering from surgery in a rehab close by.
I was totally surprised to find a very solid, if dirty, Skyline. (It appears the seller experimented with charcoal in this grill.) No obvious rust and a very solid frame.
I really was happy when the seller handed me BOTH of the missing Durawood trays.
No go on the bottom wire rack, but I already have several in my "Weber graveyard." Inside, the 13 flavorizer bars were intact and stainless steel no less. They even have a little shine left and could probably be wired brushed to look very decent. Otherwise, I certainly will use them on my own grills.
I did a very quick clean of the hood to see what I really got. There is just a very slight case of the "dreaded fade," but nowhere near as much as on my own personal grill.
I had figured I would be lucky if I could salvage a Skylne hood and condiment rack on this deal and planned to possibly incorporate those Skyline parts into another custom job. But now that I see that I have a virtually complete and very nice Skyline, I think I will try for an accurate stock restoration. I am hoping someone with Chicago roots down here will be smitten and willing to pay me what they would have wasted on a junk fake stainless grill at the big box stores.
I decided to not play my hand by asking questions but got him to agree to $35. He probably didn't have any action on his ad. It was a long drive, but I tied it in with seeing a college friend recovering from surgery in a rehab close by.
I was totally surprised to find a very solid, if dirty, Skyline. (It appears the seller experimented with charcoal in this grill.) No obvious rust and a very solid frame.
I really was happy when the seller handed me BOTH of the missing Durawood trays.
No go on the bottom wire rack, but I already have several in my "Weber graveyard." Inside, the 13 flavorizer bars were intact and stainless steel no less. They even have a little shine left and could probably be wired brushed to look very decent. Otherwise, I certainly will use them on my own grills.
I did a very quick clean of the hood to see what I really got. There is just a very slight case of the "dreaded fade," but nowhere near as much as on my own personal grill.
I had figured I would be lucky if I could salvage a Skylne hood and condiment rack on this deal and planned to possibly incorporate those Skyline parts into another custom job. But now that I see that I have a virtually complete and very nice Skyline, I think I will try for an accurate stock restoration. I am hoping someone with Chicago roots down here will be smitten and willing to pay me what they would have wasted on a junk fake stainless grill at the big box stores.
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