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Thread Number: 72178
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
vintage whirlpool range! |
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Post# 954531 8/25/2017 at 23:16 (2,435 days old) by peteski50  (New York) |
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can anyone comment on this range with the high back! I cant determine if the backsplash is a lighted one or not?
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Post# 954543 , Reply# 1 8/26/2017 at 04:44 (2,435 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Mid 60s RCA Whirlpool Gas Range This model would have a Florescent Lighted back guard.
WP built these ranges themselves and they were interesting ranges that had a lot of innovative features, overall I would probably take a Caloric or Tappan gas range over a WP range during this time period for overall quality.
I love how the gas range industry in their desperation to compete with the beating they were getting from electric ranges used terms in their ads that gas ranges were cool and clean to cook on, LOL.
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| Post# 954554 , Reply# 2 8/26/2017 at 06:53 (2,435 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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I bought a Whirlpool Electric like this once, When I saw the oven had NO VENT, I parted it out!Cheapest built thing I ever saw.Even a Kenmore has a oven vent! | ||
| Post# 954611 , Reply# 3 8/26/2017 at 12:55 (2,435 days old) by fan-of-fans (Florida) | ||
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Did these ranges have pilot lights? I can't open the picture big enough to read it. | ||
| Post# 954640 , Reply# 4 8/26/2017 at 15:51 (2,435 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Yes Everything did that far back, I don't think electronic ignition was popular until the 70s, Norge had a push button electric igniter briefly in the early 50s but it never caught on, Detroit Jewel had a electric glow coil igniter in the late 30s but it never caught on either. | ||
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Post# 954670 , Reply# 5 8/26/2017 at 18:04 (2,434 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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Post# 954690 , Reply# 6 8/26/2017 at 19:20 (2,434 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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Jamiel, do you have any more info on the "blanket of flames"? Sounds interesting! | ||
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Post# 954709 , Reply# 8 8/26/2017 at 20:46 (2,434 days old) by cuffs054 (MONTICELLO, GA) |
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TomTurbo, I tried the Searcholator but no luck. | ||
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Post# 954714 , Reply# 9 8/26/2017 at 21:07 (2,434 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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You be right. I did not find what I hoped for either. | ||
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