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Pank !!! In Massachusetts |
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Post# 441130   6/12/2010 at 05:38 (5,039 days old) by toploader55 (Massachusetts Sand Bar, Cape Cod)   |   | |
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Wow.
Check this out. Makes me want to run out and buy a House just for these. CLICK HERE TO GO TO toploader55's LINK on Boston Craigslist |
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Post# 441156 , Reply# 1   6/12/2010 at 11:14 (5,038 days old) by kenmore81 ()   |   | |
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If I had 500 Id grab them. Im only 40 min away! That would be awsume in my downstaies kitchen! |
Post# 441162 , Reply# 2   6/12/2010 at 11:29 (5,038 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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On EARTH would someone take these out????If you put some peoples brains in a hummingbird,it would fly backwards and kiss a mules A#$ for a morning glory!! |
Post# 441181 , Reply# 3   6/12/2010 at 13:45 (5,038 days old) by steve1-18 (Grovetown (Augusta), GA)   |   | |
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Kenny - They're asking $500 but I'd make them an offer. The worst they can do is refuse. They might counter offer! Steve |
Post# 441189 , Reply# 4   6/12/2010 at 15:39 (5,038 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)   |   | |
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Hey Steve, remember when we took out a kool old GE kitchen like that? A pank sank is kool too. |
Post# 441193 , Reply# 5   6/12/2010 at 15:49 (5,038 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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I have never seen a cook surface with the controls built into the cabinet just below. Really cool. The control unit could probably be opened and cleaned, then lubricated with spray electrical lubricant. It would work like new. How cool for a retro kitchen. Techspray Blue Shower spray cleaner and then Caig electrical spray lubricant would work wonders. I've used it on electronic equipment(sound)and bigger equipment too. Should be blown out with compressed air and wiped down afterwards, but it works great. All the switches have to be operated during the cleaning and lubrication process. Caig makes different kinds of lubricant for different applications. Have to be careful with the Techspray. It can remove paint from old control panels, sometimes. The Techspray cleans and removes old oil and the Caig puts the oil back. I've done this on KitchenAid push-button switches before and it worked great. Caig.com and Techspray.com. Blue Shower spray removes oxidation and other junk. They also make cleaner in different size pourable bottles. If the part can be disconnected, it could be submersed during the cleaning process. I've never done this, but I'd try it if the possibility came up. Just some ideas for one to toss around in their head.
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Post# 441203 , Reply# 7   6/12/2010 at 16:55 (5,038 days old) by beekeyknee (Columbia, MO)   |   | |
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Post# 441207 , Reply# 9   6/12/2010 at 17:29 (5,038 days old) by Launderess (Quiet Please, There´s a Lady on Stage)   |   | |
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All one needs is a pair of "cha-cha" heels and perhaps a frilly apron.... *LOL*
Quite honestly cannot understand who would want to get rid of such items. Even if not for the main kitchen, would be wonderful in a small second kitchen or butler's pantry. GE's concept of mounting those small fridges and a freezer on the wall, indeed the entire scheme would be great today for small studio apartments, and other areas where space is confined. IIRC, Mrs. Louis Armstrong had a similar "metal" kitchen at their home in Queens, NY, though the colour is blue. |
Post# 441214 , Reply# 10   6/12/2010 at 17:54 (5,038 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL)   |   | |
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I had an aunt and uncle who built a home in late summer 1960, and they had this cooktop/control setup and I have always thought it was sooo cool! Although my aunt had white appliances, the kitchen, dining room and living room were all painted pink. This is a wonderful "survivor" of a kitchen. I hope someone gets it an appreciates what it really is.
Lawrence |
Post# 441257 , Reply# 12   6/13/2010 at 07:41 (5,038 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut)   |   | |
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Although I'm with all of you, people like my parents wouldn't think twice about trashing all of these. In the first place, they wouldn't consider trying to repair/restore any of this and in the second place, they would look at all of that pink porcelain, chuckle, make some comment about the era and that would be that. The second, and IMHO, more onerous group are the "Debbie and Bobs" who have so much Bush/Cheney money that they wouldn't consider having a kitchen that wasn't filled with stainless VIKING/SUB-ZERO units to show their friends that they're rich and have lots of good taste.
I would have bid on these except, as some of you know, I would have wanted all those units just about two years younger, so I could have had my pink plastisol dishwasher, and my oven with the rotisserie. I hope somebody preserves these they're too nice a set to lose. |
Post# 441306 , Reply# 13   6/13/2010 at 14:10 (5,037 days old) by turquoisedude (.)   |   | |
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