1960 through 1966 Frigidaire Range ID Guide

[swestoyz]

Hey gang,

A few days ago a beautiful '61 Frigidaire range was posted, and I totally had the year wrong as I had forgotten some tidbits that identify a 61 vs. a 62 or 63.  

Recently I picked up the 1960 (Flair) / 1961 (Free Standing) through 1966 Frigidiare Range parts book, which has a picture of each range produced during this time.  I thought it would be a good idea to include those in a guide here, as these aren't as common or easily identifiable compared to the 50's models.  I'll break this out into two sections - the first will be Free Standing ranges, and the second part will be Flair ranges.  I do have wall ovens, Compact 30's, and Twin 30's in case folks are interested in those too.

 

I won't go into much detail on features or improvements in the inital posts.  Hopefully a discussion can follow suit as needed for this.

First up - 1961 Free standing ranges, models:

RS-30-61
RS-35-61
RD-38-61
RD-39-61
RCI-39-61
RS-10-61
RS-20-61
RDD-15-61
RDD-20-61
RI-55-61
RCD-71-61
RCI-75-61

[this post was last edited: 6/2/2014-17:41]

 

[swestoyz]

1962 Free Standing Models

1962 Models:

 

RS-30-62

RS-30S-62

RS-35-62

RD-38-62, RD-38HM-62, RD-39-62

RCI-39-62

RS-10-62

RSD-15-62

RDD-20-62

RD-20-62

RI-55-62

RCD-71-62

RCI-75-62

 

[swestoyz]

1963

1963 Models:

 

RS-30-63

RS-30S-63

RS-35-63

RD-38-63, RD-39-63

RCI-39-63

RS-10-63

RSD-15-63

RDD-20-63

RD-20-63

RI-55-63

RCD-71-63

RCI-75-63

 

 

[swestoyz]

1964

1964 Models.  Certainly not my favorite, but some out there may like them.

 

RS-30-64

RS-30S-64

RD-35-64

RD-39-64

RD-38-64

RCD-39-64

RCI-39-64

RS-10-64

RSD-15-64

RDD-20-64

RD-20-64

RCD-55-64

RD-71-64

RCI-71-64

RCI-75-64

 

* Note, I have omitted the 'G' suffix for glass, as it was optional.

 

[swestoyz]

1965 Models

1965 Models.  The fonts and graphics were improved for this model year, cleaning up the '64 panels.  This is also the first year for the Electri-Clean models, in the 30" ranges only. 

 

Also something to note here is the use of the letter 'J' to identify the model year.  Washers didn't start using letters until the '66 model year, while Ranges came earlier.

 

RS-30J

RSA-30J

RD-35J

RD-39J

RD-38J

RCD-39J

RDE-39J

RCIE-39J

RS-10J

RD-20J

RDD-15J

RDD-20J

RCD-55J

RD-71J

RCI-75J

 

[swestoyz]

1966 Models

Last for the Free Standing ranges, the 1966 Models. 

 

RDA-30K

RS-30K

RS-35K

RD-35K

RD-39K

RD-39K

RCD-39K

RDE-38K

RCIE-39K

RS-10K

RD-20K

RDD-15K

RDD-20K

RCD-55K

RD-71K

RCI-75K

 

[swestoyz]

1960 Flairs!

Everyone's favorite, the Flairs! First up is a banner year - 1960.  GM Frigidaire really got them right from the beginning, as I feel the first and last panels of the Flairs are the best.

 

RCDB-630

RCDB-640

RCIB-635

RCIB-645

 

[swestoyz]

1961 Flair Models

 

RCDB-630-1

RCDB-640-1

 

[swestoyz]

1962 and 1963 Flair Models

 

RCDB-630-2

RCDB-630

RCIB-635-2

RCDB-640-2

RCIB-645-2

 

[swestoyz]

1964 Flair Models

 

(Interesting, note the use of the 'H' in the model.  Probably means 1964.  This is the first I've noticed a '64 model year being identifed with a letter!)

 

RCDH-630

RDH-630

RCIH-635

RCDH-640

RCIH-645

 

[swestoyz]

1965 Flair Models

 

RCD-630J

RCI-645J

RCI-635J

 

[swestoyz]

1966 Flair Models

 

RCD-630K

RCI-645K

RCI-635K

 

[swestoyz]

There you go folks - enjoy! 

 

Ben

 

[danemodsandy]

Ben:

This is great! Much more info than any of us GE lovers have.

I'm hoping one day we can find this kind of info for the Loewy years....

 

[ovrphil]

Ben you read my mind - a few days ago I commented on revinkevin's Flair and thought, "if I could see all the Flair models, I'd be able to better decide which ones visually appealed to me." I've seen many Flairs from CL searching, noticing there are quite a few different models.

Thanks for mentioning that you think that the first and last GE models were your favorites. It's a shame (imho) that we can't have color, but that's how it was back when. Thank you for posting all this information!

Phil

 

[mikael3]

This is just amazing. From a newbie to this site, thank you so much for providing this information. A number of my questions were answered almost instantly.

 

[bluejay]

This is fantastic! I really do like the style of most of the '61s, although anything up through '63 is pretty nice looking.

 

[cadman]

Very cool! I can never seem to figure out the Flair years...interesting.

 

[philr]

Ben, I had missed this thread! I just saw the link you sent in another thread!

 

Here's some more from this side of the border... 

 

I'll begin with Flairs! The 1960-63 models had minor differences (no Speed Heat, fuse panels) but starting in 1964, there were more differences. 

 

Here's a Canadian RCIH-645C, there was also the 30" RCIH-635C

 

Some pictures show the differences with the US models. The Lux timer, the two signal lamps for the burners (the 1964-67 US models had just one).