Thanks to Travis. He bought this Roper Town & Country range last January then contacted me and said that he decided to resell it. I bought it and had it shipped. This was originally posted by Oldskool on this forum in this thread:

The only chips I have found are on the side panels. I'm hoping that i can have them redone and the new white will be close enough to match the rest of the stove, but very little of the sides show so it doesn't have to be an exact match. The burner grates will need to be reporcelained, the burners themselves look great. The stove is clean under the burners, surprising since all of the other stoves I've worked on are greasy and filthy under the burners. Each set of four burners has a removable "tray" or large square drip pan. One of these has several chips too so I will reporcelain both along with the side panels.

The timer seems to work, the clock is missing two small adjustment knobs. I'll rewire the stove before plugging it in and testing the clock, which is made by Techron. All burner, broiler, and oven valves turn freely but I will clean and regrease them all. Howver, I might go ahead and hook the stove up this weekend, test for leaks, and fire it up to see if there are any problems; especially with the oven thermostats. The weather will dictate how much I do.

It is missing one oven door handle plastic insert - I have the chrome part. I have to double check the literature and pics from restoration sites to see if I have all of the broiler pan components.

Basically, rechrome the chrome and polish the aluminum, plus redo the parts I already mentioned, and it is ready to go. This stove is in better shape than most of the others I've messed with. It is a fairly desirable model so I can resell it for a lot if I choose to.

That man-sized stove is all business. 

The clock should be a fairly simple fix if you have any Telechron clocks or rotor assemblies lying around.  If you have another rotor, change that out first.  It's almost always the culprit with a stopped Telechron. 

Thanks for the advice, rp2813. Typo, I meant Telechron dang it. Tired, long day at work, and hot outside, and had a beer or two.

The stove is shoehorned into the garage right now, but here is a pic of the burner under the griddle. The burner is football-shaped, the flame holes are mainly along the outer edge but there is a small area on the inside edge with flame holes, the side closest to the camera, that is about 3 inches long. The rectangular black "box" under the burner provides the mounting  for the burner and the drip pan slides into it - note the 1" round hole to the right on the black box. There is a tube attached to the griddle that funnels the drippings down into the pan. This is kinda awkward, the griddle doesn't sit flat on the counter when removed from the stove.

Now that's a RANGE! Great piece.

David what a fantastic stove.  Are you going to put it in yur kitchen?  Looks like it will where you have your O&M and refrigerator but where would you put you fridge. 

You nailed the problem. I also have a Chambers Imperial that is the same size, but twice as heavy, and I have thought about how to arrange everything if I use one of these big stoves. Not a simple ergonomic answer yet. I have another fridge across the room in the breakfast area, but that is really inconvenient to be used as an only fridge.

Tom,

The stove is supposed to be functional, if I can tap into the gas line to install a fitting in the garage I'll try it this weekend. I bet the griddle is awesome.

Gansky1, The center is a big broiler. Under the big broiler is a small storage drawer. There is an oven on the right and left sides with a small drawer broiler under each. The big broiler has two pans, but both are missing the top part with the drain holes. These missing tops are the same as the ones found in the drawers and I can use those in the big broiler, but I'm going to try and find two more.

The writing above the big broiler says "Roper 'Glo' Broiler"

Broilers to right and left, storage in the middle.

This emblem is in the right side next to the burner drip tray.

The four burners on the right side. The upper right one has a different grate and seems to be a high BTU burner.

These are all identical and are the same as the other three regular burners on the right side.

Another view.

Note the drain tube coming out of the bottom.

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Yes it did. I think it was the "UL listed" or possibly "Energy Star" of its day. Appliances rated CP had to meet 20 or 21 requirements. Apparently Chambers stoves, possibly the best built residential gas ranges ever, didn't qualify on two parameters but the company was not willing to sacrifice their quality to meet all the requirements.

Here is a 1948 model for sale in Dallas, just a tad bit pricier than mine :)

Thanks to 54monroe for sending me these literature scans:

This says that the one different burner is a coffee burner, that implies to me that it is lower BTU but the burner looks bigger than the others. The burner valve, however, has one orifice cap, the others have two each.

Just found this old ebay auction. The stove sold for $999.00 and has some rust through on the top, which makes me wonder about the rest of the stove - is it all corroded underneath and is the metal paper thin? Look at the aution link. I've attached the last picture which is an appraisal by Antique Gas Stoves in Alta Loma, CA.

Seriously??? This unrestored Roper T&C with rust through is worth $5900-$6100???? I should see if they want to buy mine for that price!!!

Now that's what I call decadence.  So many burners that one of them is singled out for brewing stove-top coffee.  I'm guessing it's lower BTUs than the rest since it has only a single sunken flame source.  Perfect for Pyrex, and likely provides just the right level of heat to set and forget until coffee has been brewed to your liking.

CONGRATS David!  

I have to say that if I were to have an old stove in my kitchen, THAT is the one I would want it to be!

Very, very cool!

Kevin