you might want to track any of these old distributorships down.
GE 1972 Appliances Catalogue Scan!!!
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I didn't scan the pages with the air conditioners, electric panels, etc. If you want that, send me a hundred dollars in tens and twenties and I'll think about it.
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FORD ECONOLINE SERVICE VAN
Boy seeing that picture of the Ford van brought back memories of the 1970 and 1974 Fords that I drove for two different service companies. The all drum brakes on these vans were so bad you never knew what lane would end up in when you had to make a hard stop. It may be the reason that I have never had a Ford product since. When Jeff and I started our own company in 1978 we bought two used 1974 dodge vans mainly because they had front disk brakes and they had a much smaller more economical 6 cylinder engine than Ford. Since then we have had 10 more Dodge vans and still have 6 of these on the road.
Boy seeing that picture of the Ford van brought back memories of the 1970 and 1974 Fords that I drove for two different service companies. The all drum brakes on these vans were so bad you never knew what lane would end up in when you had to make a hard stop. It may be the reason that I have never had a Ford product since. When Jeff and I started our own company in 1978 we bought two used 1974 dodge vans mainly because they had front disk brakes and they had a much smaller more economical 6 cylinder engine than Ford. Since then we have had 10 more Dodge vans and still have 6 of these on the road.
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Thanks so much for the scans of my OVEN! I use daily!
You must have ESP!
I was going to start a thread about the RHV886 range.
Here my Feb 1972 Hotpoint RHV886 Range is a sister model to the top of the line GE Versatronic J896 Range in your scans IN REPLY #1, #3, #4.
This was a BIG buck range for its era, the list price when my folks looked at them in the fall of 1971 was 1150 dollars, the Hotpoint RHV886 from Feb 1972 here was 890 bucks, after exhaustive shopping. For comparison our New 1971 VW bug was 1995 bucks, gas was 25 to 30 cents.
The GE J896 / Hotpoint RHV886 It is an early microwave oven, 915Mhz instead of 2.45 Ghz. They are really the same guts, ie like TransAm/Camaro.
One could place a frozen turkey in these things and cook it via the "electronic oven" and regular oven at the same time. It was a Star Trek device for its era. The microwave part lasted about 15 years before parts and repair folks died off. The 5 years say early 1980's repair folks would not believe it was a microwave, or know beans about it.
The last YoYo who worked on it stole the schematic and parts list that is kept behind the bezel with the knobs.
****So if anybody has a schematic for the GE J896/Hotpoint RHV886 please post it.
This is a heavy range, 430 Lbs and the patent plate input is 18.4 Kilowatts, ie 80 Amps at 230 volts. It is the reason my folks old house got a 200 Amp service and the neighboring houses all got 100 amp service.
My unit got 2 feet of salt water during Katrina and the "conventional" low oven is now dead. I threw out the mess of dead microwave emitter unit post Katrina. Even if one could fix the mess the bad seals would be a major issue. To get at the dead lower oven relay means pulling out the 430 Lb beast, thus it is a back {lower } burner project. Last time it was pulled out we had to rig up a puller with some 2x4's. The upper and lower ovens are typical GE/Hotpoint self cleaning ovens of the 1970's era
You must have ESP!
I was going to start a thread about the RHV886 range.
Here my Feb 1972 Hotpoint RHV886 Range is a sister model to the top of the line GE Versatronic J896 Range in your scans IN REPLY #1, #3, #4.
This was a BIG buck range for its era, the list price when my folks looked at them in the fall of 1971 was 1150 dollars, the Hotpoint RHV886 from Feb 1972 here was 890 bucks, after exhaustive shopping. For comparison our New 1971 VW bug was 1995 bucks, gas was 25 to 30 cents.
The GE J896 / Hotpoint RHV886 It is an early microwave oven, 915Mhz instead of 2.45 Ghz. They are really the same guts, ie like TransAm/Camaro.
One could place a frozen turkey in these things and cook it via the "electronic oven" and regular oven at the same time. It was a Star Trek device for its era. The microwave part lasted about 15 years before parts and repair folks died off. The 5 years say early 1980's repair folks would not believe it was a microwave, or know beans about it.
The last YoYo who worked on it stole the schematic and parts list that is kept behind the bezel with the knobs.
