vintageteddy96
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Really cool, but way out of my price range It's in Brookfield Wisconsin.
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NOS Brown GE range
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Holy Moly, this is the same range that got 'left behind' when I sold my former house in March of this year; something that I've always regretted. This is a beautiful example of the TOL range from about 1979. I think we are familiar with the seller. He has several beautiful vintage appliances, at not-cheap prices, but very high quality.
I wonder if Santa has an extra $1600 left over in my account.....
lawrence
I wonder if Santa has an extra $1600 left over in my account.....
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phillymatt53
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Yes, it is pretty.
The only thing I don't care for are those back console controls.
Reaching over steaming pots can be painful.
I prefer the front above-the-oven-door controls, like my Tappen has.
Wow, that is super nice! The color is Coffee, the successor color to Dark Coppertone. I'd prefer it without the black glass door, though.
Beautiful late 70s 30 inch coffee, GE self cleaning range
I much preferred the coffee color to the shaded copper tone that GE had, very attractive range actually doesn’t look bad with a black glass door although I would prefer a solid door with no window that’s for sure. Much more energy, efficient, and much easier to keep clean.
The stove is far more energy, efficient than any electric range you could buy today because of the superior oven insulation.
Definitely worth every cent of $1600 you can easily spend that on a new range today and not get as good range.
The only thing I didn’t like about this range was the cheap chrome plated drip bowls GE had gotten away from the nice aluminum ones by this time that you could put in the self cleaning oven, but you can get optional drip bowls and rings for this where the bowls will go in the self cleaning oven so it’s really not a bad deal.
John L
I much preferred the coffee color to the shaded copper tone that GE had, very attractive range actually doesn’t look bad with a black glass door although I would prefer a solid door with no window that’s for sure. Much more energy, efficient, and much easier to keep clean.
The stove is far more energy, efficient than any electric range you could buy today because of the superior oven insulation.
Definitely worth every cent of $1600 you can easily spend that on a new range today and not get as good range.
The only thing I didn’t like about this range was the cheap chrome plated drip bowls GE had gotten away from the nice aluminum ones by this time that you could put in the self cleaning oven, but you can get optional drip bowls and rings for this where the bowls will go in the self cleaning oven so it’s really not a bad deal.
John L
Not to be pedantic, but that is probably not the TL for that year---it's missing Sensi-Temp and appears missing a cooktop light. Nonetheless, I'd make room for it in a minute.
Cooktop lights met their demise in their use of in this time, and I’m sure so did temperature-sensing burners…
Black glass doors became ever more common in this era, and were even put on many a range without a window…
Black glass doors became ever more common in this era, and were even put on many a range without a window…
phillymatt53
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My 1993 Tappan Series 110 has a dark tinted glass door, with a clearer window area. for peeking at the food - handy to check if the cake has risen without opening the door.
It does have the light, so I'm thing just below the TOL. The house we bought in 1984 had a similar P7 model, but no window in the oven but had the light and still had the socket on the backsplash. I'd say ours was 2 years older. That was the best self-cleaning over I ever had. The three I have bought since, clean just OK, nothing to write home about.I believe the only model that might be considered nicer would have been one with the microwave combined with the thermal oven - and without a storage drawer. Three of the nicest features of this range were 1) the fluorescent work light, 2) the self-cleaning (i.e., better insulated) oven, and 3) the 3-in-1 Power Saver element (right front) which allowed the element to function as either a 4 or 6 or 8-inch unit. Not sure if the Sensi-Temp feature was still available at the time of this one, or not.
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vintageteddy96
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My 80's GE has a cooktop light, although I'm sure it was no longer a common feature by that time.
vacerator
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Cooktop lights gone when over the range microwave vents came out with lights.
But somehow neither of the two under mine even work...
vacerator
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Change the bulbs Dave. Unless the switch is broken or the keyboard.
Well the microwave is old so it works, even if the lighting underneath doesn’t…
The lighting is not the newer LED’s which if I needed or could easily install a new oven then I’d get otherwise I just will live with it and no cooktop lighting…
Well before that there were vent hoods with lights. Even in the 1950s there were plenty of ranges without the backsplash light. I've been in older houses that had a wall bracket light above the range, usually matching one above the sink.
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