Simpson Fabulous 300

[arrrooohhh]

Awesome stove from Simpson on ebay.

Pardon our interruption...

 

[ronhic]

How fabulous....

I hope it goes to a good home...

 

[toggleswitch2]

roticiary?

OOOHHH the SS is marvelous!

I take it the 765mm (30+/- inches) was a custom fit?
Aren't most Aussie cookers 60cm? (600mm - 24 +/-inches)?

 

[ronhic]

Steve...

We didn't go metric until the early 1970's and it wasn't a custom item.

You can still buy Australian rectangular separate hotplates that are 870mm and 930mm (Electrolux-chef/Westinghouse and probably Simpson...all Electrolux owned).

St George still have 80cm ovens and cooktops though I am not sure if they are made here or in Italy...I'm going to say here as their lower range tend to be smaller capacity 52ltr rather than the 92ltr Australian made...

http://www.sga.com.au/Built-in/default.aspx

 

[rapunzel]

The first house I rented was in Wetherill Park, Sydney, during the early '80s, and had a 30" Frigidaire electric range. Then I also owned a portable toploading GE dishmobile. Once I spotted an old 40" GE (Astrogl...?) electric cooker in turquoise at an old home in Woolarah. That one had dials, not push buttons and it looked like a relic from the sixties. I was fascinated by it, as one would be. Though, I had to moderate my curiosity, since I was not well acquainted with the occupants of that place. Thus I was unable to inspect it closely.

Yes Toggles, most homes used to and still have the 24" wide cookers. Although, Simpson, Westinghouse and Chef all made 30 and 40 inch gas and electric ranges with rear mounted controls until the late '90s. One still sees them in older homes and residential facilities. In fact, one of my old workplaces had a 40" Simpson Imperial range in the catering kitchen that was attached to the executive office.

On a side note, although we are officially metric, lots people still use imperial measurements. The sizes of boats and trailers are never expressed in decimals. Nor have I ever heard Australian men express the dimensions of their most important anatomy in centimeters - it is always inches or feet ;0). Old habits die hard.

rapunzel

 

[toggleswitch2]

My understanding is that many items down under (*COUGH*) -- of under 12 inches-- are expressed using the imperial system.

 

[rapunzel]

My understanding is that many items down under (*COUGH*) --

Well Toggles, lets face it, there is more grunt in an inch. Seriously, if someone said to me "take my 20 (or whatever) centimeters b...h" I'd probably start to laugh uncontrollably. Replace the word 'centimeters' with 'inches' and I'd be running for next exit.

Aaah, the magic of words.

rapunzel

 

[toggleswitch2]

LOL OMFG!

I guess we need to convert in this stuborn "old" country.
If anyone cares to start a thread, I'd love to hear of the good, the bad, and the ugly of converting to metrics.

Come on Barrack, baby. Make us DO IT.

 

[toggleswitch2]

~and I'd be running for next exit.

or in the UK the "WAY OUT"!