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1960 through 1966 Frigidaire Range ID Guide |
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Post# 760950   6/2/2014 at 17:23 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Hey gang,
I won't go into much detail on features or improvements in the inital posts. Hopefully a discussion can follow suit as needed for this. This post was last edited 06/02/2014 at 17:41 |
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Post# 760952 , Reply# 1   6/2/2014 at 17:26 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1962 Models:
RS-30-62 RS-30S-62 RS-35-62 RD-38-62, RD-38HM-62, RD-39-62 RCI-39-62 RS-10-62 RSD-15-62 RDD-20-62 RD-20-62 RI-55-62 RCD-71-62 RCI-75-62 |
Post# 760953 , Reply# 2   6/2/2014 at 17:29 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1963 Models:
RS-30-63 RS-30S-63 RS-35-63 RD-38-63, RD-39-63 RCI-39-63 RS-10-63 RSD-15-63 RDD-20-63 RD-20-63 RI-55-63 RCD-71-63 RCI-75-63
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Post# 760955 , Reply# 3   6/2/2014 at 17:33 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1964 Models. Certainly not my favorite, but some out there may like them.
RS-30-64 RS-30S-64 RD-35-64 RD-39-64 RD-38-64 RCD-39-64 RCI-39-64 RS-10-64 RSD-15-64 RDD-20-64 RD-20-64 RCD-55-64 RD-71-64 RCI-71-64 RCI-75-64
* Note, I have omitted the 'G' suffix for glass, as it was optional. |
Post# 760956 , Reply# 4   6/2/2014 at 17:36 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1965 Models. The fonts and graphics were improved for this model year, cleaning up the '64 panels. This is also the first year for the Electri-Clean models, in the 30" ranges only.
Also something to note here is the use of the letter 'J' to identify the model year. Washers didn't start using letters until the '66 model year, while Ranges came earlier.
RS-30J RSA-30J RD-35J RD-39J RD-38J RCD-39J RDE-39J RCIE-39J RS-10J RD-20J RDD-15J RDD-20J RCD-55J RD-71J RCI-75J |
Post# 760958 , Reply# 5   6/2/2014 at 17:38 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Last for the Free Standing ranges, the 1966 Models.
RDA-30K RS-30K RS-35K RD-35K RD-39K RD-39K RCD-39K RDE-38K RCIE-39K RS-10K RD-20K RDD-15K RDD-20K RCD-55K RD-71K RCI-75K |
Post# 760961 , Reply# 6   6/2/2014 at 17:43 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 760962 , Reply# 7   6/2/2014 at 17:44 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 760963 , Reply# 8   6/2/2014 at 17:45 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1962 and 1963 Flair Models
RCDB-630-2 RCDB-630 RCIB-635-2 RCDB-640-2 RCIB-645-2 |
Post# 760964 , Reply# 9   6/2/2014 at 17:47 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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1964 Flair Models
(Interesting, note the use of the 'H' in the model. Probably means 1964. This is the first I've noticed a '64 model year being identifed with a letter!)
RCDH-630 RDH-630 RCIH-635 RCDH-640 RCIH-645 |
Post# 760965 , Reply# 10   6/2/2014 at 17:48 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 760966 , Reply# 11   6/2/2014 at 17:49 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 760967 , Reply# 12   6/2/2014 at 17:50 (3,612 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 760974 , Reply# 13   6/2/2014 at 17:59 (3,612 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)   |   | |
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Post# 760975 , Reply# 14   6/2/2014 at 18:00 (3,612 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )   |   | |
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Ben you read my mind - a few days ago I commented on revinkevin's Flair and thought, "if I could see all the Flair models, I'd be able to better decide which ones visually appealed to me." I've seen many Flairs from CL searching, noticing there are quite a few different models.
Thanks for mentioning that you think that the first and last GE models were your favorites. It's a shame (imho) that we can't have color, but that's how it was back when. Thank you for posting all this information! Phil |
Post# 760993 , Reply# 15   6/2/2014 at 19:00 (3,612 days old) by mikael3 (Atlanta)   |   | |
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This is just amazing. From a newbie to this site, thank you so much for providing this information. A number of my questions were answered almost instantly. |
Post# 761062 , Reply# 16   6/3/2014 at 00:18 (3,612 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD)   |   | |
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Post# 761096 , Reply# 17   6/3/2014 at 07:36 (3,611 days old) by cadman (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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Post# 778175 , Reply# 18   8/19/2014 at 10:25 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Ben, I had missed this thread! I just saw the link you sent in another thread!
Here's some more from this side of the border...
I'll begin with Flairs! The 1960-63 models had minor differences (no Speed Heat, fuse panels) but starting in 1964, there were more differences.
Here's a Canadian RCIH-645C, there was also the 30" RCIH-635C
Some pictures show the differences with the US models. The Lux timer, the two signal lamps for the burners (the 1964-67 US models had just one). |
Post# 778177 , Reply# 19   8/19/2014 at 10:29 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Now the some of the 1965 "J" models
Different oven thermostats, Lux timer, two signal lights for the surface units...
According to the parts manual, the models were RCI-645J and RCI-635J just like the US models but I think this is an error (see the last picture that shows RCIJ-635C).
I added pictures from the Canadian parts manual that show the minor differences on the illustrations (the numbers for the illustrations are the same as in the US manuals). This post was last edited 08/19/2014 at 11:54 |
Post# 778178 , Reply# 20   8/19/2014 at 10:37 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Here's a Canadian Flair wall oven, it's a 1966 "K" model the GM badge means it's a 1967 or later. Note the filigree on the door that's also like the US (and other Canadian) 1966 ranges.