****So if anybody has a schematic for the GE J896/Hotpoint RHV886 please post it.
This is a heavy range, 430 Lbs and the patent plate input is 18.4 Kilowatts, ie 80 Amps at 230 volts. It is the reason my folks old house got a 200 Amp service and the neighboring houses all got 100 amp service.
My unit got 2 feet of salt water during Katrina and the "conventional" low oven is now dead. I threw out the mess of dead microwave emitter unit post Katrina. Even if one could fix the mess the bad seals would be a major issue. To get at the dead lower oven relay means pulling out the 430 Lb beast, thus it is a back {lower
} burner project. Last time it was pulled out we had to rig up a puller with some 2x4's. The upper and lower ovens are typical GE/Hotpoint self cleaning ovens of the 1970's era3beltwesty
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HOTPOINT RHV886
In the brown scheme !
The fan on this stove removes air from the top and mid section and has a fairly high CFM which is great for cooking.
In the brown scheme !
The fan on this stove removes air from the top and mid section and has a fairly high CFM which is great for cooking.
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Actual color of the 1972 Hotpoint is that Brown color folks
This was the Kitchen 1+ day after Katrina; *after* gobs of cleaning. I used a hose to clean out the mud from the lower kitchen cabinets and saved the real Pecan cabinets. Stuff that was made out of particle board turned to like soggy Cornflakes.
The 1972 Hotpoint RHV886 range like the rest took 2 feet of salt water, along with shrimp packing boxes, marsh grass, gobs of total crap. One can see the spin basket for my 1976 3 belt westy washer in the crap; I was rebuilding it before Katrina.
The Yellow arrow points to the lower oven which up the the mid 1980's had a working 915 Mhz microwave unit. To pull this 430 Lb unit out a cum-a-long is connected to some 2x4's connected to both left and right sides, to spread the load around.
The early 1990's Fridigaire dishwasher had a stuck solenoid that was freed and now works. The contacts on the float had to be cleaned. Most folks just junked all their stuff, while here I got all to work.
The early 1990's Refrigerator/Freezer just required the lower fan to be lubed, plus the 1/2 bushel of marsh grass removed from the the coils. During Katrina it floated up and came down at about 20 degrees from Horizontal; hanging from its 1/4" water line. Folks who left and did not stay through the storm about always came back to a refrig that got thrown away dud to rotten food that filled up the plastic walls with stink.
Before this 1 to 2 days of cleaning, a pitch fork was used to remove the 2 feet of marsh grass. The local electric company would not hook up the power yet due to safety reasons.{law suits} Thus one at night was using a pitch forks to remove the hay/grass with a Kerosene Lanterns like it is 1700 again. Thus for over 1 week Kerosene Lanterns were used after dark to remove 2 feet of hay from the house.
There was so much clutter that when one set down a hammer while ripping out sheet rock, that one would "loose it". Thus many tools were spray painted day glow orange or pink so as one could find them in the room one was working.
Most all the items folks disposed of like stoves, washers, dryer, dishwashers etc were fixable with minor things. The lady next doors gas stove I fixed only required cleaning of the jets/burners. It actually fixed it so it worked better than Katrina. Then 1 month later a contractor pulled it out and it went into the scrap heap, bizzare since it was a high end premium unit and got replaced with a cheapie 240+ buck electric.
This was the Kitchen 1+ day after Katrina; *after* gobs of cleaning. I used a hose to clean out the mud from the lower kitchen cabinets and saved the real Pecan cabinets. Stuff that was made out of particle board turned to like soggy Cornflakes.
The 1972 Hotpoint RHV886 range like the rest took 2 feet of salt water, along with shrimp packing boxes, marsh grass, gobs of total crap. One can see the spin basket for my 1976 3 belt westy washer in the crap; I was rebuilding it before Katrina.
The Yellow arrow points to the lower oven which up the the mid 1980's had a working 915 Mhz microwave unit. To pull this 430 Lb unit out a cum-a-long is connected to some 2x4's connected to both left and right sides, to spread the load around.
The early 1990's Fridigaire dishwasher had a stuck solenoid that was freed and now works. The contacts on the float had to be cleaned. Most folks just junked all their stuff, while here I got all to work.
