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Post# 638835 11/13/2012 at 18:53 (4,183 days old) by pulltostart  (Mobile, AL) |
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 Here are a couple of yellow (harvest) Frigidaire items - wall oven and dishwasher. I do not see the 'GM' logo in the name plate so these could be VERY early WCI Frigidaires. Sill, nice-looking items. First, the wall oven
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Post# 638836 , Reply# 1 11/13/2012 at 18:54 (4,183 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 638838 , Reply# 2 11/13/2012 at 19:01 (4,183 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Lawrence:
Please, please, please do not refer to Harvest Gold as "yellow."
Yellow was a clear, bright pastel available until 1967. Harvest was a shaded hue available beginning in 1969. It only confuses people when Harvest is referred to as Yellow; they are two different colors and should not be lumped together. I keep meaning to submit a color chart with manufacturers and dates to Robert, but it's a much more complex undertaking than most people would realize. There definitely is a need for it - people keep referring to their appliances for sale as "tan" when they mean anything from Almond to Woodtone Brown. I've even seen "green" for Avocado and Turquoise. | ||
| Post# 638851 , Reply# 4 11/13/2012 at 19:36 (4,183 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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i THINK.. tHESE ARE THE FIRST GENERATION OF wci STUFF. | ||
| Post# 638856 , Reply# 5 11/13/2012 at 19:43 (4,183 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Greg:
First, it was not my intent to belittle Lawrence.
Second, Lawrence's post references both Yellow and Harvest, which is the confusion issue to which I referred. Third, I'm well aware there is no standard color reference (see my last paragraph), but it is still possible to make it clear that a Frigidaire appliance is, say, Sherwood Green and not Avocado. And last, since AW.org does serve as a reference to the general public, courtesy of Google, I would hope that we're all interested in keeping ourselves as accurate as possible. | ||
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Post# 638873 , Reply# 6 11/13/2012 at 20:26 (4,183 days old) by appnut (TX) |
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OMG Frigiscare!! | ||
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Post# 638881 , Reply# 7 11/13/2012 at 20:31 (4,183 days old) by hydralique (Los Angeles) |
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The color probably is harvest gold, but from the photos it looks more like Fly Yellow, which is most commonly seen on Italian sports cars and not appliances. Looks pretty nice on the right car, not so pretty on the dishwasher! | ||
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Post# 638956 , Reply# 8 11/14/2012 at 00:47 (4,182 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc) |
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Rather nice-aren't we sure those aren't Caterpillar yellow instead!Expect to see the "Cat" logo on them!NICE!!Cheerful! | ||
| Post# 638963 , Reply# 9 11/14/2012 at 01:32 (4,182 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
About Colors, I don't know how WCI called it but the latest GM Frigidaire appliances lost the shading on all colors and while "Avocado" without the shading continued to be called "Avocado", other colors changed to "Coffee" (instead of "Colonial Copper"), "Terra Cotta" instead of "Poppy" and "Wheat" instead of Harvest Gold). At about the same time, the new "Almond" color was introduced but it didn't replace "Wheat".
The appliances on this picture certainly look more yellowish than the "Wheat" appliances from GM but maybe it's just the picture that does that... BTW, here in Quebec, "Harvest Gold" is called "Jaune Moisson" which would translate as "Harvest Yellow". Not the same kind of yellow as the 1950s and 1960s appliance colors but still more yellow than gold in my opinion! When I think about "gold" as a paint color, this is what I have in mind! (or is it "brass"?!). Maybe it's "Copper" (but neither Aztec or Colonial!) since it seems to be turning green where there's oxidation. ;-) 
Also, I have documentation that states the color changes of late 1967 (on 1968 models?) and the serial numbers of appliances that first had them. I don't remember if it's Canadian documentation or US documentation but I need to find that and scan it as it might be interesting for some members. | ||
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Post# 638986 , Reply# 10 11/14/2012 at 06:53 (4,182 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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Post# 639029 , Reply# 11 11/14/2012 at 12:02 (4,182 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA) |
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Post# 639647 , Reply# 12 11/17/2012 at 10:30 (4,179 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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Yellow Frigidire Appliances | ||
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Post# 639815 , Reply# 13 11/17/2012 at 20:59 (4,179 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA) |
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combo, I'd agree with you, especially b/c of the two-control oven, but that window looks suspiciously like a built-in GM Frigidaire...I'm going on memory of a great-aunt's built-in Frigidaire ovens (in avocado, natch)...they were single knob, manual-cleaning from 1972 or so, but the windows were just like those...did WCI have any built-in business at all before they acquired Frigidaire and Tappan?
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