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Post# 505723 3/21/2011 at 20:40 (4,809 days old) by gansky1  (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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 A friend of mine just closed on a house last Friday and after hearing the descriptions of the "stepping back into 1968" house, I had to see it. The bathrooms appear to be pretty much intact as built in '68 but the kitchen and laundry had been updated back in the 80's and 90's so weren't super-vintage but still very interesting.
First we'll begin in the kitchen. Ignoring the almond GE-built Kenmore branded side-by-side, we have this kinda cool range. Built by Raytheon in '94 for the Amana brand line. Two halogen elements (front), self cleaning and other than a bit of black touch-up paint, it's in really nice condition. 
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Post# 505724 , Reply# 1 3/21/2011 at 20:42 (4,809 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 505727 , Reply# 2 3/21/2011 at 20:47 (4,809 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Looked pretty nice on the outside, but as the money-shot reveals, there's something wrong here! WTF??
The top rack is OK but for some of the standard side-rail-rot syndrome that so many of this era suffer from. I imagine the lower rack was pretty bad and they found or bought this as a replacement for the "oh, that'll do to sell the house". I don't think I have a good upper rack for this machine but it will likely be replaced anyway. 
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Post# 505728 , Reply# 3 3/21/2011 at 20:49 (4,809 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 505730 , Reply# 4 3/21/2011 at 20:53 (4,809 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 505731 , Reply# 5 3/21/2011 at 20:56 (4,809 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 505732 , Reply# 6 3/21/2011 at 21:03 (4,809 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Money shot!
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| Post# 505733 , Reply# 7 3/21/2011 at 21:04 (4,809 days old) by washernoob () | ||
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ooo.. Now there is an interesting stove. And those vents are very cool "retro-high tech" looking. I assume no "smaller appliances" of the cleaning-by-means-of-electricity type? :P | ||
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Post# 505742 , Reply# 8 3/21/2011 at 21:25 (4,809 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Sweet sweet Amana appliances! The range is surprising clean, and the washer is surpurb. Recently I saw a 1980/1981 perf tub vintage Speed Queen behind a dealer in Harvest. So mint the marketing promo sticker was still on the lid. Unfortunately it was so buried behind DD Whirlpools that the neighbors would have called the cops due to the noise of trying to release it from the junk!
Can't wait to see some action shots from this girl. Thankfully this one is as nice as that SQ. Ben | ||
| Post# 505743 , Reply# 9 3/21/2011 at 21:26 (4,809 days old) by tlee618 () | ||
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Very fun pictures Greg, thanks for sharing them. That stove is very interesting! The Amana washer will be fun as well! | ||
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Post# 505779 , Reply# 10 3/22/2011 at 06:22 (4,809 days old) by polkanut (Wausau, WI ) |
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| Post# 505845 , Reply# 11 3/22/2011 at 11:24 (4,809 days old) by aldspinboy (Philadelphia, Pa) | ||
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| Post# 505875 , Reply# 12 3/22/2011 at 13:43 (4,809 days old) by HooverWheelAway () | ||
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Where's the vacuum? | ||
| Post# 505884 , Reply# 13 3/22/2011 at 14:57 (4,808 days old) by spookiness (Alexandria VA) | ||
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I want the range I'm digging 80's style lately. | ||
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Post# 505898 , Reply# 14 3/22/2011 at 15:49 (4,808 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Post# 505989 , Reply# 15 3/22/2011 at 20:49 (4,808 days old) by kimball455 (Cape May, NJ) |
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| Post# 506020 , Reply# 16 3/22/2011 at 23:43 (4,808 days old) by cfz2882 (Belle Fourche,SD) | ||
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amana washer that early '80s amana washer is cool-never seen an amana washer that early before. | ||
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Post# 506025 , Reply# 17 3/23/2011 at 00:35 (4,808 days old) by spiralator60 (Los Angeles) |
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Another Range Question Gansky, Does the Amana range have a self-cleaning oven? It is hard to read the words on the panel display. Thanks for posting the photos! | ||
| Post# 506141 , Reply# 18 3/23/2011 at 12:20 (4,808 days old) by HooverWheelAway () | ||
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I was hoping maybe there would have been a central vac. No worries. :-) | ||
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Post# 506170 , Reply# 19 3/23/2011 at 15:31 (4,807 days old) by yogitunes (New Jersey) |
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Post# 506224 , Reply# 20 3/23/2011 at 19:18 (4,807 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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AMANA SELF-CLEANING ELECTRIC RANGE | ||
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Post# 506267 , Reply# 21 3/23/2011 at 20:42 (4,807 days old) by jetcone (Schenectady-Home of Calrods,Monitor Tops,Toroid Transformers) |
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Nice Amana-Queen | ||
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Post# 506274 , Reply# 22 3/23/2011 at 20:46 (4,807 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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| Post# 506343 , Reply# 24 3/23/2011 at 23:07 (4,807 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA) | ||
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Post# 506534 , Reply# 25 3/24/2011 at 17:41 (4,806 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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AMANA WASHERS This style was the first Amana washers and dryers the washer is not TOL and I don't believe any Amanas at this point had SS tubs. These washers like SQs were noisy sort of average machines of no particular greatness. They tented to have a lot of durability problems with pumps center seals, belts and transmissions. | ||
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