57 GE Liberator in Bethann Pink

[gansky1]

or PANK as some like to call it!

I've spent about 12 hours cleaning and restoring this beautiful GE range and was able to move into the (mismatched) kitchen a few weeks ago. So far, I absolutely love this GE range, what a difference it is cooking with compared to the gas maytag and even the Frigidaire. The burner elements are much more responsive and easy to control, the "limits" of five heat choices have not presented any problem at all.

 

[gansky1]

Full frontal - with a crooked grin?

 

[gansky1]

Gleaming in chrome and floro lights!

 

[gansky1]

These pushbuttons are color coordinated to the temperature selected so you can tell from a glance, across the room, what the range is set for...

 

[tlee618]

Oh my Greg, it is just beautiful!!! It looks like a brand new range. You just have to love those colored lights on the buttons and that beautiful lighte console!! Another great job!! Thanks for sharing. Terry

 

[gansky1]

A few weeks ago while Steve (gyrofoam) was in town for a visit, a friend of mine tipped me off on another pink GE range. We went over to a contemporary furnishings store to have a look and ended up buying it! I won't keep this one, the parts are like gold - an entire working range with many similar or same parts for the low, low price of $50!

It is pretty though - 1959 had a few changes from the 57 model; a rotisserie, actual Farenheight settings for the automatic Calrod, newer clock style, large oven windowed door, but no plug in griddle and no chrome strips on sides of oven doors.

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Wow!

That's gorgeous! Gotta love pink appliances!

Even my mother glanced over my shoulder and said "wow! thats pretty; look at all of the space next to the burners."

Too bad a range that size wouldn't fit in our kitchen.. I bet I'd be able to sneak one of those into the house--and not have her mind.

 

[petek]

It really is fantastic looking. I'd love to have one like that in my kitchen.

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Stunning

Is the panel below the controls glass or plastic?
Goes flawlessly with the pink tile!!!

 

[toggleswitch]

oooooh fabulous! Enjoy

Psssssssssssst. Tell me privately brief or boxers... er.... I mean which is better gas or electric. (Let's not open up THAT can of worms again).

I had the chance to use a fixed-heat type GE elecric stove; I had no problem with it at all.

It really is a beaut! Gorgeous restoration!

 

[irishwashguy]

OMG !! That is so Beautiful

It is so nice. I am a big fan of pink appliances, i would love to see what beatiful cakes could be made with this Range.Congrads Greg----Ritchie

 

[hoover1060]

wow that is snazzy!

I love the look of that all lit up too! Why can't anyone make fun stuff like that anymore?

 

[veg-o-matic]

Oooh, now I'm moist! That's beautiful, just beautiful. Looks like it was just delivered--by men in uniforms and hats.

It'd look really great with these cabinets...

veg

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/fur/158982064.html

 

[Unimatic1140]

Greg, its just beautiful, GE and Hotpoint ranges are a my favorite by far, and the pink is stunning. Back to nice electric cooking, YAY.

With the exception of boiling milk on the stove top, I prefer electric cooking over gas.

 

[mixfinder]

Pushing My Buttons

We had a BOL 40 inch General Electric Range when I was kid.
We bought it used, after being in a high School Home Ec Lab.
It had skinny, hard to clean between, white push buttons
High was great for burning anything
Second was perfect for frying
Third just right for boiling
Simmer and warm did just what they said.

I was learning to cook and would put everyting on second and then stay close by. Mom would come behind me and push Third. One day in frustration I asked her why. Her response: "I cook everything on medium, that way I have a 50/50 chance of getting back before its burnerd."

Same mom, same stove. I was putting something in the oven and it was a mess. I was upset and asking her why she didn't clean it. Her response was a lifted from Erma Bombeck: "When the oven gets so bad I can only bake one cupcake at a time, I'll buy a new stove."

It was a great stove and baked like a dream. The oven door on ours lifted off for easier access to cleaning.

Frontloadotmy,
I believe the material below the clock was a soft textured metal.

Kelly

 

[frontaloadotmy]

Thanks Kelly

But it looks like a material that would slightly enhance
my already over photogenic face; kind of like Lucille Ball
for her "Mame" role, don't you think? Soft, harshness reduced,
filtered!!!!

 

[mixfinder]

Cosmetic Enhancement

Textured, forgiving greasy fingers and splatters. Isn't that a perfect face material?
Kelly

 

[southernmdgeguy]

Moist hell...

clean up in isle one!

That is just awesome!! What a restore you did, it does look brand new! Motivating me to clean up mine, and find the parts I need. I agree, my 54 is the best working/cooking stove I own. I have the smaller hard to clean buttons on it, like we had on our 61 Hotpoint cooktop (still my dream to find again) I never knew there were the lighted colors behind the larger pushbuttons, awesome! I like that sliding control for the automatic burner, I had not seen that type up close before. Does the meat probe work? Does it shut off the heat when it reaches the desired temp?

Thank you for sharing that and motivating the rest of us.

 

[swestoyz]

Greg - that range is breath-taking. Looks wonderful, and sounds like it is great to cook on! A dream come true!

Ben