norgeway
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Donald went to an auction Saturday and came home with these!!!
RARE!!! Frigidaire Fold Back Surface Units!!
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norgeway
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I ABOUT FELL OUT!!
I have wanted some of these for years!
I have wanted some of these for years!
norgeway
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There are two of them,!!!
Each has an 8 and a 6 inch unit!
Each has an 8 and a 6 inch unit!
norgeway
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Controls!
Thermometer type indicator!
Thermometer type indicator!
norgeway
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The units!!!
Pull down individually,so you dont take up any more counter space than you need to.
Pull down individually,so you dont take up any more counter space than you need to.
norgeway
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NOW!!!
All I have to do ...is figure out where to put them!!!
All I have to do ...is figure out where to put them!!!
Wow
now that's a sight to behold! I remember seeing something like that as a very young child.
now that's a sight to behold! I remember seeing something like that as a very young child.
I've only seen one set of those in person, in a long gone thrift store in a former 1920s ice cream plant. They did not look that good, and they couldn't have been but about twenty years old at the time. You sure are lucky!
little-edie
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we had something very similar...
...to these in toledo back in the 80s. we ended up redoing the kitchen and had nowhere to store the elements and threw them away! i can't believe i'm even admitting this. it haunted me back then and back then, i was still kinda stupid, but knew deep down that i shoulda kept them. i do have the instruction book that came with them, SOMEPLACE, but know not where it is.
these are gorgeous....and i love the old frigidaire crown. mine were not this brand.
...to these in toledo back in the 80s. we ended up redoing the kitchen and had nowhere to store the elements and threw them away! i can't believe i'm even admitting this. it haunted me back then and back then, i was still kinda stupid, but knew deep down that i shoulda kept them. i do have the instruction book that came with them, SOMEPLACE, but know not where it is.
these are gorgeous....and i love the old frigidaire crown. mine were not this brand.
Wonderful!
These are so cool!! I've seen them a couple of times before, but yours look to be in the very best condition. What an interesting idea of using counterspace when not cooking - I'm sure they came with built in wall oven, as well. And I love those Frigidaire wide-tube coils of that era. Find a place to put these and fire these babies up!!
These are so cool!! I've seen them a couple of times before, but yours look to be in the very best condition. What an interesting idea of using counterspace when not cooking - I'm sure they came with built in wall oven, as well. And I love those Frigidaire wide-tube coils of that era. Find a place to put these and fire these babies up!!
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Wow That is one cool piece! It looks fabulous too! What a find for sure!
Were these freestanding units, or where they built into a wall? Looks like you could go either way!
Were these freestanding units, or where they built into a wall? Looks like you could go either way!
dynaflow
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and why couldnt
my husbear bring me something home like these
my husbear bring me something home like these
perc-o-prince
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Those are sooooo cool!! I bet they look fantastic when installed 
Pics please!
Rich
Pics please!Rich
congratulations Hans. These have the old Frigidaire emblem on them, not the Crown F. I'd say that makes them like 1955 to 1956 at the latest.
spookiness
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Saw them once
Kentuck Knob, a Frank Lloyd Wright house not far from Fallingwater has these. Thats the only place I'd ever seen them, and I thought they were so cool (even though I'm not a fan of cooking with electric!)
Kentuck Knob, a Frank Lloyd Wright house not far from Fallingwater has these. Thats the only place I'd ever seen them, and I thought they were so cool (even though I'm not a fan of cooking with electric!)
These were in the home of one of my classmates when I lived in Watertown, SD. This would have been 1964-67. They also had a TOL three-speed GE washer, which always impressed me.
Reflecting back on these burner units many years later, (having moved from Watertown in mid-'67 upon completion of the 2nd grade) I often wondered if I had somehow conjured them up in my mind, as I'd never seen them anywhere ever again.
And here's proof of their existence! Congratulations on your big, rare score. And they appear to be in great shape, too.
Reflecting back on these burner units many years later, (having moved from Watertown in mid-'67 upon completion of the 2nd grade) I often wondered if I had somehow conjured them up in my mind, as I'd never seen them anywhere ever again.
And here's proof of their existence! Congratulations on your big, rare score. And they appear to be in great shape, too.
laundromat
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FRIGIDAIRE bothers to build in more help.
Here's a couple scans of the original sales brochure. It's dated 6/55. Greg
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