Already to go, she is beautiful. I have the guys number if anyone is interested.
Mint 1957 GE Stove
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take a gander at that oven:
take a gander at that oven:
Very clean - more like 1987 
Wow clean is right, but 1957? Is the Tiki lamp on a little early today?
more like 1987
actually try 1977...PAT COFFEY
actually try 1977...PAT COFFEY
AHH the dials looked a little new to me
He said it was from 1957 and I don't know stoves that well so I took his word for it. I knew if I posted someone would have the low down!
Sorry for the confusion.
I'll just turn the Tiki lamp off a little early tonight.
Jon
He said it was from 1957 and I don't know stoves that well so I took his word for it. I knew if I posted someone would have the low down!
Sorry for the confusion.
I'll just turn the Tiki lamp off a little early tonight.
Jon
This looks like a WCI Kelvinator-built range. Note that the surface units have the black porcelain center piece, not the GE medallion. Things deteriorated to the point where WCI was the only manufacturer of 40" electric ranges, but I think it is newer than 1977 because there is a tire dealer in Wheaton that also sold GE appliances and he used to have the TOL GE 40" range in his window and in 1977, I think, it was still a GE-built model, but I might be wrong. I never saw a GE with screws around the window either.
A stove for people who don't care about stoves
This is NOT a GE manufactured stove. My parents were bilked into buying the double-oven version of this stove back in the late 1980's when the Sensi-temp burner on their beautiful 1957 Liberator double-oven stove went bad. This was one of the stoves that had clear plastic buttons that lit up in different colors according to what heat was selected on the unit. It also had the built-in griddle, a meat thermometer and the small 6" Sensi-Temp burner. And everything that could be illuminated electrically, was. It was identical to the one pictured below. The local GE dealer technician convinced them that it would be more trouble to repair it (and of course the clock was broken) than to buy a brand new one. I don't think their dealer even knew that this was a rebadged unit.
Not a bad stove overall, especially for people who were getting on in years and used it mostly for heating their morning kettle of water for instant coffee, but a big disappointment to my Mother who found the small oven on the left too narrow for any of the roasting pans that she was able to use in the Liberator. I always tell people who ask me to bring their favorite cookware with them to the dealers before they put down money on a new stove to see what fits. The Liberator ovens were so well designed that you could use them almost interchangeably. Where the "large" oven on the right was extra wide, the "small" oven on the left was extra deep. Turkeys would be roasted in the small oven while my parents would bake potatoes and pies in the big oven for holiday meals. On the new stove, the small oven was barely 11" wide and useless.
This is NOT a GE manufactured stove. My parents were bilked into buying the double-oven version of this stove back in the late 1980's when the Sensi-temp burner on their beautiful 1957 Liberator double-oven stove went bad. This was one of the stoves that had clear plastic buttons that lit up in different colors according to what heat was selected on the unit. It also had the built-in griddle, a meat thermometer and the small 6" Sensi-Temp burner. And everything that could be illuminated electrically, was. It was identical to the one pictured below. The local GE dealer technician convinced them that it would be more trouble to repair it (and of course the clock was broken) than to buy a brand new one. I don't think their dealer even knew that this was a rebadged unit.
Not a bad stove overall, especially for people who were getting on in years and used it mostly for heating their morning kettle of water for instant coffee, but a big disappointment to my Mother who found the small oven on the left too narrow for any of the roasting pans that she was able to use in the Liberator. I always tell people who ask me to bring their favorite cookware with them to the dealers before they put down money on a new stove to see what fits. The Liberator ovens were so well designed that you could use them almost interchangeably. Where the "large" oven on the right was extra wide, the "small" oven on the left was extra deep. Turkeys would be roasted in the small oven while my parents would bake potatoes and pies in the big oven for holiday meals. On the new stove, the small oven was barely 11" wide and useless.
I was looking at the graphics on the dials and panel, clock, etc. so it looked newer than 70's to me as well. You're right about the window screws, Tom.
Pushbuttons . . .
