That one I posted the picture of the micro-top portion is a Tappan. I didn't post the lower section - gas! - but you can see it's a Tappan made.
Lets talk quality ranges!
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try Frigidaire builtin 59!
Lets keeep this thread going
try Frigidaire builtin 59!
Philco Citation 1957!
This is a real interesting one
I really want to see other specs.
This is a real interesting one
I really want to see other specs.
norgeway
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Did anyone!!!
Ever see Philcos elevator oven,you pushed a button and it raised up for easy access!!!
Ever see Philcos elevator oven,you pushed a button and it raised up for easy access!!!
elevator oven
I have that Philco brochure somewhere...
I have that Philco brochure somewhere...
norgeway
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Pictures soon!!!
Don and I just got back from Teds in Maryland,I have another Norge stove!!!!
Don and I just got back from Teds in Maryland,I have another Norge stove!!!!
Let's see pics, Hans!
Here's a pretty Western Holly range - with light blue top!
Here's a pretty Western Holly range - with light blue top!
Western-Holly
Greg, is that range electric or gas? The pic isn't clear enough for me to tell. If electric, I didn't know they ever made any. It looks a great deal like the electric range we used for a short time after moving into the house I now own. It belonged to the people who moved into our old house, which only had space for a 30". My Mom and Gale traded until the cabinets and countertop were modified to accept their wider model. I always remember it having a round oven window, and wondered what kind it was. We only had it for a couple months before getting our Westinghouse back.
Greg, is that range electric or gas? The pic isn't clear enough for me to tell. If electric, I didn't know they ever made any. It looks a great deal like the electric range we used for a short time after moving into the house I now own. It belonged to the people who moved into our old house, which only had space for a 30". My Mom and Gale traded until the cabinets and countertop were modified to accept their wider model. I always remember it having a round oven window, and wondered what kind it was. We only had it for a couple months before getting our Westinghouse back.
It's gas, I've never seen a Western Holly in electric, but then I'd never seen a Tappan Doughboy in electric either and several have popped up.
Not sure how "quality" ties in with this ad and this thread, but we do love our Pearl -- honey!
Not sure how "quality" ties in with this ad and this thread, but we do love our Pearl -- honey!
61 Frigidaire on the 'bay
in stunning Coppertone
http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-frigidaire...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35aadf269c
in stunning Coppertone
http://cgi.ebay.com/1961-frigidaire...tem&pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35aadf269c
CROWN STOVE
I might have part of the story on the transition of Crown Stove.
My Grandmother's 1954 Crown stove is still in the family and I was curious as to what happened to the company.
I don't guarantee that this info is absolutely accurate because data on that company is so hard to come by.
However it appears that during their heyday they were based in Cicero,Illinois. They made ranges for many years until sometime in the 1970s (?) the roof collapsed on the factory. They didn't have the ability to recover. I heard that some company bought the machining but who that was I do not know. Oh well, that's all I've got. Crown stoves are still in a lot of homes in Chicagoland attesting to their good quality it seems.
I might have part of the story on the transition of Crown Stove.
My Grandmother's 1954 Crown stove is still in the family and I was curious as to what happened to the company.
I don't guarantee that this info is absolutely accurate because data on that company is so hard to come by.
However it appears that during their heyday they were based in Cicero,Illinois. They made ranges for many years until sometime in the 1970s (?) the roof collapsed on the factory. They didn't have the ability to recover. I heard that some company bought the machining but who that was I do not know. Oh well, that's all I've got. Crown stoves are still in a lot of homes in Chicagoland attesting to their good quality it seems.
Hotpoint slide-out Teflon panels
Silly Hotpoint slide-out panel story.
As everyone knows, my Dad was an engineer for Hotpoint. He was with Home Laundry but Range was nearby.
At any rate, when the Hotpoint slide-out Teflon panels came out the employees ended up with samples. They make great cookie-sheets as they are "L" shaped and flat.
