Ooooohhh !!! 1958 Fridgidaire Range.

[toploader55]

This looks like a beauty.

Funny thing... The Weymouth area always seems to have Older Appliances in Nice Condition.

http://boston.craigslist.org/sob/app/2233694319.html

 

[swestoyz]

Well that is funny.

Their fleabay auction ended few days ago with no bids on a no reserve auction, start price of 199.

I suppose the only logical solution to not selling it on fleabay would be to put it on CL for 150 more to attract potential CL buyers.

Ben

 

[franksdad]

Lord...
be still my beating heart! That's a beauty!

 

[laundromat]

"Original Paint"????? Weren't these made with porcelain on steel cabinetry???????? I know the 1965 DECI I own is.

 

[swestoyz]

She'd be all porcelain, being that it is a Custom Imperial. Can't vouch that deluxe and lower would have been all porecelain, at least in '58.

She is a beauty. If it had been closer to the Midwest, I would have considered picking this one up. '58 CI on the short list of dream ranges.

Ben

 

[tomturbomatic]

Funny, the 1958 had much cleaner and more timeless lines than the 59 which was too gingerbready.

 

[mattl]

Really?  I feel just the opposite, but then I'm biased toward the '59.

 

I think the '58 looks bland and boring, very generic.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Chacun a son gout (please forgive the lack of diacritics).

 

[gansky1]

Exactly, Tom, the 58 model year was a beautiful range that excelled at most everything. I loved mine. The 58 in white was the identical range as was in the Omaha house used for filming "About Schmidt". It was available at the estate sale when the owner of the house moved to assisted living. The temperature probe was in a box of utensils in the kitchen so it completed the accessories for my own 58.

Here is the RCI-59 - pretty but not a 58.