Selling My 1939 GE 40 inch Stove

[vintagekitchen]

Thinking about selling my stove, but want to make sure it goes to another collector and not someone who will use it for 6 months then replace it with something modern and send it to the crusher.

I am the second owner of this stove, I purchased it from the original owner's nephew. The stove is a single oven model, and works perfect. It has the deep well pot, with original pot and lid. One knob is a replacement, and does not match the others. I have the clock somewhere, it works, but does not control the oven or anything, just sits on back of stove. Spring wound timer on stove functions correctly.

Make me an offer guys...

 

[vintagekitchen]

If no one is interested in purchase, I would also be more than happy to trade. I would love to trade for a Frigidaire smooth top, counter that cooks, with the corning-ware top..... But all offers welcome...

 

[rp2813]

That '39 GE has strikingly similar lines to my mom's '49 Westinghouse Commodore.

 

[vintagekitchen]

Ok, stove is DEFINATELY for sale..

Found the Frigidaire counter that cooks today, going to pick it up in a few minutes, so now the GE is definately for sale, so make me an offer and its yours guys...

 

[vintagekitchen]

No takers at all??

 

[rp2813]

If it's any consolation, nobody was interested in my mom's Plain Jane '49 Westy either.  The Corox burner elements comprise the regrettable combination of Achilles' heel and holy grail on the old Westies and that no doubt was a major factor.  Perhaps there are similar concerns regarding your GE.

 

I got pro-active about Mom's stove and ultimately shipped it off to Greg/Oldhouseman (not currently a member) for his 18th century farmhouse in Georgia.  Due to restrictions by insurers he didn't have the option of a wood or gas stove, so if he had to go electric he wanted something old that was up to the role of daily driver. 

 

I hope you can manage to find the stove a good home, and a temporary hiding place from the crusher until you do.  That stove runs rings around a Prius as far as graceful industrial design is concerned.

 

[vintagekitchen]

Thanks Ralph

I'm glad you found a good home for your mom's stove. Mine has the standard GE calrod units for the three surface units, and the old style corex unit in the deep well, with the calrod bake element, and the corex broil element, so hopefully someone will rescue it. In my 900 square foot home there just isn't room for 2 stoves, even though I would love to keep it. But I have been aching for one of the Corning Counter That Cooks stoves for sooo long. Now that I have found one, I had to grab it. And the design and Harvest gold color is more in keeping with my 1970's built home. The GE , beautiful though it is, always looked a bit out of place surrounded by 70's wood cabinets. If I had an all metal Youngstown kitchen I would have kept the GE in a heartbeat.

 

[billberg23]

Selling my 1939 GE 40 inch stove

For the past 40 years, Ralph, I've used the identical 1939 GE stove. World's Fair elegance, and I love the surface workspace that you never get with modern stoves! Like yours, it still works perfectly.
Before I owned it, someone removed and discarded the clock. I've always wanted to have the clock, so if you can find yours, I'd be happy to buy it at a reasonable price. Hope you're still there, and still have the clock!
All best ~ Bill