Answer: This beautiful GE P-7 range!
lawrence
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-Vintage-...430?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec5c36876
lawrence
http://www.ebay.com/itm/GE-Vintage-...430?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2ec5c36876
Riddle: What's turquoise and has 2 ovens?
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Wow! Stunning, vintage, and self-cleaning: Win, win, win!
lotsosudz
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I would my left one for that stove! I'm partial to my right one. TEE HEE! That stove is a GE classic! Wish my hubbie would let me bid on that Gem! I am afraid that I would soon be single. I have a little GE wall oven, although accurate temp wise, is useless for capacity!! I have a huge family, and often entertain all thirty plus of them,this would be extremely handy. Somebody call me a Waaaaaambulance.
Hugs,
David
I would my left one for that stove! I'm partial to my right one. TEE HEE! That stove is a GE classic! Wish my hubbie would let me bid on that Gem! I am afraid that I would soon be single. I have a little GE wall oven, although accurate temp wise, is useless for capacity!! I have a huge family, and often entertain all thirty plus of them,this would be extremely handy. Somebody call me a Waaaaaambulance.
Hugs,
David
norgeway
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I just wish!!!
It was on the east Coast, cause I would have it in the kitchen!! Simply Stunning,All I would do is take the thermostatic unit and convert it to a regular switch,
It was on the east Coast, cause I would have it in the kitchen!! Simply Stunning,All I would do is take the thermostatic unit and convert it to a regular switch,
danemodsandy
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If You Want It.....
....Better find a way to do it.
I want one of these *, and a perfect one in White turned up on eBay some years ago. When I say perfect, I mean perfectamente - griddle, rotisserie, probe, manuals and everything were still with it.
Problem was, it was in upstate New York, and shipping was going to be a booger. I tried to find a way, and tried to find a way. I couldn't. No one else could, either, it seemed. The auction ended unbid, and the seller told me there had been several people interested until they found out that it was in Bugtussle, where shippers were loath to go, and wanted far more than their usual fortune if they did.
My understanding is it's Kias now. I still get sad when I think about it.
Don't let this happen!
* Eventually. My present house will not accept any range larger than a 30-inch model. I recently thought I'd be moving, but that hasn't worked out. So, this is a dream, not a search. [this post was last edited: 1/28/2013-19:57]
....Better find a way to do it.
I want one of these *, and a perfect one in White turned up on eBay some years ago. When I say perfect, I mean perfectamente - griddle, rotisserie, probe, manuals and everything were still with it.
Problem was, it was in upstate New York, and shipping was going to be a booger. I tried to find a way, and tried to find a way. I couldn't. No one else could, either, it seemed. The auction ended unbid, and the seller told me there had been several people interested until they found out that it was in Bugtussle, where shippers were loath to go, and wanted far more than their usual fortune if they did.
My understanding is it's Kias now. I still get sad when I think about it.
Don't let this happen!
* Eventually. My present house will not accept any range larger than a 30-inch model. I recently thought I'd be moving, but that hasn't worked out. So, this is a dream, not a search. [this post was last edited: 1/28/2013-19:57]
dynaflow
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Hans
ROAD TRIP lets rent a uhaul go pick her up
ROAD TRIP lets rent a uhaul go pick her up
Very nice range; probably one of the last made in Turquoise. Looks like the left oven door will need adjustment.
This looks to be the same or similar model to the one I saw at the Mariemont High School content sale a couple years ago. It unfortunatly had a severely dented oven door.
This looks to be the same or similar model to the one I saw at the Mariemont High School content sale a couple years ago. It unfortunatly had a severely dented oven door.
firedome
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Yes has to be...
one of the last turquoise ranges made by GE - anyone know for sure? Never seen one of these ranges in this color before....sweeeeT! To my eye the color seems less saturated - lighter - than earlier models, or is it the pic?
one of the last turquoise ranges made by GE - anyone know for sure? Never seen one of these ranges in this color before....sweeeeT! To my eye the color seems less saturated - lighter - than earlier models, or is it the pic?
danemodsandy
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P.S.:
To the best of my knowledge and belief, this is a 1965 model. Someone here may know different.
