So a $50 refractory reline from the stove master to add to the bill. Now you make it insanely hot and 100 years of blue stove polish just falls off along with most of the rust which you can see is surface. Heat it until the magnet falls off, the stove masters know that trick. A quick coat of Williams or Blue Ribbon, a $50 respray (NO nickeling) or even a "the works" polish and BINGO a great stove for little money. I am going to experiment with spray finishes for the hell of it. Colored chrome finish ask the auto guys -- cool (William will have a heart attack) this is a play stove and a great charity gift that will be tax deductible. Love that Wilson guy.
Think of the money spent in searching the universe looking at mostly incomplete junk. He did all the hard work for me. Ya think this is an inferior stove - ask stevezee.
Want a smaller stove - buy his City Glenwood which is a great little stove. I just have no use for it right now. Ya see Wilson, I am better value than Madison Avenue. Wish him luck in the storm, he is right in the thick of it.
The world needs more interesting people. Next week I will go up there, dig down through 12' snow drifts to find his house and the stove and get it to the people who are in desperate need of it.