WS Classic "rebuilt" before storage - CL funny

[mfglickman]

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Look, they "rebuilt" it and made it a top loader! Who needed that whole cat assembly, anyway????

 

[Todd]

That might be the early pre cat model. Still not worth $800 IMO.

 

[mfglickman]

You can see the line where the assembly was taken out near the top though. I have a FV 201 that I (really) rebuilt last year so I've seen it, "nekkid" without its inner workings, and rebuilt. Pretty sure they took something out there that they shouldn't have.

Aha, found the parts diagram on WS site:

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[Todd]

I don't know for sure but looking at the view of the back exhaust plate it doesn't look like the cat model where there is a bypass lever.

I wish I could find something like this around here where I could tinker and rebuild.

 

[fox9988]

Rebuilt/Gutted..... you're splitting hairs

 

[branchburner]

Probably a typo - they meant "de-built" not "re-built"!
I got a similar de-built Fireview a few years back for $100 - figured the soapstone alone was worth it. But I don't see how it's worth much more than $300, if that.

 

[TheBean]

Looks like a pre EPA Classic. 5" flue exit, as Todd noted no bypass near the flue collar. Good ol' stone box to fill with wood. Where's Ron? He probably built it way back when.

 

[Backwoods Savage]

I'm simply amazed that anyone would ask that price! I probably would not even consider anything over $200. Just looking at the outside of the stove you can tell it has not been taken very good care.