Never seen this GE oven before:

[volvoguy87]

It's posted on Retro Renovation. I hope it's saved.

Dave

http://columbus.craigslist.org/atq/3260813152.html

 

[a440]

What a beauty!

 

[danemodsandy]

Looks to Be....

....Late '50s, judging from the knobs, and TOL, judging from the stainless/brushed chrome and the meat thermometer dial.

Nice find - and fairly priced for a change!

Photo for archives:

 

[arbilab]

Standard GE controls and layout but I didn't know they did stainless back then.

 

[rp2813]

I'd call it a stainless steal at that price.

 

[pulltostart]

This control panel design was introduced in 1960, I believe. Prior to this unit, GE did offer "stainless steel" wall ovens, although I'm not sure that they weren't actually brushed chrome, so the availability of the finish was not new with the design. This is definitely a TOL model with the dual ovens and all bells and whistles. A beautiful unit!

lawrence

 

[moparguy]

A very cool wall oven, and very top of the line... I see the single oven models periodically (have one in pink) but it is very rare to see them in either the double or the stainless, let alone both! I had thought that this model came out around 1957-58, because it uses the same stamped aluminum control panel and knobs as the free-standing ranges introduced at that time (those futuristic models with the free-standing control panel and the sliding control for the automatic calrod). This would look great in any kitchen as the stainless will match so many colors (and periods now that stainless is back 'in')!

 

[tomturbomatic]

I have this in Woodtone Brown. When we found it, it was spotless. The oven cavities are huge. The racks are interchangeable with the master oven in free standing ranges of the period.

 

[firedome]

Yes, '57/58 I believe:

has the same timer, control knobs, "star" aluminum panel, meat probe etc as the 57/8 TOL Liberator and Stratoliner ranges. Nice built-In!

 

[retropia]

This is literally just around the corner from me, so if someone wants it, email me and we can work something out. (OMG it looks heavy)

 

[bajaespuma]

You're all so close.

I have the brochure for this. You'll see it soon enough on the Ephemera site. It's probably a 1959 model. 59 IIRC was the first year they offered a window door on their wall ovens and it was only available on the top of a double oven model. This is a wonderful model with the meat thermometer and the rotisserie in the top oven. Call and check that they have all the parts for these features if you're going to buy it.

 

I always thought that it was clever of Thermador and Hotpoint among others to offer the doors as separate optional purchases when you bought the wall ovens. If you needed two window doors, you could have them; you just had to pay a little more.

 

[tomturbomatic]

A little later, you could order it any way you wanted, one or two windows.

 

[1952crestwood]

Mine is the later one...

and doesn't have all the bells and whistles but I did get the double oven with windows in both doors. Now I just need a house to install it in! LOL.

 

[rp2813]

The more common GE wall ovens that have finishes in various colors are showing up all over CL in this area.  There are many thousands of tract homes that were built locally in the late 50's and early 60's, a huge number of them having all-GE kitchens save for the metal cabinetry.  Around here, with all the renovations that are being done as these homes transition from original owners, you can find GE ovens and cooktops of this vintage up for grabs in every color of the rainbow.  Stainless not so much.  I'm sure that wasn't even an option in the many stamped-out homes that offered GE kitchens.

 

[norgeway]

Stainless!

Has been around longer than you think,Im 99% sure it was introduced by Thermador on built ins in the very early 50s, maybe even late 40s, GE and Hotpoint had it not too many years later, Our local furniture store has a top of the line double oven Hotpoint range from 55 that is Stainless, I have a 1955 Frigidaire french door oven and fold down cooking units that are stainless.

 

[lordkenmore]

I can't state an exact date for stainless, but I can say this: the house I grew up in (built very early 50s) had stainless appliances (Thermador). Based on my memories of the house, I'd say the appliances were quite likely original.

 

[whirlcool]

This oven looks like a precursor to the GE P7 oven. And that also was a good oven.

 

[bajaespuma]

GE and KitchenAid offered Stainless Steel and Brushed Chrome among other choices for high-end built-in appliances in the '60 and some of the '70's. The brushed chrome was coarser but didn't require as much cleaning. Being a professional chef, I'm thoroughly sick and tired of Stainless Steel. It's a big fat bitch to clean and maintain and I don't like a refrigerator door that won't take magnets. For a while during the last 10 years,Titanium finish was being offered; whatever happened to that?

 

Give me riotously colored porcelain enamel on steel anytime. In Mix or Match colors. The oven on the left, third square down is brushed chrome. Not a great shot.

 

[danemodsandy]

Ken:

What year is that ad from - do you know?

I'm guessing '65 or '66.