Lavec wood stove worth $100?

[Danno77]

So this stove was sitting outside the antique shop last year and is still there. do I even waste my time with this thing. it'd be for the shed i'm building, or maybe I could burn in it out on the patio, lol. Say's Lavec on the front, read a couple of threads around here that have a very small amount of information, something about Scandia?

Anyhoo, add a little gasket here and do something about that crack on the side door and fix the window in the front and I think it would be a cute little thing worthy of an occasional inefficient burn. I guess I could throw some wood in it and just burn in it outside as is. anybody have any comments on this waste of time and cash?

They are asking 100, but would it be even worth it to offer $75? I would ask if it's worth the headache, but it's not a headache if it's hobby work.

 

[Danno77]

one more picture

 

[Todd]

If it's a Scandia I'd pass. I heard they are cheap junk death boxes!

 

[webbie]

Junk. Cost about $100 brand new.....copies of old antique models.
Only good to paint and put a flower pot on top of.

 

[Danno77]

so, by junk do we mean that I offer them $25 bucks when i drive by tomorrow, or do we mean that I should run away screaming?

BTW, i don't know how old it it, but you can certainly tell it isn't antique because of the newer looking warning plates riveted on it in a couple of spots. If i had to guess I'd say it can't be older than about 30 years, so that goes along with your comment on it being a cheap copy of an old stove.

 

[webbie]

Run away screaming....