Couldn't resist this Turquoise Oven!

[turquoisedude]

This was part of the GE Wonder Kitchen that was announced in the Shopper's Square forum. I was interested in it as a parts donor but liked the cabinet the oven came in as well... So, how could I resist??

 

[turquoisedude]

The exterior is a wee bit grungy, but nothing that won't clean up. Ditto for the oven cavity.

 

[turquoisedude]

Here's a bit of a problem... Part of the oven floor has rusted through.

Is this something that I could repair?

 

[turquoisedude]

And there's a nasty chip out of the porcelain frame... Shame...

 

[turquoisedude]

Love the drawers! I could see a unit like this taking the place of a nasty modern stainless-steel piece of junk in a downtown Montreal condo very easily, couldn't you??

I haven't done any testing on it yet... stay tuned!!

 

[danemodsandy]

Paul:

That oven turns up (without the cabinet) often enough that I would invest patience rather than money. If you just keep looking, a unit with a good floor and good outer panel will surface. Then you'll have something worthy of the cabinet.

The only repair I can think of for the oven floor is to have a patch welded in, then have the whole thing reporcelainized. If that sounds expensive, that's only because it would be.

Again, the cabinet is the real rarity, so be happy and keep your peepers peeled for a good oven.

 

[philr]

Did you try the timer?

 

[tomturbomatic]

Unfortunately, this model oven had a bad tendency for the liner to rust through. I have seen more than one of these with that problem, often at the seam above the broiler. The easiest thing to do is find either an aluminum or stainless steel cookie sheet to put on the oven floor or you could use those disposable aluminum foil oven floor liners.

 

[pulltostart]

I'm with Sandy - keep your eyes open for a donor and switch out the liner.

 

lawrence

 

[pulltostart]

Paul,

I just thought of the perfect place for this oven and cabinets once you get them all spiffy-ed up.  Your mud room!  It would be so convenient to store things in at the door.

 

lawrence

 

[retromania]

What are the.....

What are the drawers? Warming. Storage or both?!

 

[tomturbomatic]

They are just very nice, roomy storage drawers.

 

[retromania]

Just look at how solidly constructed that oven is. The racks! So solid. I miss the quality construction of the older appliances. I bought a gas range. I sold my Maytag electric range. It was about five years old. The fellas that bought it showed up without hand trucks. He said they carry everything to the truck by hand 90% of the time. Said a lot of the newer appliances don't weigh much.

 

[turquoisedude]

Well....

So, you know that expression about the road to hell being paved with good intentions? I was on that well-worn path with this oven over the weekend...

To start, it didn't help that I managed to skid off a newly-gravelled road near Ayer's Cliff on Saturday. I wasn't hurt and there was very little damage to the trusty Ford wagon but I had to wait for a tow truck to get me out again. The weather also turned very hot and humid, but rainy. Nonetheless, I had gotten it into my thick head that I was going to swap the turquoise face panel and door off of this oven and transplant it to a similar pink one that I got from Roger last year. The oven cavity of the pink one is mint and it works perfectly.

I figured this would be a snap... Nope...

As tore into it, I discovered just how far gone that turquoise oven was... There was the hole in the floor under one of the heating element brackets that I knew about, but there were holes at the back of the oven and the openings for the bake and broil elements were both rusted through. I struggled to remove the old oven liner but hit one issue after another trying to get the dang thing apart. I had turned the oven on it's side, and upside down to try and cut through the bolts holding the liner in that had rusted sold. This gave me a good view of the face plate and door - I found more chips and rust than I had first noticed. So after spending a steaming afternoon getting nowhere fast, I made a decision... I figured it was going to be less trouble to just scrap this oven and slide the pink one that needed no acrobatics into the cabinet.

GASP - I actually made a decision to give up on one of my 'projects'!!

It's not all bad news, though... The one part I was hoping to be good from this donor oven was! Much to my surprise, the clock still works! The minute minder buzzer is a little iffy, but methinks this clock will be transplanted into a certain 56 Kitchen Centre...

 

[combo52]

Early GE Oven Frame Transplant

Paul I am glad you are alright from your off-road driving stunt.

 

You should always ask me before you start taking things apart, LOL  What you were trying to dissemble on that old GE wall oven is VERY difficult to do because when it was assembled originally they started with the front frame and everything was added from including all that fun insulation.

 

[ovrphil]

Glad you were ok, too.
Really sorry it didn't work out - certainly a cool stove with drawers.
Where do these stoves get put for x-amount of time , to rust? These were
tanks. Always interesting finds come down the road...that ...er..should have
been labelled in the back of this stove..." "facilis descensus Averno" it's easy to go to hell