Also for Thanksgiving we made coffee for years on a huge Hotpoint drop-in drip coffeemaker. It's the one that you would drop in the Hotpoint well-cooker. We sat it on top of our Grandmother's Crown range (now in the basement after 1963) and made gobs of coffee. (Our main stove was a Universal Cribben/Sexton gas as our 1920's house had very poor electric feed.)
The coffee didn't come out in gobs but rather it made copious amounts of coffee.
And of course we ended up with lots and lots of rejected trim pieces. I am not joking when I tell you that we made grade-school election campaign buttons out of Silhouette washer and dryer knob trim centers. LOL!
Silly Hotpoint slide-out panel story.
As everyone knows, my Dad was an engineer for Hotpoint. He was with Home Laundry but Range was nearby.
At any rate, when the Hotpoint slide-out Teflon panels came out the employees ended up with samples. They make great cookie-sheets as they are "L" shaped and flat.
Also for Thanksgiving we made coffee for years on a huge Hotpoint drop-in drip coffeemaker. It's the one that you would drop in the Hotpoint well-cooker. We sat it on top of our Grandmother's Crown range (now in the basement after 1963) and made gobs of coffee. (Our main stove was a Universal Cribben/Sexton gas as our 1920's house had very poor electric feed.)
The coffee didn't come out in gobs but rather it made copious amounts of coffee.
And of course we ended up with lots and lots of rejected trim pieces. I am not joking when I tell you that we made grade-school election campaign buttons out of Silhouette washer and dryer knob trim centers. LOL!
Hotpoint Custom-Trend
Oh, and lastly..
If y'all remember a PANK HOTPOINT Custom-Trend countertop range that was for sale about a year ago in Illinois...
It had a drop-down range on the side.
Yeah - I bought it...
Love it. Haven't put it back into service yet. I may have my Crosley fridge painted pink to match. Hmmm.
The model has "RD" in it. I think its a working prototype.
Glad to have it... Thanks gang for the tip...
Oh, and lastly..
If y'all remember a PANK HOTPOINT Custom-Trend countertop range that was for sale about a year ago in Illinois...
It had a drop-down range on the side.
Yeah - I bought it...
Love it. Haven't put it back into service yet. I may have my Crosley fridge painted pink to match. Hmmm.
The model has "RD" in it. I think its a working prototype.
Glad to have it... Thanks gang for the tip...
Custom-trend... more
The story on the Custom-Trend was this..
Apparently the lady who owned the house received the Custom-Trend range from the builder in 1961. The builder built the house sometime earlier and outfitted the kitchen a trendy manner including this range in 1961. Indeed when I visited the house, the kitchen was very 1960's chic.
The range was in use from at least 1961 until about a year ago.
General Electric Service fixed it once along the way, about 10 years ago. I have that receipt. Tech installed four new Calrod burners.
Limited Edition range or experiment? Who knows? The truth may be lost to history. It's interesting that the unit worked sooo long. It is clearly built to last...
The story on the Custom-Trend was this..
Apparently the lady who owned the house received the Custom-Trend range from the builder in 1961. The builder built the house sometime earlier and outfitted the kitchen a trendy manner including this range in 1961. Indeed when I visited the house, the kitchen was very 1960's chic.
The range was in use from at least 1961 until about a year ago.
General Electric Service fixed it once along the way, about 10 years ago. I have that receipt. Tech installed four new Calrod burners.
Limited Edition range or experiment? Who knows? The truth may be lost to history. It's interesting that the unit worked sooo long. It is clearly built to last...
Let's talk QUALITY!
I got a scanner and this is my First try! Let's hope it works!
I got a scanner and this is my First try! Let's hope it works!
2nd side
It worked! other side!
It worked! other side!
Great scans! That is a beautiful range - $3800 in today's dollars, and worth every penny in Sherwood green.
Look what popped up on CL this weekend!
One of my all-time favorites!
One of my all-time favorites!
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There's lot's more!
