Hi new here!
I bought a 1968 GE Hotpoint stove (green) from Facebook marketplace a couple of years ago with the intention of restoring it and putting it in my first house. When I bought the stove the seller said that everything except for the oven light worked, I have not tested to see if that is correct, but since it is a 56 year old appliance I figured it was better to air on the side of caution and replace/rework some of the major parts. The only problem is that I have no owners manual or service manual and I have searched what feels like the entirety of the internet looking for one and somehow feel like I know less than what I started knowing? This stove is very important to me, and I have promised my fiance (God Bless his soul for agreeing to let me put it in the house because it is not his cup of tea lol) that this stove will 1) work and 2) wont burn the house down, and that if it doesn't work I'll find a replacement that will fit in the space (40 inches) that we've left in the custom cabinets for this one to go. If anyone has any suggestions for parts, manuals they could send pictures of, or advice I'd greatly appreciate it! I'll attach some photos before and after I've cleaned it up a little, it still needs another round of scrubbing.







I bought a 1968 GE Hotpoint stove (green) from Facebook marketplace a couple of years ago with the intention of restoring it and putting it in my first house. When I bought the stove the seller said that everything except for the oven light worked, I have not tested to see if that is correct, but since it is a 56 year old appliance I figured it was better to air on the side of caution and replace/rework some of the major parts. The only problem is that I have no owners manual or service manual and I have searched what feels like the entirety of the internet looking for one and somehow feel like I know less than what I started knowing? This stove is very important to me, and I have promised my fiance (God Bless his soul for agreeing to let me put it in the house because it is not his cup of tea lol) that this stove will 1) work and 2) wont burn the house down, and that if it doesn't work I'll find a replacement that will fit in the space (40 inches) that we've left in the custom cabinets for this one to go. If anyone has any suggestions for parts, manuals they could send pictures of, or advice I'd greatly appreciate it! I'll attach some photos before and after I've cleaned it up a little, it still needs another round of scrubbing.






