The Hotpoint Customline oven is finally in !!!!!!

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Here it is folks. My '57 Customline is working and finally part of the family. A few shots of the internals, new thermostats and extra built in goodies. Thanks again to all the AWO members who helped make this possible. First shot is with the Newly installed Nutone oven exhaust fan.

 

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Back of the dashboard. New 12 gauge range wiring and new Robert Shaw thermostats. What you don't see here is the heat resistant terminals. I installed them later. newly rebuilt timer by Mid American timers. Heat resistant dielectric lube by Caig labs was used on timer switches.

 

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A side view of the dashboard internals. Notice the new thermostats. The shafts were not cut down to size yet. To the lower left you can see the front of an LED replacement bulb. All dashboard lights were replaced with LED's.

 

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One more side view. Clock face was gently cleaned and sprayed with semi gloss poly urethane.

 

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Roast right Thermometer. What a neat accessory !

 

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The clock. It's keeping great time. I'm going to try it on a timed bake soon.

 

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Me, installing the kick plate.

 

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Putting in grates.

 

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"Roto Grill" rotisserie. Kool !!!!! The skeleton motor for the rotisserie was seized so I had to free it. I then lubed it with anti seize.

 

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"Roast Right" thermo meat probe.

 

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Let's start baking!!!!!

 

[vacbear58]

Very well done

A great restoration, I hope you get many years service from it

Al

 

[philcoford]

Great Job

Looks great, ready to serve your for a huge Thanksgiving meal. Thanks for sharing, I had a 61 Hotpoint wall oven and cooktop in Pink in the house I grew up in, and learned to cook on them, so I have a soft spot in my heart for the Hotpoints!

 

[appnut]

Kevin, you've done a wonderful job.  Congratulations on everythinng functioning.  I'm extremely impressed you have all the accessories!!  Very nice indeed.  Are both oven cavities the same size or is the upper oven larger than the lower oven? 

 

[westingman123]

Oh, that's just beautiful.

 

[peteski50]

Hotpoint!

What a beautiful restoration. They certainly don't make anything like this any more.
Best Of Luck!
Peter

 

[verizonbear]

Very Nice

Awesome Oven and Kitchen!

 

[tlee618]

Kevin, you did a fantastic job on that Hotpoint!!  Have you tried the roto-grill yet?  

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[arbilab]

Looks like it just came out of the box.

We had Hotpoints of the same era. The ovens were separate. One had the exact same Roto Grill, though I don't remember mom ever using it. The house was built in late 1956.