Frigidaire Range

[tomturbomatic]

Oh wow! You could really gaslight someone with that or get them to give up drinking if they saw that dial moving by itself. Leave it to Frigidaire to have something like that. That is even spookier than the rapid reset drive on my KDS14. After Rinse/Hold and the short dry on Utility/Utensil, the little chain-drive motor turns the timer dial back to where it needs to be to start a new cycle.

The most beautiful car my father ever owned was the 1963 Wildcat. I did practice driving in it with my learner's permit and when he traded it in for the 1966, they allowed me to keep one key for it which I still have in the Hix Green Buick little leather key holder.

 

[ovrphil]

Video

That's simply cool. It would be interesting to know how much the buyers used these features, if they liked them in the long run, learned to use them as designed...etc. Good video, PhilR, thanks for posting.

You and Tom with your Buicks. It's hard to look at all the plastic in cars today, but then you do have some airbags today...in lieu of the cool dashboards and real metal.

 

[philr]

Tom, I really like the gadgets like rapid-advance timers (and Jon gave me his former KDS 14, one of my favorite dishwashers!), old TVs with motorized controls, radios with automatic tuning etc.

I do have an AM wonderbar signal-seeking radio that I kept from my 1965 Electra but I never installed it in my 1965 Wildcat as my Wildcat has an AM-FM (you couldn't get the signal-seeking AM-FM) and there's nothing really interesting to listen to on the AM band here anymore!

 

Phil, the dashboard picture you posted shows a 1964 Wildcat (very similar to the 1963), it has interesting features like the Guide-Matic headlight dimmer and Buick's early style "Electro-Cruise" cruise control system which was completely different from the system that Cadillac and Oldsmobile used. This system was controlled by the speedometer itself and used the pointer that was usually used for the "Speed Alert" buzzer to set the speed, if you press on the setting knob, you can accelerate from a stop to the set speed without touching the accelerator, once the car reaches the set speed, the "Cruise" light comes on and the system maintains the speed. I have this feature in both my 1965 Wildcat and 1967 Riviera and it still works well. Cruise controls are among the other gadgets that I really like! And honestly, I couldn't live without cruise control as long distance driving without that is challenging for me!      

 

The steering wheel isn't original, this steering wheel was offered in the Riviera and in the 1966 Wildcat only. And the 1966 Wildcat didn't have that emblem but a Buick emblem. I guess most of these steering wheels came from Rivieras and those had a Riviera emblem so now we see these steering wheels in Wildcats with a Wildcat emblem. 

 

[ovrphil]

PhilR - you know, I was skeptical about that steering wheel. My car knowledge has waned badly, so it's fun
to hear what you know and be reminded or learn the first time around. I remember this kind of speed control, but I can't recall what car my dad owned that worked the same way. It may be my dad's friends, as they bought the Olds and Buicks(which I liked better than the clunky old Ford products; my dad worked for Ford, so end of explanation.

I've been gadget oriented since age 12, as I can remember. Not that this has anything to do with this thread, but since you mentioned the word, "gadget", I always have a personal argument about using that word to define some of the tools that help us live or work better. It might be a gadget to Webster's Dictionary, but a gadget to me has a whole lot of fluff. Like…a Chia Pet is a gadget.
Cruise Control is a functional complimentary tool that allows you to drive in comfort for long distances, and that one you have on both cars work from the mechanical positioning of the speedo gears(we see a pointer, but it's gears, right?).

Ok, I can't stand it - I need to buy a Wildcat. When the cows come in from the moon pasture.

Phil

 

[ovrphil]

Back to Frigidaire Ranges : Vintage GM/Frigidaire Double Wal

http://toledo.craigslist.org/app/5267624413.html

 

[ovrphil]

Vintage Flair stove - $300 (Flushing)

1960s

http://flint.craigslist.org/app/5265671562.html

 

[ovrphil]

Vintage frigidaire custom imperial oven/stove - $800 (Toled

1975? Pricey.

Note - will the self-cleaning service both sides at one time or is oven sides selectable for self-cleaning?

http://toledo.craigslist.org/app/5264743031.html

 

[ovrphil]

Vintage Wringer Washer & Range-$100 each - $100 (Brevard, N

6hrs ago focus on Frigidaire Range.

http://greenville.craigslist.org/app/5268036254.html

 

[mdberkoff]

Parts for a Frigidaire Custom Imperial range

I am looking for a door hinge and a oven seal for our Frigidaire GM Custom Imperial range. I think that it is a 1969 or 1970. The model number is RCIE-75P. I would be extremely grateful for any suggestions on a source for parts.
Thank you