Help identifying a GE oven (1960s or 1970s)

[rodface]

Hello all, first time poster here. We have recently purchased a mid-century ranch that was built in 1962 and received a major remodel in the early 1970s. The kitchen features a GE double oven; pictures attached. I am having some trouble identifying the model.

The only metal tag visible without pulling the oven out of the wall says (barely legible):

J D24W2G(R?) 7 6 E W 000(?)

I cannot seem to find anything about a "JD 24" on the web. The closest match I have found is from this forum, in Reply# 7 of the thread, "1972 GE Appliances Catalogue Scan": https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?32097

Our oven strongly resembles the JC 25 Deluxe 27-inch double oven shown on page 8 of this catalogue; however it does not feature a window on the bottom oven, and the control panel has an inverted color scheme; the clock face is black and the surround is star-studded and silver-colored.

I did make an interesting find upon pulling the control panel off; the oven's wiring diagram was in a manila enveloped stuffed into the outer wall.

Thanks in advance for any information.

 

[circlew]

Yours is definitely from the early 60's, as that star patterned background on the control panel was long-gone by the 70's. My neighbor's oven installed in '65 or '66 has a newer style control panel than yours. The standard clean wall ovens didn't change much over the years, until they were totally redesigned.

 

[combo52]

Early 60s GE Double Wall oven

You have a very good reliable oven that could last many years yet.

 

If it looks like the lower oven has been used less you may be wise to favor the lower oven if that works for you as the hinges and thermostat etc are less worn, also the bottom oven uses a little less power having no window.

 

Good Luck with your cool oven, let us know if you have any problems.

 

John L.

 

[pulltostart]

Your wall oven is a 1962 model.

 

lawrence

 

[tomturbomatic]

Lawrence to the rescue with correct data!

 

[sudsmaster]

Well, the controls and timer look identical to my P*7 wall oven. It's a 1974 that originally came in Harvest Gold color. I "upgraded" it about 15 years ago to a stainless door from an oven offered for a song or for free on Craigslist. I then put the free oven with the harvest door back on Craigslist. So it's out there somewhere.

These are good ovens, although I *think* the thermostat on mine could use some tweaking. Also, here's a temperature probe outlet on the side of the oven chamber, but no probe is here.

 

[rodface]

Thanks to all for your replies. I am excited to keep this old appliance going; it feels solid and strong and is very quick to heat up. I love the mid century flair and the analog controls are actually quite refreshing to use, I have not been a fan of the membrane keypads of the past decades. They seem to be getting less responsive and more annoying to use.

I now understand why my parents always got frightened when our toddler would approach the (2019 new) oven at our old house. I always wondered what the fuss was, the doors don't get very hot when it's running. Well, the doors on these old ovens get VERY hot! Unfortunately this means I won't be able to use that lower unit except when he isn't at home, at least until I can be sure that he knows not to touch it.

The oven was tested by our home inspector and found that one unit was just a few degrees off, if I recall correctly. I noticed that the knobs have calibration adjustments on the back, I don't know if this is common to modern electric ovens too, but it looks quite impressive.

The main issue I can see is that the rubber door gasket of the upper has broken off in several places. The lower is intact but any attempt to pull on it to try and unseat it causes a tear. Can anyone point me in the direction of the correct spare part to use for these units? There are some online listings that claim to be the correct gasket for 60s/70s GE ovens, but I usually can't see the gasket profile to check, and at $100/ea I had better be ordering the right one.

I can hear ticking from the clock, but I don't know if the timers are working, they do buzz with some fiddling but I don't understand how any of it is supposed to work. The light switch on the door will flip on, but needs to be manhandled to get it to turn back off. For now I have just stopped touching those items.

There is also a lot of scorching/burning on the bottom of the control panel bezel and the lip of the white surface of the

Once again thanks for the responses. This is a great community and valuable resource, and the website is a real treat in this era of Facebook/Twitter/TikTok/whatever.