Oldie Moldie Microwaves - $20 to $400 - CL finds

[ovrphil]

First up a Toshiba with a card reader - interesting!

1) Toshiba Microwave Oven - $20 (Toronto North) - http://toronto.craigslist.ca/tor/app/4775211996.html

Next an overpiced Tappan:

2) Actually a Litton but seller posted it as" Tappan Microwave - $300 "- http://annarbor.craigslist.org/app/4745783498.html

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And the high-roller priced Panasonic:

3)Antique Panasonic Microwave Oven - $400 (Wheeling) - http://wheeling.craigslist.org/atq/4782513664.html

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[ovrphil]

2 - Litton

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[ovrphil]

Antique Panasonic Microwave Oven - $400 (Wheeling)

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[whirlykenmore78]

Microwave #2

Is a Litton not a Tappan.
Wk78

 

[ovrphil]

Hey Nick, thanks I see that, too - how do sellers decide to use another brand if the real brand is staring them right in their face? LOL!

 

[ovrphil]

GE Microwave and Convection Oven - $36

not too oldie and price is reasonable for combo unit

http://lincoln.craigslist.org/app/4755564627.html

 

[appnut]

I"m homesick for my Litton

Seeing that Litton makes me homesick for the one I had--exactly just like that, but was the 1.5 cu. ft. cavernous Meal-In-One version.  The absolute best microwave I've ever used!!  Extremely even cooking.  Didn't need no stupid turntable to make sure your food cooked evenly.  That which is displayed is like a 1977 or 1978 model.  1976 at the very earliest.  Lasted me 24 years of constant daily use of real COOKING, not just reheat or steaming vegetables. 

 

[petek]

We had the similar litton but without the dial, just a switch for defrost. I've wanted one of those Panasonics for along time It's called the Sky Lite. I certainly don't want one bad enough to pay those kind of prices.

 

[a440]

I have the GE convection model that you have pictured here.  I use it off and on.  It is now off and in the garage wrapped up.  I always have two Convection / Microwaves in use in the kitchen at all times.  I have quite a few so  I change them out.  They all get used however.

It is a great Microwave / Convection Oven.  If you ever see one cheap and clean buy it.  You won't be disappointed.  

 

[tsteves5]

Card Reader?

How did the card reader on that Toshiba work?

 

[ovrphil]

Card Reader

I had the same question - but haven't found the details. It's a recipe, I'm thinking.

 

[danemodsandy]

My Guess....

....On the card reader is that it was a magnetic-strip card, similar to credit cards. I'm thinking that the microwave was capable of both card reading and card recording.

It might have been a great idea if microwaves were actually used for cooking. Even in the '70s and '80s, relatively little of that went on. The feature just wasn't something many people needed.

 

[ovrphil]

Litton Minutemaster oven - $20 (norwood)

Not pretty like an Amana.

http://cincinnati.craigslist.org/app/4812352984.html

 

[appnut]

Not pretty like an Amana

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder.  Given I intensely dislike today's all stainless steel look.  There was always something I didn't really like all that much with the look of many Amanas.  And it just occurred to me.  So many had that all metal look.  A premonition of what is today's all stainless steel look?  Cold and institutional.  I'd rather look at the "color" of faux wood and black.    But they are durable. 

 

[ovrphil]

Bob - I like both the faux wood and chrome,but too much of either doesn't appeal to me, either - anyways, did you have a Meal-in-One Litton?

 

[appnut]

Yes, I had a meal-in-one model.  "entry level" that was all mechanical rather than touch panel.  the meal-in-one design was the reason why it cooked so evenly when cooking one item.  When I acquired my MW, I had moved work location to a very sterile environment with very few lunch options and there was no cafeteria.  My apartment was 2 blocks from work.  I began having lunch for about 6 or 8 people 3 or 4 days a week.  I'd prepare the meal the night before.  The meal-in-one allowed me to pretty much put all of lunch in the microwave at once and reheat everything simultaneously in 10-15 minutes.   Hence why I have so much microwave-safe larger pieces, could get a certain combination of pieces in the microwave at the same time to reheat. 

 

[roto204]

Agreed

Anything with color is great in my book, in a world of stainless everything.  

 

Hey, did Litton borrow Frigidaire's ad template for that?  

 

[combo52]

Cool Vintage MW Ovens

That Panasonic SkyLite MW oven is fun but only worth about $50 at best, I found one at a thrift store in Minnesota fot about $25 a few years ago.

Litton had some pretty good MW ovens in the 70s, I worked for a Litton MW service agency in 1978 as a technician repairing Litton MWs along with several other brands.

At the Museum we have a Hi-low Litton range that not only has a MW oven on top with a built-in ventilation system, but it also has a Self-Cleaning combination MW conventional oven below, as far as I know it is the only appliance ever to incorporate TWO MW OVENS in one appliance, I was once told they only sold a few hundred of these ranges.

It was just too far ahead of most peoples thinking, Both my brother Jeff and I each have three MW ovens in our kitchens, we both have a Self-Cleaning Micro-Combination oven as one of them, actually my friend Tom also has about the same setup. I would think any well equipped kitchen should have a minimum of two MWs with at least one being a combination unit.

 

[ovrphil]

Pansonic $25?

"I found one at a thrift store in Minnesota fot about $25 a few years ago. "

What a tremendous find. I have never seen that Panasonic anywhere, except in photos - so unusual.

700watts?