GE vintage Stove/Oven - $200 (Menomonee Falls)
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danemodsandy
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Yes, P*7
If you'll look carefully, the knob of the oven lock lever is visible just above the oven door handle of the large oven. That's a dead giveaway that an oven is self-cleaning, although not all SC ovens have lock levers.
I think this might be early '70s; the presence of rotary controls and a window in the oven door makes it later than Dean's beautiful '66. Unfortunately, GE didn't put the 40-inchers in its full-line catalogs of the time.
It's TOL; controls for the meat thermometer and Sensi-Temp are visible.
Helluva nice range.
If you'll look carefully, the knob of the oven lock lever is visible just above the oven door handle of the large oven. That's a dead giveaway that an oven is self-cleaning, although not all SC ovens have lock levers.
I think this might be early '70s; the presence of rotary controls and a window in the oven door makes it later than Dean's beautiful '66. Unfortunately, GE didn't put the 40-inchers in its full-line catalogs of the time.
It's TOL; controls for the meat thermometer and Sensi-Temp are visible.
Helluva nice range.
ovrphil
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Thanks Sandy . I like the lines of these GE stoves, even if that's not all of the story.
I'm glad these ranges are still popping up, but I have a feeling that most aren't getting sold, and end up in the scrap heap.
I wonder if they don't know how to use the Sensi-Temp burner (select size, then temp), or if it really is not operating?
As I've said for years --- if I had provisions for a 40 inch range, one of these 1965 through early 70's GE P-7 TOL ranges would be in my house. No question asked.
Ben
I wonder if they don't know how to use the Sensi-Temp burner (select size, then temp), or if it really is not operating?
As I've said for years --- if I had provisions for a 40 inch range, one of these 1965 through early 70's GE P-7 TOL ranges would be in my house. No question asked.
Ben
robinsondm
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Sensi-Temp
Ben,
When I bought my house back in 1996, it came with my 1966 GE 40-inch P*7 range. The Sensi-Temp burner was not operating correctly. The burner size selection buttons worked, but the burner had only 2 settings -- off, and full on (red hot). Unless you were boiling water, it wasn't very useful.
I decided to try fixing it in 2000. Back then, GE had a dial-in help line where you could pay for appliance troubleshooting. They first recommended replacing the sensor, which did not fix the problem. They then recommended replacing the responder, which did fix it. I wonder now if the sensor was okay, and only the responder was broken?
Dean
Ben,
When I bought my house back in 1996, it came with my 1966 GE 40-inch P*7 range. The Sensi-Temp burner was not operating correctly. The burner size selection buttons worked, but the burner had only 2 settings -- off, and full on (red hot). Unless you were boiling water, it wasn't very useful.
I decided to try fixing it in 2000. Back then, GE had a dial-in help line where you could pay for appliance troubleshooting. They first recommended replacing the sensor, which did not fix the problem. They then recommended replacing the responder, which did fix it. I wonder now if the sensor was okay, and only the responder was broken?
Dean
danemodsandy
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Ben:
"As I've said for years --- if I had provisions for a 40 inch range, one of these 1965 through early 70's GE P-7 TOL ranges would be in my house."
As much as I love my 30-inch J 370, same here. I grew up with a 40-inch range (a 1948 Frigidaire RK-70) and have had an MOL WCI Westy in that size in adult life. There is no comparison between a 40-inch range and any other configuration. You have worktop space, you have two ovens and you have a mammoth storage drawer.
The range in this thread's first post made me bite my tongue.
"As I've said for years --- if I had provisions for a 40 inch range, one of these 1965 through early 70's GE P-7 TOL ranges would be in my house."
As much as I love my 30-inch J 370, same here. I grew up with a 40-inch range (a 1948 Frigidaire RK-70) and have had an MOL WCI Westy in that size in adult life. There is no comparison between a 40-inch range and any other configuration. You have worktop space, you have two ovens and you have a mammoth storage drawer.
The range in this thread's first post made me bite my tongue.
danemodsandy
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The More I Look....
....At this range, the more I'm thinking it's 1972-74, somewhere in there.
It has the control knobs with die-cast skirts (the visible metal part with the heat-setting indicia), not the later stamped, silk-screened skirts.
It has the late-'60s/early '70s heavy "glamour" surround for the oven window; this was seen on TOL ranges and wall ovens of the time only. If you went down even one model, you got a much narrower chrome piece around the window; my J 370 range is only one model off the TOL and has the standard window trim, not the glamour trim.
It has at least one convenience outlet, a feature regulated out of existence in the mid-'70s.
And it has the "arrowhead" handle for the oven door lock lever; earlier models had a round ball knob.
MAN, do I wish I space for such a range! That thing is appliance Viagra.
....At this range, the more I'm thinking it's 1972-74, somewhere in there.
It has the control knobs with die-cast skirts (the visible metal part with the heat-setting indicia), not the later stamped, silk-screened skirts.
It has the late-'60s/early '70s heavy "glamour" surround for the oven window; this was seen on TOL ranges and wall ovens of the time only. If you went down even one model, you got a much narrower chrome piece around the window; my J 370 range is only one model off the TOL and has the standard window trim, not the glamour trim.
It has at least one convenience outlet, a feature regulated out of existence in the mid-'70s.
And it has the "arrowhead" handle for the oven door lock lever; earlier models had a round ball knob.
MAN, do I wish I space for such a range! That thing is appliance Viagra.
