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This TOL GE beauty doesn't hit every one of my benchmarks. For starters, she's Almond. And she has Ye Olde Fayke Woode Graine. And black glass as well.

But she's very pretty for what she is, and she's only $20.

If I could figure out a way to get her from Lincoln, NE, I might well be rocking and rolling at this point.

She needs the clock/timer unit replaced, but that's not a biggie - it's available. Replacing it would be about $100, which is not too bad.

http://lincoln.craigslist.org/app/3860070013.html
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hydraulique:

"....you first have to appease the appliance gods...."

Well, if at all possible, I'd like to appease them without making a road trip! Lincoln ain't exactly next door.
 
For a twenty? Go for it, Sandy, life is too short!
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That range is not quite TOL

If it were TOL instead of having the rolling analog timer it would have a glass touch control timer with green LED light like  microwaves had at the time. My mom had this stove with the touch control timer in Harvest Gold and it was bought in late 1979 or early 1980 It was a good stove and even had the rotisserie feature in it...PAT COFFEY
 
Ben:

Thanks for pointing this one out!

I'm calling tomorrow - if it has a surface light, I'm in. In case anyone's wondering, the reason I find a surface light necessary is that my kitchen has no vent hood, nor any way to install one. That, plus the location of the range within the kitchen, means that the top of the range is always dark when I try to cook. As in real dark.

So far as I can see, this range has my other requirements, no prob. And it's White, which is my preferred color. The Ye Olde Fayke Woode Graine I'm prepared to overlook.

Again, my thanks.[this post was last edited: 7/15/2013-19:33]
 
BTW, Pat:

I would consider the absence of an electronic touch-control timer to be a blessing, not a problem.

This range is at least 35 years old, and getting such a component replaced or serviced could be pretty problematic. The analog timer this range has is still serviceable, through www.generaltimerepairs.com , in Carroll, IA. This is the company that bought out GE's mechanical timer operations when GE exited that business in 1998; they rebuild and supply GE analog timers for many different brands. In the analog days, GE was the biggest supplier of range timers, with 99% of the market; they even made the timers for Frigidaire (yes, including Flairs).

That's something I consider important.
 
The GE should have a light under the woodgrain hood. You are far better off with the mechanical clock than something slectronic, especially at this stage in the game and GE's lack of support for their electronic parts.
 
Friends of ours had this in fire engine red with chrome oven door liner. SensiTemp control might prove to be a weak link, but otherwise a great range. This is early 60s,

Life was simple when you pushed "LO" to cook at low heat.
 
hydraulique:

What precludes the addition of a light or hood is that this is a rental. For one thing, it means a lot of changes to someone else's property, including fishing wires for electric even if just a light is involved. For a hood, there's also ductwork. There are also no cabinets above the range for the usual Broan/Nutone/Nautilus sort of hood.

For another, it means I'd be spending a bunch of money on something that isn't mine. A light on the range would solve the problem, and can be taken with me.
 
OK, so the problem isn't technical but rather practical. If there is attic space above it wouldn't be hard to install a shelf and hood - even a ventless hood - but I assume the landlord isn't interested at all in that small gesture to keep a good and clean tenant while increasing the value of his property. Too bad.

 

I've hardly ever seen a range light that was actually designed to work as a task light, most look to be eyewash but I love that as much as the rest of us. One exception would seem to be the mega-cool adjustable flourescent unit on Han's Norge that swings out but finding one of those would be even more difficult than the GE you want.

[this post was last edited: 7/16/2013-16:38]
 
hydraulique:

I have a rather nice landlord, don't get me wrong. But I'm not going to be here all that long, and the several hundred dollars necessary to the installation of a hood could definitely be put to better use elsewhere. I just won't get enough use out of it to feel that when I walked away from it, I'd have gotten my money's worth.
 
I was suggesting that your landlord do it at his expense as an improvement to his property - most tenants would expect some sort of hood - but if you're not staying that long then it makes sense to not push him.
 
hydraulique:

I already get a favorable rent for being a stable and prompt-paying tenant, so no use making waves....

Anyone hear Stubby Kaye singing, "Sit Down, You're Rocking the Boat?" ;-)
 
Sandy you missed my point completely

Sandy all I was saying is it is not TOL unless it has the touch controls....FYI my mom had that range with the touch controls for 20 years and it never needed repair and our stove was used everyday and those controls got steam on them on a regular basis and we never had to have them repaired. It does a have a florescent light under the top wood grain panel as Tomturbomatic said and I remember that light being more than adequate to light up the whole control panel......PAT COFFEY
 
Pat:

I wasn't meaning to discount your point. My point was made because if I purchased such a range, I'd very likely be taking on an unknown history. Your mom's range sounds like it was a one-owner unit in a stable, well-run household.

One of the things I look for in vintage appliances is repairability, because I use vintage stuff as daily drivers. If parts are HTF or unobtainium, I feel I should pass and leave those goodies to the real experts. I love the look of early-1950's Frigidaire laundry appliances. Wouldn't have one in my house, because of the parts situation and because I don't have the skills.
 
Sandy it looks like I missed your point too.LOL

I was not thinking of it from your standpoint when I read your post....and I can see why you do think that way as I do as well. For example my vintage fridge is a GE because I felt GE would be easier to get parts for and I was also told that they tend to be a more robust and sturdy Fridge then some other brands I was considering from that era....PAT COFFEY
 

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