Resurrecting The Champ

[Reckless]

i want to make a grille out of an old flathead we have laying in the pasture

[AggieTJ2007]

now only if you could engineer that jeep to be rear engine and you could drive it too

[DRAGOONRANCH]

Can you imagine him rollin through Northgate with some red barron goggles on because the smoker is goin, and him hollerin out 'who wants a rib?'!

[Seth]

Fred - one thing I noticed - is there a way to close the smoke stack? Typically you want the stack wide open for cooking, but occasionally it is nice to close them to control temp or put out your fire.

[Seth]

NM - I just realized the flap will work for that. I was thinking it was a redundant control on the ass end of the box.

[Seth]

OK a little more. I know you are a perfectionist, otherwise I wouldnt bother. The wood stands are perfect. It's too bad he wants to load wood in from the top, otherwise you can weld in expanded metal from underneath and it works great to grill burgers and steaks and such. Oh well. Is there anything behind the front cleanout door to seal that opening up? Everything else looks tight as dick's hatband. I just looked at the before pics, he really is gonna be blown away. Night and day.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

It is nice to be able to close your stack off when you have a nasty wasps nest in there. A bag of charcoal under some fresh cut wood to get it real smoky makes Ed a happy boy.

[Fredo]

Fred - one thing I noticed - is there a way to close the smoke stack? Typically you want the stack wide open for cooking, but occasionally it is nice to close them to control temp or put out your fire.

Look at the following pic. There is a smoke control flap installed in the stack. It will close off the stack about 95%.

OK a little more. I know you are a perfectionist, otherwise I wouldnt bother. The wood stands are perfect. It's too bad he wants to load wood in from the top, otherwise you can weld in expanded metal from underneath and it works great to grill burgers and steaks and such. Oh well. Is there anything behind the front cleanout door to seal that opening up? Everything else looks tight as dick's hatband. I just looked at the before pics, he really is gonna be blown away. Night and day.

He had a steel grate to set over the top opening to do just that on the old firebox. I just need to cut it down slightly and it will fit over the new opening so he can do that again if he wants.

Also, on the front cleanout, I kind of drew the line there on redoing the old fabrication. I could have redone that front set of hinges and gotten the door to line up better, but I figure it didn't even shut completely before so it's already better than it was. Also, heat and smoke rise, so I don't think the seal on that door will be a major concern.

[DRAGOONRANCH]

looks ****ing goode, how much for you to make me one?

You haven't answered this one yet, and my uncle might want to be second in line.

[Seth]

I figured you had it taken care of already

[Fredo]

So yesterday I didn't do much other than watch wood burn and wood sealer dry. Did a cleansing fire for good measure. Turns out it works as a smoker.



I took the smoker back to Robert this afternoon. Here it is as I was leaving Murphy.









Robert seemed a little overwhelmed of what I had done at first. I was a little worried he might not like it or might think I went too far but he really liked it.

[bcolman]

what happened to the granite? and what happened to your tahoe?

[mudtoy67]

Awesome work Fred!

what happened to the granite? and what happened to your tahoe?

That's their dad's 8.1 Burban

[BMFScout]

I think he decided it tows a little rough with the axle mounted like that for Granite. It's actually mom's burban, dad drives a pos 91 toyota pickup.

[Seth]

I think the wood looks better anyway.