Did I need it,... "NO" but it was there and the price was right. This Mama bear needs some serious help, inside and out but I couldn't see it go for a boat anchor. It has a warp crack in the back somebody tried to fix, "wrong".... It had been Very hot on several occasions. The door and the stove for the most part is fine, all the fire brick was destroyed into pieces and I have to replace some of the brick rail inside. We'll get it back into shape and I'll put it up for sale.
you my friend, will need to hire some heavy duty trucks when you move north and need those collections moved with you!
I am glad to see you "keeping the faith" with the old stoves, kinda like old cars, they just dont make them like that anymore.
That's a nice comment, Thanks! Some folks criticize the old stoves "but" if you work them and baffle them, you can get a "cleaner" burn. And I "personally" don't believe in the whole global warming dog and pony show! Not saying it's Ok to pollute but how did the people do it 100 years or more ago? Thanks for the kind words!
100 years ago they didn't make them air-tight so they leaked so much they burned clean. How about a close up of that tag? It's one of the first and the II before that had bolt on shield with no tag. This is one of the last flat top doors before the 1980 upgrade. Is there a day or month? I only see an 80 stamped. Probably using up the old doors before going all Cathedral. I wipe tags carefully with mineral spirits only, even cleaner wax removes that brittle paint. Any secrets restoring tags? Here's the same time period stove; Good Caution Tag on the fender. That's the only other flat top door stove I've seen with the tag normally found on newer stoves. Personally, it's a keeper. You need a place to store it? Humidity controlled. The other stoves don't need to know.
