960s Amana Radarange, Works, Coppertone - $25 (Leon, Iowa)

[ovrphil]

The seller says:

"A classic electric kitchen cookstove. Microwave, cooktop burners, oven, broiler - all work. Coppertone color. Needs some dusting off, as it's been in storage, but it's fairly clean overall. Might need a little touch-up degreasing, but not a lot. Too good to go to the recycling pile and I'm not asking a lot for it, so it can be saved and used by someone. It's a heavy beast. I loaded it on a pickup and moved it myself, but I'd recommend bringing some help.

Bet this thing cost a lot of money when it was new. "

(I would say A LOT of $$$$ , new)

http://desmoines.craigslist.org/app/3302699296.html

 

[cadman]

Hmmm

This guy has been trying to unload this thing for a long time now. If I had to guess, I'd say this is a 1984 or '85 model. You usually see them with the Corningware cooktop.

 

[ovrphil]

If he has been trying to unload this for a long time, and it's only $25, it must be a long drive to the recycler or scrap bin, where his gas cost exceeded the scrap metal value?

 

[Iowegian]

Leon is in a pretty rural area at the southern Iowa border - probably no recyclers anywhere near there.

 

[ovrphil]

it's understandable, what one will do when no one but the corn is listening.

 

[Iowegian]

LOL, the corn is too busy being harvested and sold for $7.50/bushel to have any time to listen!

Not that anyone would ever consider Leon a tourist destination, but it is pretty country with rolling hills, a Mennonite population, and so on - plenty of tourist traps have been built with less. But I never thought that anyone would ever make a movie about the bridges of Madison County, much less with big name stars, so what do I know???

I'm tempted to put up a sign in front of our Interstate exit that says, "This way to the Egress" and see what happens!

 

[gansky1]

Every county dump should have a recycler that comes by to scavenge for metal, "scrap pile" means he knows what to do with it and by his description, it's clear he's never cleaned a range before.

That aside, it was a beautiful appliance when it was new!

 

[cadman]

Around here, if you want to get rid of something like that, you post a free ad and the scrappers swarm! Unless you're dropping off something like a car, most scrap facilities, sorry, "recyclers", charge YOU a nominal disposal fee to take it off your hands.

 

[super32]

Growing up

We had one of these for awhile during my childhood. It was our first microwave. I think ours was a model older as it was a touchmatic 2. It also had the 4 stage cooking program.