norgeway
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No gas stove on the market today even comes close to all these features.
TURQUOISE CALORIC!
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After some friends' widowed father remarried, they bought a 40" TOL Caloric with the sorta V-shaped control panel. At least they got decent gas broiling with an Ultra Ray broiler.
The sellers sure have not kept this stove very clean.
The sellers sure have not kept this stove very clean.
westingman123
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I would think for that kind of money they would have at least cleaned the oven doors.
Rotisserie, simmer burners, griddle--sure is an option-loaded range. I was considering, then I looked at the price. Nah, I'll stay with electric.
Rotisserie, simmer burners, griddle--sure is an option-loaded range. I was considering, then I looked at the price. Nah, I'll stay with electric.
polkanut
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A little Easy-Off and elbow grease on the sellers part would go a long way to making this stove more appealing. Just my $0.02.
That range needs to be in a house with a pair of turquoise early '60s Whirlpools . . . the consoles could have been designed by the same guy. For $800 the seller should hire a cleaning service to scrape the grime off the Caloric and let that turquoise beauty shine!
Hans is very correct; not only the features, but the construction is better than what you can buy new, with the exception of an SC oven. It looks like the oven will turn itself off, but not on and off, unless I don't understand the controls.
firedome
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The V Shaped Caloric panel
was the ca. 1962 Heritage series... very cool
was the ca. 1962 Heritage series... very cool
retromania
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Oh My!
Be still my heart!!!
Be still my heart!!!
autowasherfreak
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Nice--a griddle and a rotisserie!
firedome
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I love it!!
and if they'd be realistic I'd go for it! Must have gas AND electric IMHO.
and if they'd be realistic I'd go for it! Must have gas AND electric IMHO.
whirlcool
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This range design actually reminds me of the 58' Frigidaire Control Tower washers more than anything else.
Wow I'm not much a fan of cooking with gas, but this stove is beautiful. For the archives here a few shots of it, with the images tuned and corrected.
retromania
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Again....
Be still my heart. I love old vintage gas stoves.....
Be still my heart. I love old vintage gas stoves.....
Obviously the era Charles Klamkin was stuck in on recommending ranges, if these were the best-built!
(Though this reliable design did survive into the self-cleaning era if H_100_S is the genesis of that feature, yet the last of this breed; need to see it, really...)
-- Dave
(Though this reliable design did survive into the self-cleaning era if H_100_S is the genesis of that feature, yet the last of this breed; need to see it, really...)
-- Dave
The clock unit looks like
an optional add on? Is it possible that you could purchase the same range without that clock attachment? Looks like a way to take a more basic (for lack of a better term) range and make it more expensive? Just a thought...
an optional add on? Is it possible that you could purchase the same range without that clock attachment? Looks like a way to take a more basic (for lack of a better term) range and make it more expensive? Just a thought...
retromania
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Clocks & Timers
The clocks and timers on all the stoves we ever had performed well. They never quit working no matter how long we kept the appliance. On all three stoves we had the time bake feature which my mother nor I ever used. I am a little surprised at myself that I never played with it. I had neighborhood friends that mothers would put one dish meals in the oven and use the time bake feature. We were just more basic at our house I guess.
The clocks and timers on all the stoves we ever had performed well. They never quit working no matter how long we kept the appliance. On all three stoves we had the time bake feature which my mother nor I ever used. I am a little surprised at myself that I never played with it. I had neighborhood friends that mothers would put one dish meals in the oven and use the time bake feature. We were just more basic at our house I guess.
Coloric 36" TOL Gas Range
I have a slightly earlier version of this range in white that is in good condition [ ours has the full width V shaped lighted panel.
Anyway it needs a new home, contact me if interested, I would sell it for 1/8 of the asking price of the stove on this thread.
I have a slightly earlier version of this range in white that is in good condition [ ours has the full width V shaped lighted panel.
Anyway it needs a new home, contact me if interested, I would sell it for 1/8 of the asking price of the stove on this thread.
One of my all-time favorite stoves
IIRC the customer could choose between 3 different backsplash styles of any given width Caloric range (24", 30", 36" 40")and could still have all the real features i.e. 5th burner/griddle, Waist-high Ultra-Ray Broiler w/rotisserie or "Pastry Oven" or room heater or storage compartment, or stripped down to one oven and 4 conventional burners. I think you could place your order with your local Caloric dealer and your custom-configured stove would be assembled in Topton just as you wanted it. Sigh. BTW, they even came in Black back then.
IIRC the customer could choose between 3 different backsplash styles of any given width Caloric range (24", 30", 36" 40")and could still have all the real features i.e. 5th burner/griddle, Waist-high Ultra-Ray Broiler w/rotisserie or "Pastry Oven" or room heater or storage compartment, or stripped down to one oven and 4 conventional burners. I think you could place your order with your local Caloric dealer and your custom-configured stove would be assembled in Topton just as you wanted it. Sigh. BTW, they even came in Black back then.
retromania
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I thought Caloric was always a lower priced appliance, but from these ads they obviously put out some high-end or fancy models.
