My first vintage stove, YAY!

[knitwits1975]

It's a gas range/oven (a small one) from I'm guessing the late 40's. I'll post a pic tomorrow. Definately a milestone for me, I bought it at an antique dealer in Mount Vernon. It's in really good shape except the gas jets could probably use a good cleaning.

 

[toggleswitch]

CONGRATS~!

They say one of the reasons vintage gas stoves retain their value is the lack of moving (ie. prone-to-failure) parts.

Usually apart from the cosmetic (and a good *steriization*) it's a mater of regreasing the gas valves and maybe putting springs on the doors.

Enjoy in good health!
Post a pic if you would!
Thanks.

 

[knitwits1975]

Here it is. Please ignore the tile boxes sitting next to it. I'm doing some remodeling. It's a Preway.

 

[knitwits1975]

The cooktop.

 

[peteski50]

vintage stove

I had a stove that was very simular to this preway when I moved into my apartment. It was a Wincroft. I was going to keep it long term and intergrate into the new kitchen I built almost 5 years ago but it would have been to expensive to refurbish! And I wanted to have power burners and a self cleaning oven. So I canned it. Those old times were sure built real well.
Peter

 

[Brneyedgrl80]

Oh how wonderful!! It is such a cute stove.

Congratulations on your first vintage stove, I couldn't be happier for you.

 

[toggleswitch]

P.S a great way to de-grease the cooktop grates is to stick them on the bottom of a self-cleaning oven [This gets difficult with electric stoves, BTW] and pyrolytically clean it. Disregard any smoke, it's safe and minor.

I would not place them on the oven racks in that the intense heat and the weight of such items will probably put a bow in the racks.

Of course non-aluminum parts such as the cast-iron burner tubes without the head-caps and venturi "flap" can be tried as well. DO NOT SLEF CLEAN chrome racks, the chrome will come off!

WHAT A GREAT NEW TOY!
ENJOY and thanks for the post.

 

[knitwits1975]

Thanks for the tips Steve. Now are you saying that I can place them in a self-cleaning oven? I will be (if at all possible) converting this to propane.

 

[toggleswitch]

Yes, the burner grates definitely and some other parts MAYBE can go in a self cleaning oven for a good degreasing. Not the oven racks and not anything aluminum. Use your judgement.

I would NOT do the oven bottom (it's removable in a gas oven), nor the porcelain broiler pan and cover in another self-cleaning oven. These may develop hairline cracks as the pocelain cools from cleaning temperatiures. (circa 900-1000*F IIRC).

Yes conversion to propane may require a new pressure regulator (near the gas feed into the stove) or an adjustment of the existing one.

Definitely the orifices may need to be adjusted or changed. IIRC propane has a higher heat content and possibly geater pressure, so smaller holes are in order.

GOOD LUCK.