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Cooking Appliances from 1966 GE Catalogue
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and then,
I really miss those cooktops with the integrated hood controls. Also miss the 2 burner cooktops that used to be used in rich people's kitchens in the sixties.
The Americanas:
more Americanas:
and,
and,
and the groovy GE drop-ins, always liked these:
xraytech
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Wow,
This was great to see, of course more of grandma's appliances are in here, she had the JP-84 built in cook top in stainless steel and the JK-18 Custom 27 wall oven in Avacado green, complete with meat thermometer and rotisseree which I fondly remember using and I helped baked numerous pies in that oven.
I would love to see the Refrigerator section of the brochure so I can see the side by side to match the Dish washer in the other thread and the wall oven.
Brings back so many memories of using these appliances.
This was great to see, of course more of grandma's appliances are in here, she had the JP-84 built in cook top in stainless steel and the JK-18 Custom 27 wall oven in Avacado green, complete with meat thermometer and rotisseree which I fondly remember using and I helped baked numerous pies in that oven.
I would love to see the Refrigerator section of the brochure so I can see the side by side to match the Dish washer in the other thread and the wall oven.
Brings back so many memories of using these appliances.
58limited
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Just visited a 98 year old lady five houses down that has the built-in oven in the first pic, center oven. Her house was built in 1965 and still has all of the original kitchen appliances, except for the fridge. There is a built-in Majestic broiler that is nearly mint. The broiler and the GE drop-in stove top both have great stainless Nu-Tone vent hoods over them. Her house is a wonderful atomic ranch style with a 1 1/2' X 8' planter cut through the slab inside of the full length windows across the front.
toggleswitch2
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Interesting to see that the 27" stoves basically disappeared and that the 21" model morphed into a 20" model.
U.S cabinetss come in 3" intercvals...18", 21", 24", 27", 30",33",36".......... So 20" and 40" stoves are really odd-balls! GE's 21" and 27 inch models make sense!
Thanks for posting this!
U.S cabinetss come in 3" intercvals...18", 21", 24", 27", 30",33",36".......... So 20" and 40" stoves are really odd-balls! GE's 21" and 27 inch models make sense!
Thanks for posting this!
Everybody produced 40" stoves in the 50's and 60's because there was so much demand for those dimensions to replace Grandma's stove. Unfortunately it's not depicted in this catalogue, but GE produced a fine series of 40" double-oven ranges well into the 70's, as did GM Frigidaire until it was killed off. Now there's only one model(under 6 different badges) it's made by our WCI buddies and it's a piece of junk that retails for well over 1K. I know this because my parents bought one to replace a GE Liberator(because of one dead coil) just like Robert's.
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$1,000 HA!
I'd get a 30 inch stove and a custom-made 10" cabinet (9" is standard). With a microwave/convection oven/range-hood over it you'd still have two ovens and a microwaver/nuker as well!
Or even get two 20 inchers, side-by side, preferably one gas, one electric.
But first option offers one a bigger oven!
I'd get a 30 inch stove and a custom-made 10" cabinet (9" is standard). With a microwave/convection oven/range-hood over it you'd still have two ovens and a microwaver/nuker as well!
Or even get two 20 inchers, side-by side, preferably one gas, one electric.
But first option offers one a bigger oven!
xraytech
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At Lowes you can Custom Order a Frigidaire 40" range and the base model with Calrod burners cost $1300. Grandma Diamond bought one last year when the 1959 Frigidaire Custom Imperial range almost caught fire because of a faulty burner thermostat, it was free to replace the GE she had like pictured above except in white and was the 1961 model year with pushbotton controls(it was ruined by a power surge, thanks to Allegheny Power) I do prefer the 40" ranges with 2 ovens, GE was the best since they had a full sized oven and a smaller oven which was more accomodating for a large roasting pan unlike Frigidaire who with exception of the Flair had two ovens of the same width.
Ah yes...
My grandmoter (the one with all the avocado GE's in her house including my favorite washer/dryer set) also had the cooktop with the matching venthood w/ controls. I always thought those were really cool appliances. Nothing like you see today.
My grandmoter (the one with all the avocado GE's in her house including my favorite washer/dryer set) also had the cooktop with the matching venthood w/ controls. I always thought those were really cool appliances. Nothing like you see today.
appliguy
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Here is on e of the single oven Americana's from this ca
It is the J762 according to the people who are selling it
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hsh/1066203048.html
It is the J762 according to the people who are selling it
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hsh/1066203048.html
the ge range above in avacado green
In the early 70's a friend of mine parents did their kitchen over in the avacado green and orange accents with dark wood cabinets. Actually the kitchen was stylish for its period. The only thing I didn't care for was the orange and green carpet in the kitchen. No carpeting in the kitchen for me. They replaced for carpet after a few years. Anyways they had that same 40 in ge range with the dual ovens. I think I remember that the small oven walls came off and you put them into the main oven for the electric clean. Only the large oven had the auto clean feature. They had the side by side refrigerator with ice and water dispenser with a kitchen aid dishwasher. Superba I think.
Jon
In the early 70's a friend of mine parents did their kitchen over in the avacado green and orange accents with dark wood cabinets. Actually the kitchen was stylish for its period. The only thing I didn't care for was the orange and green carpet in the kitchen. No carpeting in the kitchen for me. They replaced for carpet after a few years. Anyways they had that same 40 in ge range with the dual ovens. I think I remember that the small oven walls came off and you put them into the main oven for the electric clean. Only the large oven had the auto clean feature. They had the side by side refrigerator with ice and water dispenser with a kitchen aid dishwasher. Superba I think.
Jon
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