also having stove placement decisions...!

[moparguy]

So this week I made a couple of road trips to pick up two really special stoves... both of which require placement decisions!

First, this 1955-56 (?) Westinghouse... not sure of the exact year, but a very interesting model, as it has the common dashboard design of the era, but this model uniquely has a 'floating' dash, with fluorescent lights behind the dash both above and below. It also has the colored lights on the burner controls to let you know your temperature settings, and an automatic burner. The super corox left front burner had been replaced with the smaller tube burner at some point, but overall the stove is very clean and in very good condition.

 

[moparguy]

Side view showing the floating dash, which rotates slightly in order to access and change light bulbs.

 

[moparguy]

... and the Hotpoint

This stove is a 1958-59 Hotpoint, also a beautiful range in very good condition... with a unique stamped dash panel, and beautiful color-coded burners as Hotpoint coordinated the burner center color to the dash controls, and of course the colored lights based on temperature settings... It also has an automatic burner, as well as the rotisserie, and the meat thermometer looks like it has rarely, if ever, been used!

 

[firedome]

Jeff, you have found Walter C's dream

'58 Hotpoint! Hotpoints are his thing, he gave us our pink '56, and he has been looking for this particular one for a very long time! If you ever wish to part with it, I know that he would be very happy to be it's next steward!!

 

[firedome]

BTW that Westy...

is stunning, love that backsplasher design!

 

[moparguy]

Another Hotpoint dash photo... showing off her color coordinated controls!

 

[moparguy]

Thanks Roger... and your pink 56 Hotpoint is absolutely fabulous... I saw the photos over in the thread on Robert and Fred's kitchen color coordination!

 

[firedome]

Thanks! btw I'm also a "moparguy", we have a <---- '58 Chrysler Windsor and a '64 Dodge 440, and drove big Furys, and full size Mopar wagons for decades. Would love to find a '71 Fury III sedan like my old green one from back in the day!

 

[firedome]

I talked to Walt...

you may be hearing from him!

 

[sel8207]

sigh....

If only someone would turn off the kitchen lights and turn on the stove lights so we could see...what it looks like when you get up at night to get a glass of water. (especially the floating dash)

 

[moparguy]

turning off kitchen lights and turning on stove lights...

Is a plan of mine... maybe a winter project to wire the 'service lights' that would be used in a store display to show off the beautiful dash lights!

Does anyone have more information, particularly on the Westinghouse? I had never seen a floating dash before.

 

[norgeway]

Westinghouse...

I would take the Westinghouse anyday, just as I would take a DeSoto or Dodge over a Chevrolet!!!!LOL, I have the owners manual somewhere for that Westinghouse, it has two flourescent lights, one under the bottom of the floating panel and one under the top edge.

 

[norgeway]

As For..

The fuselage styled Chryslers, I had a 72 Polara Custom my cousin bought new, big and comfortable and fairly good gas mileage for a 360, about 19 on a trip.

 

[kevin313]

Two incredible stoves!! The floating dash of the Westinghouse is very unique. I believe the lights come on whenever you turn one of the burners on or you can also manually turn it on. Wonderful finds!

 

[supersuds]

The Westy looks a lot like the one in the Ricardos' kitchen in I Love Lucy.

 

[appliguy]

The Westy looks a lot like the one in the Ricardos' kitc

It is a later version of that stove....the one in lucy's kitchen is the 1951 version....PAT COFFEY

[this post was last edited: 10/14/2013-10:57]

 

[appliguy]

First, this 1955-56 (?) Westinghouse.

Close but I believe it is actually a 1954 model. On a hunch Jeff I looked at the 1954 Westinghouse Stove Owners manual that is in the archives here and your stove is in it. Your stove is not a 1955 model because the brochure for the 1955 models in the archive shows the panel surrounding the clock and two center dials to be turquoise instead of gold and the trim around the burner knobs is chrome instead of the gold on your stove. I hope this helps....PAT COFFEY

 

[moparguy]

Hey Pat, that is great. Did they have the floating dash into 1955? I had not seen one before, and didn't know if it was a short-lived model?

 

[18millstreet]

hotpoint !!!!

Hello, It was great speaking with you this morning. I will look in service lit and owners manual. the dummy knob we spoke of is the on lite for rota grill motor i believe. Talk with you again soon,thanks again. walt