The early 1990's Refrigerator/Freezer just required the lower fan to be lubed, plus the 1/2 bushel of marsh grass removed from the the coils. During Katrina it floated up and came down at about 20 degrees from Horizontal; hanging from its 1/4" water line. Folks who left and did not stay through the storm about always came back to a refrig that got thrown away dud to rotten food that filled up the plastic walls with stink.
Before this 1 to 2 days of cleaning, a pitch fork was used to remove the 2 feet of marsh grass. The local electric company would not hook up the power yet due to safety reasons.{law suits} Thus one at night was using a pitch forks to remove the hay/grass with a Kerosene Lanterns like it is 1700 again. Thus for over 1 week Kerosene Lanterns were used after dark to remove 2 feet of hay from the house.
There was so much clutter that when one set down a hammer while ripping out sheet rock, that one would "loose it". Thus many tools were spray painted day glow orange or pink so as one could find them in the room one was working.
Most all the items folks disposed of like stoves, washers, dryer, dishwashers etc were fixable with minor things. The lady next doors gas stove I fixed only required cleaning of the jets/burners. It actually fixed it so it worked better than Katrina. Then 1 month later a contractor pulled it out and it went into the scrap heap, bizzare since it was a high end premium unit and got replaced with a cheapie 240+ buck electric.
spankomatic
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These scans are the best Chritmas gift ever! Thanks!
GE!
Ken thank you very much for posting.
Happy Holidays
Peter
Ken thank you very much for posting.
Happy Holidays
Peter
Merry Holidays, everyone!
Even more GE blessings for the holiday -
scrubflex
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FANTASTIC!!!
I've been waiting for more information, pics and year for these washers. Thanks for the scans
I've been waiting for more information, pics and year for these washers. Thanks for the scans
toploader55
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Nothing Like Memories
On Christmas Day the way things used to be.
Thanks for the Scans. And Merry Christmas to All. Eddie
On Christmas Day the way things used to be.
Thanks for the Scans. And Merry Christmas to All. Eddie
andy
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Brings back memories
Those are some really awesome scans! I'd love to see them bring back the filter-flo and mini basket in the GE washers. Unfortunately, it probably won't ever happen. I don't know though, they say that everything comes back, eventually.
Those are some really awesome scans! I'd love to see them bring back the filter-flo and mini basket in the GE washers. Unfortunately, it probably won't ever happen. I don't know though, they say that everything comes back, eventually.
Enjoyed looking at this - thanks for sharing it. Didn't see any of the 40" ranges, nor bottom freezer refrigerators. I'm rather certain they were still making them as my cousins got a GE B.F. fridge in Coppertone in late '73.
Only a "greatest hits" brochure. And a bit of a time
There were very few bottom-freezer models offered in 1972 ( I remember one model only. It had no icemaker and very few features. They weren't popular during these years); I remember this because my parents would have preferred one to the top-freezer model they bought around this time. They were much more invested in "Side by Sides" during this era. These "portfolio" catalogs NEVER listed the complete GE line.
There were several models of 40" stoves at the time. The stove pictured below was a wonderful TOL with all the features of the other TOL's. Again, GE was much more interested in selling new customers their "Hi-Lo" double oven ranges but they were smart enough to cover their bases for replacement stove customers. Also, you may have noticed there was a color photo of a top-loading portable inside the cover but no portable dishwashers were featured in the catalog. Portable sales were beginning to ebb as more and more customers were either building first time kitchens or remodeling existing kitchens with built-ins.
These brochures were designed for builders and were used in the Sweet's catalogs.
There were very few bottom-freezer models offered in 1972 ( I remember one model only. It had no icemaker and very few features. They weren't popular during these years); I remember this because my parents would have preferred one to the top-freezer model they bought around this time. They were much more invested in "Side by Sides" during this era. These "portfolio" catalogs NEVER listed the complete GE line.
There were several models of 40" stoves at the time. The stove pictured below was a wonderful TOL with all the features of the other TOL's. Again, GE was much more interested in selling new customers their "Hi-Lo" double oven ranges but they were smart enough to cover their bases for replacement stove customers. Also, you may have noticed there was a color photo of a top-loading portable inside the cover but no portable dishwashers were featured in the catalog. Portable sales were beginning to ebb as more and more customers were either building first time kitchens or remodeling existing kitchens with built-ins.