BF-30K |
Post# 778179 , Reply# 21   8/19/2014 at 10:49 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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A 1967 or later Flair. My manuals don't even show this model!
This one has circuit breakers on the control panel and a unique clock/timer.
Model number says B-30L |
Post# 778184 , Reply# 22   8/19/2014 at 11:26 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Here are some of the Canadian 1962 ranges. The early ones (like my RCIG-39C-62) in the six first pictures) were very similar to the US models with the exception of having fuses behind the storage drawer, no "Speed Heat", two "Surface" lights and dark porcelain oven liner. Glass doors were also more popular here than in the United States.
The other pictures show the ranges that were introduced later that year which had new control panels with fuses relocated in the access door at the base of the control panel.
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Post# 778185 , Reply# 23   8/19/2014 at 11:35 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Before 1962, the ranges we had here were quite similar to those in the US but we did have some unique 22" models and this strange 1959-style range which I think was produced in 1960-61 as an economy model. The 40" versions of the free-standing ranges were discontinued after 1960 so if someone wanted a 40", it had to be a Flair. |
Post# 778187 , Reply# 24   8/19/2014 at 11:40 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Here are some free-standing 1963 models. Note that the "RCIG" model is identified as an Imperial, not "Custom Imperial" as the serial number suggests (the same is true for the mid-1962 model I showed previously). |
Post# 778188 , Reply# 25   8/19/2014 at 11:48 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Now, some 1963 "Economy" Flairs similar to some Deluxe sold in the US.
Here, there was no "Custom Deluxe" version of the Flair but we did have the "Deluxe" and the "Imperial" that was based on the "Deluxe". The Imperial still had 3 6" burners, controls in the burner drawer as the Deluxe had but it added a chrome oven liner and a fluorescent light.
I don't think the "Imperial" was available in the US. |
Post# 778193 , Reply# 26   8/19/2014 at 12:37 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Here's a 1964 Deluxe range I parted out (the two front burners were not original). RDG-309-64 |
Post# 778194 , Reply# 27   8/19/2014 at 13:05 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Here are the Canadian free-standing ranges for 1965. The illustrations for two models were reversed in the parts manual but I corrected the information.
The 22" Super and Deluxe models as well as the 30" "307" model (pictures 1-2-3) feature 7 heat Chromalox burners.
The "308" and "309" Deluxe and Custom Imperial ranges (pictures 4-5) have infinite switches, pilot lights for the surface units and Radiantube burners. That year, the RCIG-309C-J was renamed "Custom Imperial". That year, it lost the meat thermometer but it had a new oven thermostat with separate bake and broil temperatures and the "Meal Minder" feature. It lacked a selector switch like the other Canadian Frigidaire free-standing ranges had since mid-1962.
The 22" models had no selector switch but a non thermostatic broil and the Deluxe 30" models still had a Broil/Bake selector switch. |
Post# 778196 , Reply# 28   8/19/2014 at 13:19 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Here are the 1966 Canadian ranges. The 30" models still had cabinets that were similar to those used in 1963 US ranges but they got the larger oven door glass that year along with a new top that was extended at the front to be flush with the oven door.
The features otherwise remained the same as in 1965.
The model names of Frigidaire ranges, washers, dryers and dishwashers were modified that year and didn't look like the US model numbers anymore... The 22" Super models were renamed RP-22K and RG-22K (The RG version had a glass in it's door). The Deluxe models were renamed "RA-22K" "RA-37K", "RA-38K" and "RA-39K" "22" was designating the 22" model, 37 was designating the 30" Deluxe with the 7 heat Chromalox burners, "38" was the 30" Deluxe with the infinite heat and the "39" added the Pull-N-Clean oven.
The link shows various pictures of my RJ-39K which is the 1966 Custom Imperial model. CLICK HERE TO GO TO PhilR's LINK This post was last edited 08/19/2014 at 14:08 |
Post# 778200 , Reply# 29   8/19/2014 at 13:54 (3,534 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Finally, the last Canadian free-standing ranges for 1967-70.
Again, the cheaper 30" model had Chromalox burners (now with infinite switches), the rest of the lineup had Radiantube burners but now used Robertshaw infinite switches rather than Proctor/King-Seeley infinite switches.
The mid-line model was now a "Custom Deluxe"
The RJ-39 model was downgraded again to "Imperial" Some still had the Heat Minder but the one picture doesn't. I don't know if it was just replaced or if it was a change during the 3 years of production. The Imperial also lost the "Meal Minder" featured and it now had a selector switch like the 1962-64 Imperial models had. |
Post# 798812 , Reply# 31   12/12/2014 at 21:54 (3,419 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 799148 , Reply# 32   12/15/2014 at 00:12 (3,417 days old) by Ladybug ()   |   | |
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Yes, my husband just looked and you were right - the plate was there and it is a RGC-45. Thank you so much for your help! |
Post# 799184 , Reply# 33   12/15/2014 at 09:53 (3,416 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada)   |   | |
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Post# 1041825 , Reply# 35   8/15/2019 at 14:33 (1,712 days old) by Joe (California)   |   | |
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I just picked this up the other day. Model number is RCD-39-59. I didn't see this number anywhere on the lists. Anyone happen to know what year this is.
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Post# 1041827 , Reply# 36   8/15/2019 at 15:13 (1,712 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis)   |   | |
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Beautiful range! That's a 1959 model, if you need the complete service manual and parts catalog it is available here...
CLICK HERE TO GO TO Unimatic1140's LINK |