Out with the NEW in with the OLD! FRIGIDAIRE!

[norgeway]

Well, one year with a new stove, and i have been ready to change...Then I inherited this 75 Frigidaire from my Neighbor in my hometown who was like a grandmother to me, I ate lots of good food off this stove as a kid, she bought it when I was 10!

 

[norgeway]

Donald !

Hates the color, but being the good sport he is, didnt fuss! It weighs about twice what the new Hotpoint did!

 

[norgeway]

As you can tell!

She took good care of her stuff! She died a couple of months ago..one month shy of 102!

 

[norgeway]

I hope!

It will be as good as it has been...the clock still keeps time!

 

[norgeway]

Bought in March 1975..

By Raymond and Bertha Reavis, two people I loved very much growing up,they were just like family to me.So this has sentimental value ,it was bought at W.E.Shaw furniture in Lenoir NC,She had a 52 Thrifty Thirty before this .

 

[a440]

It looks showroom new!
I love the color. It looks great in your kitchen!
I love the story about your neighbor! I am sure she is smiling down on you!
Brent

 

[joelippard]

Hans I just love that stove and I know how special it is to you.  I so wish I could find one like it in Poppy Red, it would work perfectly with my kitchen.

 

[frigilux]

It's a gorgeous range, Hans! Congratulations, and here's to many wonderful meals.

 

[gansky1]

Very lucky to have a beautiful range you've known personally nearly your whole life!

A good friend of my grandmother bought this same range along with a Mini washer and dryer set. She replaced an open coil Frigidaire range. She would have bought a new refrigerator but didn't like how "cheap" they were compared with her rounded top Frigidaire. I remember one thing all the (us girls liked was that you could see the burner setting from across the room. If you were cooking for me, I'd let you have any range your heart desired too - Donald is a good sport and a good catch!

 

[mixfinder]

Beaming

Its all about love. She loved you, you loved her, she loved her range, you loved her range. Now this monument to love, longevity and always being there is there for you now. I can't think of anything better for someone I have come to love as well. My grandma had the same one in Harvest Gold with a matching Fridge and Dishmobile. They sold the house and moved into a trailer and she got new appliances to replace the bols. She lived there for 6 years before she dies. Then my aunt took the applances.

 

[vacbear58]

Looks great Hans

Wish you much happy baking with your "new" range.

Now, over in imperial there is a washer and dryer set that would compliment this new range very nicely .........

Al

1960's Whirlpool Avocado Set - REDUCED PRICE

In case people missed my previous posting about these machines, they've gone down to $150......hmmmm http://denver.craigslist.org/for/3265543593.html

www.automaticwasher.org

 

[polkanut]

I was wondering how long it was going to take you to swap out the Hotpoint for this classic beauty.  Many great memories were made with this stove, and I'm sure many more to come.  I love the color!

 

[jamiel]

I'd challenge your 1975 date for that stove--it still has an outlet, and I thought the CPSC outlawed them in the US in 1971 or so (oddly they're still legal in Canada).

 

[ovrphil]

Nice All Around

That's a perfect design for your kitchen with its horizontal lines of the drawers. We all have our color prefs, as long as you like it for what it means, the color becomes a moot point. Check out the width of the heating elements, wow! I forgot how much thicker they made them. I remember when stoves had plugs - maybe earlier 1970's? I'm wondering, too, was it 1975? Great condition!

 

[kevin313]

Han, enjoy your beautiful "new" Frigidaire - I think the avacado is wonderful! My mom had this range in "copper" because it went with her "Early American" styled kitchen. Hers had the flat Corning top, which she loved.

It's wonderful that you have such a personal connection to this range - I'm wishing you many years of happy baking and cooking on this stove (or until you switch it out with another!!)! Enjoy!

 

[maytagbear]

Happy cooking!

Hans-

You've got a lovely link to dear friends.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[franksdad]

That sure is a beauty!  My Mama had a 1974 TOL Frigidaire stove in avacado similar to yours.  It was still working fine in 1995 when I got rid of it when I redid her kitchen and replaced it with a Whirlpool.  Like your Hotpoint, that Whirlpool didn't weight 1/2 as much as that Frigidaire. 

 

Happy baking!

Jim

 

[norgeway]

Outlet on stoves...

I dont know when they quit putting outlets on ranges, im thinking 77 or so, but I do know when this one was bought, I was just a few months shy of being 10 years old, it was bought March 75.

 

[retromania]

Alright!!

Hans:

Love the new baby! It's in great shape from the looks of the photo. Conratulations!