What to do with old stove

[fan-of-fans]

My mother has a Hotpoint self cleaning 30" range from 1985. It's in pretty good condition, but two of the burners need new controls. I think the timer works, but all of the knobs for the clock and timers are missing. Other than that it's fine.

Anyway, lately she's been insistent on replacing it because she's "still using this old stove that was in the house she bought 25 years ago".

Personally, I'd just get it fixed and keep it, as it will outlast anything on the market. She insists she wants a stove with coils burners, which is even less of a reason to replace it IMO.

I've looked at the new stoves. They all look and feel cheap, even the coils are thinner and chinsier feeling than the genuine Calrods.

If she does get a new stove I'd at least get a GE coil top rather than a Frigidaire or Whirlpool, because to me those are slightly better.

But anyway, my dilemma is what to do with her old range. I know she will want to throw it away or have it hauled off, but it's just too nice to throw it. It has the original broiler pan (possibly unused) manual, and we replaced the burner trims with porcelain ones a number of years ago.

I just don't know what to do with it, because nobody will probably want it because it's almond and black and not fully working.

If I owned a house now, I'd just take it and fix it to use there, but I don't.

 

[pulltostart]

Cole,

Pictures would help.  If it weren't almond it would be easier to find it a home; in fact, I might want it.  But almond..... not so much.

 

lawrence

 

[fan-of-fans]

Here is a pic of it:

It's more of a lighter almond or bisque color, not dark almond. I'm wondering if one of the local appliance stores might want it - but I doubt with the age of it they would bother.

If it worked 100% I'd donate it to a thrift store and have them pick it up.

It looks so much nicer with the chrome, woodgrain handle, and striped panel than this boring 100% white bland crap they sell now.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/farrini/hotpoint1_zpsbrfa6po6.jpg

 

[pulltostart]

Looks like an almond version of this one, also in Florida.  This one is white.

 

lawrence

https://spacecoast.craigslist.org/app/d/titusville-hotpoint-oven-range-stove/7313720708.html

 

[tomturbomatic]

Lovely stove. There might be something like a Habitat for Humanity store where you could donate it, but it would need to be in working order so you could lavish your love on it to get it back in A-1 shape to be donated rather than scrapped. Florida also has a lot of Goodwill and Salvation Army stores. There were a lot of second hand appliance stores in the towns I visited years ago. If you can find a second hand appliance store, you might be able to find the knobs for the clock.

 

[cfz2882]

sell for $50

-that will be too high a price for tweakers,scrappies,and other riff raff,but -a nice price for someone to fix up or use as is.If nothing else,a slumlord would buy to place in a rental.This past year,i junked about 12 ranges for parts and construction material salvage* most of these were mousy:droppings,tunnels burrowed though the insulation...

 

[fan-of-fans]

Yeah, I figure if it was in working order, I could list it in the classifieds and a snowbird might want it for their trailer. They wouldn't care that it was older and an older person might even prefer that it's not digital.

It's just not old enough to be an antique people would go after.

I will really miss that range when it's gone. I can't believe my mom would want to replace it, and I know she won't like whatever she buys once it gets installed.

She replaced her 1995 Kenmore/GE fridge a few years ago and the decline in quality even at that was evident. Same with replacing her DD Kenmore washer with a new GE after that. She was nothing but unimpressed with the new ones. I can't imagine why she has suddenly forgotten those two adventures.

I'm at the point where I will probably never buy a new appliance ever. I'd rather buy old ones that will still outlast anything I could buy new.