40 Inch GE P7 Range - Dubuque, IA

[danemodsandy]

Ben:

Do you have any idea what year the range in Eau Claire is?

The reason I ask is that it's so similar to the 1966, yet it has a window in the large oven, which the '66 doesn't have. The handle escutcheons are different, as well.

I'm thinking this could be the '67 TOL 40-incher. If I'm not mistaken, '67 was the year that wall ovens got windows; the '66 P*7s didn't have them, I believe. [this post was last edited: 1/14/2014-18:40]

 

[danemodsandy]

P.S. for Dean:

You mentioned older 40-inchers as having two ovens of equal width.

That's true, but they were usually not of equal capacity - the left oven (underneath the burners) was usually not as tall as the right one, owing to the need for a drip box beneath the burners.

Some brands also put the fuses in this location.

 

[circlew]

Since the older 39"-40" ranges usually had a deep-well cooker, the oven beneath had to be shorter to accomodate it. GE discontinued the deep-well when they came out with the unequal width ovens in '53. Hotpoint kept them for several more years.

 

[daveamkrayoguy]

Pretty much GE was the best-made range in the 40"-model design... (Up until they were no longer "True GE-made"...)

The other brands kind'a became a laughing stock, before wide ranges were no longer common and today the idea of this sort of range is really on the wane...

But some exist & no surprise the trend has gone from open coils to the smooth top & the sealed-burner gas models only differ in how they cook your food...

-- Dave