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redcarpetdrew

redcarpetdrew

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I'm starting to slowly work on my 1929 Magic Chef Series 1000. It's pretty clean but needs attention on items such as valve greasing, door springs, T-stat calibration, etc. I'm thinking of possibly converting the ovens to pilot safety vs. match light.

I find myself wondering "Am I alone in the range collection department or are there others here who appreciate a fine vintage range?" If you have 'em, show 'em! (please!)

RCD

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This one has the burner cover which usually is either missing or ruined after being used as a cutting board. You can see the missing light fixture. AARRGG! I'll have to find or make one...

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Not that deep, either. HEAVY AS SIN! The little old lady who gave this to me had it in her family since new. (Bought in Santa Cruz) I asked her why she was finally giving this up. She said "Honey, I'm 85 years old. I think I've earned my first self-cleaning oven..."

So, guys and gals. Will you share yours with us?

RCD

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I wish......

I had a vintage range to show off. When the 2001 GE takes a shit, a vintage range will most certainly take its place permanently. That Magic Chef is a beauty, BTW!!!
 
Love the vintage stoves!

Beautiful vintage ranges, Andrew and Sam!

It's cool to see how they changed in style through the decades.

Here is mine.
1937 "Quality" gas range by Roberts and Mander. This stove belonged to my grandmother, and has been in this house since it was new. It replaced a Roper from the early 1920's that sat up on legs like Andrews Magic Chef. The Roper was taken up to the lake cottage to use there The cottage was sold in 1959. This information came from my mother,who passed away from cancer in 1994.

There is also a 1949 Sunbeam toaster (ebay), and granny's 1941 Sunbeam Mixmaster.

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burners

I have a 1940 Roper..gas..I'll post a pic one of these days..I've always wondered...why did the older electirc stove burners have wide coils and latter they became narrow? just one of those things that keep me up at nights..lol. love the pics above..is the westinghouse the I Love Lucy model?/thanks/m
 
"Easy Off" childhood memories...

How great to see all these vintage ranges, especially the Flairs! My younger brother owns an appliance repair business in Northern California and it's amazing how many Flair owners insist on having them repaired at any cost. They often fly into a tizzy when they discover that a replacement control knob doesn't match the originals, and don't even talk to them about attempting to replace a "Cookmaster."

When I first started working at the appliance store at age 13, my job was to clean friges, washers, dryers and stoves for resale. These photos remind me of what a chore that often was. It was common to have a Wedgewood center-griddle range come in that had an inch of solidified bacon grease under the entire top...yick! The only way to really clean the ovens and broilers was with Easy Off which at that time contained lye as it's active ingredient. I used to go to school with red hands (yes, they did have gloves way back then) and the kids would ask what happened to me. The upside was the pay. I remember my first weekly check was for $53.00! When you're 13 and it's 1963 and you make that much, your last name might as well be Vanderbilt!

Sorry to be so "wordy." I really enjoy this great site :)
 
My former turquoise Kelvy

This is the one I had up in the house in the Laurentians.
It's for sale BTW!!

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Thanks RCD. I love this stove, it cooks better than anything else I've ever owned.

I might be getting this soon (not a replacement for the O'K & M, I guess I've resigned myself to being a collector of old stuff that I can't use). Its local. The one I have (posted awhile back as a curb find) needs so much work that I would spend 5 times as much restoring it as the asking price for this one:

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Here's my 1961 GE 40" range (ok, not actually MY range, as the photo of mine is too large to upload here. this is a photo I found on Ebay a while back of a range identical to mine). Two ovens, Sensi-Temp on the front left, lights pretty much everywhere, rotisserie and meat probe in the large oven.

Lawrence

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Cool Ranges and Cookware!

Paul, I love your turquoise Club Aluminum cookware! My ex boss gave me a set, she had used the heck of it, but I loved it none the less. I used it for years until the handles started to crack and break. I was told it was because I washed them in the dishwasher, instead of washing them by hand.

Great ranges guys! I think a friend of mine while I was growing up parents might have had a Frigidaire Flair. There's was LP, and I remember the burners sliding in, but I think the oven door was black, and one of the burners had strange piece in the middle, his mom said it was a burner with a brain. This might have been some other brand, but it was one of the coolest stoves I had ever seen while I was growing up.
 
I have the same set of turquoise Club Aluminum and it is right at home on the flair, actually, in the 1962 product brochure I got with the range all the stoves had turquoise Club aluminum pans on the stovetops
 
When I was a kid the neighbors across the street had a wonderful Flair clone, but it was gas. I believe it was by Whirlpool - certainly a nice range and the burners did slide in and out. They also had a minty pair of slant-front Westys that were never used because they owned three or four laundromats. Sadly it was all sold when the owners died and their son sold the house.
 

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