These brochures were designed for builders and were used in the Sweet's catalogs.
geextrarinse
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These are great!
Thanks for posting - is there a way that all these catalogues can be put in the archive section? it would be great to have them in one place?!
Thanks for posting - is there a way that all these catalogues can be put in the archive section? it would be great to have them in one place?!
Filter Flo
The good memories of my mother's 1957 Filter-Flo Suds Return Washer, was the "slimey"(sic) reviews of Consumer Reports who complained every year they tested a Filter Flo, about the icky globs of lint left in the filter basket. Stationary tubs were always clean, and no plugged trap or drain. Next house came with a Kenmore that covered the inside of the stationary tub with dried dryer slime, plugged the trap;then the drain; took advice to put a nylon stocking over end of drain hose to filter lint out; only problem was no one mentioned to change the stocking very often, or the lint trapping slimy stocking ,would get sucked into the drain outlet, and the drain water ontop of the wash water going into a tub with the outlet clogged by the lint-trapping stocking caused an overflow , that would cause the stocking suggester to earn deserved ire! joeyk
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The good memories of my mother's 1957 Filter-Flo Suds Return Washer, was the "slimey"(sic) reviews of Consumer Reports who complained every year they tested a Filter Flo, about the icky globs of lint left in the filter basket. Stationary tubs were always clean, and no plugged trap or drain. Next house came with a Kenmore that covered the inside of the stationary tub with dried dryer slime, plugged the trap;then the drain; took advice to put a nylon stocking over end of drain hose to filter lint out; only problem was no one mentioned to change the stocking very often, or the lint trapping slimy stocking ,would get sucked into the drain outlet, and the drain water ontop of the wash water going into a tub with the outlet clogged by the lint-trapping stocking caused an overflow , that would cause the stocking suggester to earn deserved ire! joeyk
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Hi, I know this is an old thread, but I have the same oven as you bajaespuma, model J479002AV, but I can not find any info anywhere. Do you by chance have manual/link to manual/etc.? I emailed GE to find out more info, but nothing comes up with model or serial number. Thanks!
There is something funny about the washer WWA9500N. There is no matching dryer shown. It might be the big mouth dryer that is hinted at, but there is not a picture or model # given and they say to match the washer with a 9200 dryer that does not have the horizontal button arrangement.
I have a dryer from 1968, model #DE1220D2 that is not an Americana, but a CUSTOM with a nice big plastic blob in the trim piece on the front of the top that says "Custom" and a V in the center at the top of the control panel where these 1972 models say Americana. It has electronic control and the control panel is very similar to the WWA9500N. I had to replace a $60.00 board to make the sensor dry work. The other day, I looked at the date on the back of it marking when John and I rebuilt it and it was in 2002. I have been using it winters since then and had no idea it has been 12 years. Amazing.
I have a dryer from 1968, model #DE1220D2 that is not an Americana, but a CUSTOM with a nice big plastic blob in the trim piece on the front of the top that says "Custom" and a V in the center at the top of the control panel where these 1972 models say Americana. It has electronic control and the control panel is very similar to the WWA9500N. I had to replace a $60.00 board to make the sensor dry work. The other day, I looked at the date on the back of it marking when John and I rebuilt it and it was in 2002. I have been using it winters since then and had no idea it has been 12 years. Amazing.
A nice year.
For some reason that only the designers in Louisville knew, they only offered a perfect dryer match for the programmed washer in 1968. Maybe they were trying to market the big-door dryer as a mate to many other models, but the 1968 TOL pair were particularly well matched and designed. IIRC they were the only vintage that offered controls on the panel that were translucent so that when the panel light was on, all of the text surrounding the buttons and dials were illuminated and very easy to see and read. Nice vintage even if this was a year with a Straight-6.
For some reason that only the designers in Louisville knew, they only offered a perfect dryer match for the programmed washer in 1968. Maybe they were trying to market the big-door dryer as a mate to many other models, but the 1968 TOL pair were particularly well matched and designed. IIRC they were the only vintage that offered controls on the panel that were translucent so that when the panel light was on, all of the text surrounding the buttons and dials were illuminated and very easy to see and read. Nice vintage even if this was a year with a Straight-6.
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