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Thread Number: 37739
Are Frigidaire "Poppy" colered appliances impossible to find anymore? |
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Post# 561330 , Reply# 1 12/5/2011 at 16:52 (4,526 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 561366 , Reply# 2 12/5/2011 at 20:43 (4,525 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Poppy Frigidaire! | ||
| Post# 561422 , Reply# 3 12/5/2011 at 22:19 (4,525 days old) by dishwashercrazy (West Peoria, IL) | ||
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Post# 561425 , Reply# 4 12/5/2011 at 22:24 (4,525 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Poppy Frigidaire! | ||
| Post# 561440 , Reply# 5 12/5/2011 at 23:11 (4,525 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
I'm wondering why Poppy Red wasn't available on all washer models like most other colors?
I took this detail about 1973 models that Peter posted in another thread. It seems that only the 1-18 Custom Deluxe model could have been ordered with this color that year. Was it also true for other years? Was it an error/omission in the literature? 
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| Post# 561442 , Reply# 6 12/5/2011 at 23:15 (4,525 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 561444 , Reply# 7 12/5/2011 at 23:20 (4,525 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Frigidaire 1974! | ||
| Post# 561459 , Reply# 8 12/6/2011 at 03:59 (4,525 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 561472 , Reply# 9 12/6/2011 at 07:59 (4,525 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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WHY POPPY WASN'T AVAILABLE ON ALL MODELS | ||
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Post# 561485 , Reply# 10 12/6/2011 at 09:22 (4,525 days old) by peteski50 (New York) |
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Poppy Frigidaire! | ||
| Post# 561498 , Reply# 11 12/6/2011 at 11:12 (4,525 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 561585 , Reply# 12 12/6/2011 at 20:44 (4,524 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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But I have a 1974 poppy pair of Custom Imperials | ||
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Post# 561667 , Reply# 13 12/7/2011 at 07:27 (4,524 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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EARLY 1970s 30" POPPY FRIGIDARE RANGE ON CL | ||
| Post# 561673 , Reply# 14 12/7/2011 at 08:17 (4,524 days old) by washer-kid () | ||
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Thanks everybody for your great pictures, info and replies! If anyone decides to sell or who knows of someone who is selling a Frigidaire "Poppy" washer / dryer or fridge ..please email me at tony-atlanta@Hotmail.com | ||
| Post# 561855 , Reply# 15 12/8/2011 at 01:18 (4,523 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Nice range John. Can you tell me when ranges started using fuses for the burners and oven in the US like they did in Canada?
Here's the link: CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK on Eastidaho Craigslist | ||
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Post# 561880 , Reply# 16 12/8/2011 at 06:46 (4,523 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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SEPARATE OVEN AND TOP ELEMENT FUSES To my knowledge no US built electric ranges have ever used separate fuses for the individual elements. It is not required here, although I feel that it should be.
I hope someone here goes after this Poppy range, these ranges were built like tanks, it is easy to see why WCI didn't even give a serious thought to continuing to build this range, as they could never have sold it at a completive price. | ||
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Post# 561905 , Reply# 17 12/8/2011 at 08:33 (4,523 days old) by bajaespuma (Connecticut) |
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 I thought Poppy was one of the best colors the American appliance industry ever came up with (along with Whirlpool's short-lived Sapphire). But it was introduced at a bad time: GM was just about to unload the Frigidaire brand, and most of the decorator nit-wits were declaring all of those strong appliance colors with shaded edging "gauche" and everyone was moving to safer colors like "almond" (i.e. beige) and white.
One of the things disturbing about going into appliance departments nowadays is that everything, EVERYTHING, is white and gray. Having worked with stainless steel appliances for most of my career I can tell anyone that no surface is harder to keep clean and it is annoyingly un-magnetic. Give me porcelain enamel anyday. | ||
| Post# 561947 , Reply# 18 12/8/2011 at 13:41 (4,523 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
Well, not exactly... | ||
| Post# 561980 , Reply# 19 12/8/2011 at 16:26 (4,523 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Frigidaire had red appliances (similar to Poppy Red, if not the same color, but without the shading, like on the 24" Laundry Centers and GMini washer/dryer sets of the seventies) since the mid-sixties. I have just seen them in ads however.
Here's a 1966 ad showing red kitchen appliances (I'd love to find a set exactly like this!). 
And another one from 1966 showing refrigerators, red is described as "Matador Red". 
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Post# 561994 , Reply# 20 12/8/2011 at 18:12 (4,523 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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POPPY APPLIANCES | ||
| Post# 562061 , Reply# 22 12/9/2011 at 02:13 (4,522 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
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Post# 562123 , Reply# 23 12/9/2011 at 11:32 (4,522 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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ALL SHADED COLORS CHANGED TO NON SHADED | ||
| Post# 562143 , Reply# 24 12/9/2011 at 13:13 (4,522 days old) by mrb627 (Buford, GA) | ||
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