When did GE quit using pushbutton burner controls on their electric cooktops? IIRC they were about the last major manufacturer to do this, no doubt a '57 would have had buttons and maybe even a '67.
When did GE quit using pushbutton burner controls on their electric cooktops? IIRC they were about the last major manufacturer to do this, no doubt a '57 would have had buttons and maybe even a '67.
firedome
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Pushbuttons
went well into the '7os, our Coppertone '74 drop-in we bought new still had them.
went well into the '7os, our Coppertone '74 drop-in we bought new still had them.
They did not change them out across the whole line all at once. There were still lower end models produced with pushbuttons while the upper end had infinite switches.
Push Button surface unit switches
These were killed when UL added the requirement that TWO DISTINCT MOTIONS were required to turn on surface units and gas burners on stove tops. This happened around 1972 and at the same time they no longer permitted convenience outlets on gas and electric ranges because of the danger of cords getting too near hot elements and gas burners. There may have been some GE ranges still in the warehouses or houses that were not sold till 1975 that had PB controls but I don't think I ever saw any in the GE product catalogs that late that included them. I am sure that someone here can verify when GE stopped making these.
These were killed when UL added the requirement that TWO DISTINCT MOTIONS were required to turn on surface units and gas burners on stove tops. This happened around 1972 and at the same time they no longer permitted convenience outlets on gas and electric ranges because of the danger of cords getting too near hot elements and gas burners. There may have been some GE ranges still in the warehouses or houses that were not sold till 1975 that had PB controls but I don't think I ever saw any in the GE product catalogs that late that included them. I am sure that someone here can verify when GE stopped making these.
Electric ranges used in the USA don't have convenience outlets? I've never heard of that here in Canada. All electric ranges that I have seen, including the one I purchased 3-4 years ago have convenience outlets.
Gary
Gary
macboy91si
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Convenience Outlets
I think this was a great idea for kitchen gadgets for an older kitchen with limited outlets. In my old house, I have a 1954 GE 24" SpaceMaker, and it had an outlet on it which was VERY nice. I think Westingman123 has that stove now, I miss it daily, but could not at the time take it with me. SLAP!
-Tim
I think this was a great idea for kitchen gadgets for an older kitchen with limited outlets. In my old house, I have a 1954 GE 24" SpaceMaker, and it had an outlet on it which was VERY nice. I think Westingman123 has that stove now, I miss it daily, but could not at the time take it with me. SLAP!
-Tim
They were worried about non-grounded appliances being used on a grounded appliance and the danger for electrical shock if there was a short in the appliance plugged into the outlet on a range and somebody touched the range. Even earlier, a dryer had an outlet on it for the iron maybe, but that idea did not last long.
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Why, yes I DO!
Tim, that Spacemaker GE is happily ensconced in my kitchen at the farm, right next to the 40" Westy. The GE is one helluva good baker, and that's saying a lot coming from the devoted Westinghouse man.
The electrician looked at me askance when I needed to upgrade service for another 220 outlet, but 'twas worth it!
Keith
Tim, that Spacemaker GE is happily ensconced in my kitchen at the farm, right next to the 40" Westy. The GE is one helluva good baker, and that's saying a lot coming from the devoted Westinghouse man.
The electrician looked at me askance when I needed to upgrade service for another 220 outlet, but 'twas worth it!
Keith
macboy91si
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Good Home
It always makes the difference to know something is getting used and to a good home. I would love to find another like it, I HATE the flat-top 2007 GE in my kitchen. I have never seen a stove so incapable of boiling water or heating in general. Maybe there is something wrong with it, but it sucks. The oven seems to work well enough, but it's so damn "blah" looking. Matches the howling 2006 GE SxS fridge and the 18" Frigidaire DW well though.
-Tim
It always makes the difference to know something is getting used and to a good home. I would love to find another like it, I HATE the flat-top 2007 GE in my kitchen. I have never seen a stove so incapable of boiling water or heating in general. Maybe there is something wrong with it, but it sucks. The oven seems to work well enough, but it's so damn "blah" looking. Matches the howling 2006 GE SxS fridge and the 18" Frigidaire DW well though.
-Tim