To the best of my knowledge and belief, this is a 1965 model. Someone here may know different.
xraytech
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That is the exact same stove my Grandma Diamond until a few years ago, hers was in white
Moan, wimper!!
Stunning GE. The best of both worlds - vintage goodness with the provisions of a self-cleaning oven, and in turquoise!
A slightly later version of this in Harvest has popped up near Janesville, WI. I don't think I could ever warm up to a Harvest appliance residing in a kitchen. If this range was white I would have been all over it.
Ben
http://janesville.craigslist.org/ppd/3512923061.html
A slightly later version of this in Harvest has popped up near Janesville, WI. I don't think I could ever warm up to a Harvest appliance residing in a kitchen. If this range was white I would have been all over it.
Ben
http://janesville.craigslist.org/ppd/3512923061.html
ovrphil
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Head in the clouds
I'll call it aqua and it's a completely different experience from the Harvest, which looks good on some appliances, but I'll vote for Aqua Mist. Love the double stove models.
G-Luck!
I'll call it aqua and it's a completely different experience from the Harvest, which looks good on some appliances, but I'll vote for Aqua Mist. Love the double stove models.
G-Luck!
I think the 'wash-out' of the color is due to the pic. GE's turquoise was always 'Turquoise Green'. The close-up shot of the right side of the console is a truer representation of the color.
This is a mighty fine range.
lawrence
This is a mighty fine range.
lawrence
Yep, the pic makes it look washed out. I've got the same vintage P7 wall oven and it most definitely is unabashed Turquoise!
Why should I have to choose?
I want both of them. And I'll put them in my basement back to back, like Samantha and Endora when they were about to let someone have it.
I want both of them. And I'll put them in my basement back to back, like Samantha and Endora when they were about to let someone have it.
twintubdexter
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6 hours left to go...
...and no bids! If I still lived in the Bay Area I'd buy this and stick it in the garage just to look at. Only $25.oo...there's just no accounting for a lack of appreciation and good taste!
...and no bids! If I still lived in the Bay Area I'd buy this and stick it in the garage just to look at. Only $25.oo...there's just no accounting for a lack of appreciation and good taste!
It sold at the last minute for the starting bid.
I had contacted the seller about alternative arrangements if it didn't sell, but I'm relieved the stove found a home. He was going to re-list it with more pictures and details if it didn't sell. He wanted the stove to go anywhere but the scrap pile. It's too beautiful for either him or me to have let it end up in the krusher.
I had contacted the seller about alternative arrangements if it didn't sell, but I'm relieved the stove found a home. He was going to re-list it with more pictures and details if it didn't sell. He wanted the stove to go anywhere but the scrap pile. It's too beautiful for either him or me to have let it end up in the krusher.
I know a lot of guys dont like the colour
but that Harvest Gold range looked immaculate and spotless
Al
but that Harvest Gold range looked immaculate and spotless
Al
GE 40" Range
This is one beautiful range, it would be about a 1965 model one year newer than the copper-tone one that I got in Pittsburgh last year. It would also be the last year they had Pink, Yellow and Turquoise as they brought out Avocado the next year.
We have the 1966 edition in white if anyone really has their heart set on one, but as of now it is set to move to Mopar-Manor to help Jeff's struggling collection of vintage stoves and refrigerators.
These were great ranges but the early SC ovens could be a little difficult to fix, but when they worked they worked great.
Hans, removing the Senca-temp burner control, HORRORS next to the SC oven the ST is the greatest thing about a GE range like this, it is especially nice when the other burners have the five heat controls. I have have this exact same burner control system in the W Va. house for 30 years and it is a delight to cook and can on this range.
This is one beautiful range, it would be about a 1965 model one year newer than the copper-tone one that I got in Pittsburgh last year. It would also be the last year they had Pink, Yellow and Turquoise as they brought out Avocado the next year.