I have over 100 pages of Frigidaire, Caloric and other salesman's pages. I don't want this thread to end! I'm going to start scanning and like Gansky, post a few at a time. And then of course, there are all the vacuum pages...! Greg
I have over 100 pages of Frigidaire, Caloric and other salesman's pages. I don't want this thread to end! I'm going to start scanning and like Gansky, post a few at a time. And then of course, there are all the vacuum pages...! Greg
Woohoo! More scans - yay! I've only scratched the surface of my "library" as well, time is fleeting and it seems there is never enough to scan everything I want to share. I'm working on some stuff for Labor Day weekend now, but I should pull out some of the range stuff too. I wonder if we should start another thread now and then (part 2, 3, etc.) as this one might be getting a bit long in the download time for some.
What do you range-admirers think?
What do you range-admirers think?
Thank you!
For keeping this thread going. I am Happy I started this.
Lets keep it going.
Peter
For keeping this thread going. I am Happy I started this.
Lets keep it going.
Peter
norgeway
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GUESS WHAT IS COMING TO OUR HOUSE!!!
A Yellow 1957 GE Stratoliner range with the matching bottom freezer fridge!!!
A Yellow 1957 GE Stratoliner range with the matching bottom freezer fridge!!!
norgeway
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Americana
Greg, I knew a family in Lenoir who owned Home Electric Co.,which was an Electrical cotractor as well as a GE appliance dealer, their house had every thing original still in it in the 90s, I dont know if the current owners left anything original, but they had Woodtone brown GE appliances,and the range was the first generation Americana,with a narrow glass at the front that you looked into to look in the oven,they had the roll out DW,a bottom freezer fridge,and every NuTONE built in ever thought of, I was last in that house at their estate sale,so I dont know how it looks now,but always liked that model range.
Greg, I knew a family in Lenoir who owned Home Electric Co.,which was an Electrical cotractor as well as a GE appliance dealer, their house had every thing original still in it in the 90s, I dont know if the current owners left anything original, but they had Woodtone brown GE appliances,and the range was the first generation Americana,with a narrow glass at the front that you looked into to look in the oven,they had the roll out DW,a bottom freezer fridge,and every NuTONE built in ever thought of, I was last in that house at their estate sale,so I dont know how it looks now,but always liked that model range.
Stratolounger
You can cook and nap at the same time! These are among the best ever made. The fridge will have the cool turn table shelves and there should be some metal detailing on the freezer door. Amazing! Do you plan to put them into service in your present kitchen?
You can cook and nap at the same time! These are among the best ever made. The fridge will have the cool turn table shelves and there should be some metal detailing on the freezer door. Amazing! Do you plan to put them into service in your present kitchen?
norgeway
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Oh yeah!!
I have a good running fridge,but it looks terrible, a 63 Hotpoint,so the GE set is going in the kitchen,im using a Norge 30 range now,but it ,like all the other Norges ive had has oven rust issues,so im going to put in the yellow set, and probably paint the kitchen a contrasting color, maybe pink or turquoise! The GE fridge does have the rotating anodized shelves, and says Combination on the door, the whole kickplate is a chrome step pedal that opens the door. I also have a nice vintage NUTONE hood to install,it also has pushbuttons!
I have a good running fridge,but it looks terrible, a 63 Hotpoint,so the GE set is going in the kitchen,im using a Norge 30 range now,but it ,like all the other Norges ive had has oven rust issues,so im going to put in the yellow set, and probably paint the kitchen a contrasting color, maybe pink or turquoise! The GE fridge does have the rotating anodized shelves, and says Combination on the door, the whole kickplate is a chrome step pedal that opens the door. I also have a nice vintage NUTONE hood to install,it also has pushbuttons!
dynaflow
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cant wait to visit again
Hans and Donald cant wait to see these installed, im trying now to get all my vintage pink kitchen stuff together to match my 61 mayfair pink Frigidaire thax again
Hans and Donald cant wait to see these installed, im trying now to get all my vintage pink kitchen stuff together to match my 61 mayfair pink Frigidaire thax again
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