We have the 1966 edition in white if anyone really has their heart set on one, but as of now it is set to move to Mopar-Manor to help Jeff's struggling collection of vintage stoves and refrigerators.
These were great ranges but the early SC ovens could be a little difficult to fix, but when they worked they worked great.
Hans, removing the Senca-temp burner control, HORRORS next to the SC oven the ST is the greatest thing about a GE range like this, it is especially nice when the other burners have the five heat controls. I have have this exact same burner control system in the W Va. house for 30 years and it is a delight to cook and can on this range.
norgeway
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Well....
The next time you come South I will let you work on the Norge..It has a big old robertshaw control with a capillary tube running to the sensor, and it works no better than the electronic ones Ive had!If it was fixable I think it would be great, but everyone I ever got a hold of didnt work, or worked a very short time, I had a big old Hotpoint one time and I thought the first time I tried it, man this is going to be great, I put on a big pot of water for pasta, it held that water at boiling perfectly.....for about five minutes, there was a big POP then a wisp of smoke from behind the control panel...and then I had high and off!!!that was the last one I even tried to use.
The next time you come South I will let you work on the Norge..It has a big old robertshaw control with a capillary tube running to the sensor, and it works no better than the electronic ones Ive had!If it was fixable I think it would be great, but everyone I ever got a hold of didnt work, or worked a very short time, I had a big old Hotpoint one time and I thought the first time I tried it, man this is going to be great, I put on a big pot of water for pasta, it held that water at boiling perfectly.....for about five minutes, there was a big POP then a wisp of smoke from behind the control panel...and then I had high and off!!!that was the last one I even tried to use.
firedome
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The capillary-hydraulic Auto Calrod
on our 55 year old GE works perfectly, whereas an 85 yr old appliace repair/store owner guy we know in Vermont who's worked on them since the 1940s told us last summer that the electonic ones that came along a couple of years later were much more finicky and trouble prone... knocking on wood.
on our 55 year old GE works perfectly, whereas an 85 yr old appliace repair/store owner guy we know in Vermont who's worked on them since the 1940s told us last summer that the electonic ones that came along a couple of years later were much more finicky and trouble prone... knocking on wood.
Automatic Top Burner Controls
There are at least four major types that have been used over the years, most range makers started equipping their better ranges with at least one automatic burner by about 1955. The first ones were mostly hydraulic and were pretty reliable. Westinghouse had a electronic one by the later 1950s that actually used vacuum tubes in the control system. Most however just went to using a thermistor as the sensor coupled with a responder control [ these were not technically electronic ] this is what GE [ and most other manufactures did ] did till the end of this feature in the early 1980s. Frigidaire actually went from a HC to an electric control and back to a HC till they dropped the feature in the early 1970s.
To be continued.
There are at least four major types that have been used over the years, most range makers started equipping their better ranges with at least one automatic burner by about 1955. The first ones were mostly hydraulic and were pretty reliable. Westinghouse had a electronic one by the later 1950s that actually used vacuum tubes in the control system. Most however just went to using a thermistor as the sensor coupled with a responder control [ these were not technically electronic ] this is what GE [ and most other manufactures did ] did till the end of this feature in the early 1980s. Frigidaire actually went from a HC to an electric control and back to a HC till they dropped the feature in the early 1970s.
To be continued.
John, I was thinking that though GE dropped Pink around '65, that Turquoise stayed until '66, and Yellow into '67 when Harvest was introduced. Was there some overlap in color availability?
danemodsandy
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John:
Do you have any photos of the '66 around?
I only wish I had room for one. I thought I would be moving some months ago, but that prospect didn't come to pass.
Still, it would be nice to drool over a photo....
Do you have any photos of the '66 around?
I only wish I had room for one. I thought I would be moving some months ago, but that prospect didn't come to pass.
Still, it would be nice to drool over a photo....
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