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Thread Number: 74960
/ Tag: Ranges, Stoves, Ovens
New 1950s Westinghouse Stove Acquisition |
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| Post# 987822 3/23/2018 at 20:01 (2,224 days old) by 58limited (Port Arthur, Texas) | ||
Hi everyone, I've been pretty scarce for the past few years - lots on my plate. I just picked this Westinghouse stove up this week from the daughter of the original owners: a couple who were married for 73 years. It is my first electric vintage stove.
I'm not sure what year it is - maybe 1953? The data tag says it is a model BG, serial #P188365, style Q-51862. It has a Super Corox burner, one oven, a warming oven, and two storage drawers. The bottom of the oven is rusted through, they had pieces of brick supporting the burner (this may make a restoration unfeasible although I could make a piece of stainless to fit the area.). I was told two stovetop burners do not work. It is missing the deep well pot. The plastic surrounding the clock and timer is hazy and crazed. The stove came with a 1951 (maybe a 1952? Contract is from Oct. 1951) Frigidaire Fridge with original sales contract: $384.76 minus a $50.00 trade-in plus $34.17 interest over 18 months for a total of $363.92 - with $45.00 paid up front. | ||
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| Post# 987824 , Reply# 1 3/23/2018 at 20:23 (2,224 days old) by Maytagbear (N.E. Ohio) | ||
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Good to see you, and good luck with it! Lawrence/Maytagbear | ||
Post# 987860 , Reply# 2 3/24/2018 at 08:21 (2,224 days old) by Supersuds  (Knoxville, Tenn.) |
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Post# 987863 , Reply# 3 3/24/2018 at 09:04 (2,224 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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We have one, a few notes First, if there's anyway you can restore it, it's worth it - that oven bakes very well. That's not the original baking element (duh...). The original is bare nichrome and there's a porcelain enameled steel plate which goes over the top of it. I may have one or two surface corox elements in storage - but check those controls, first. They were this stove's weak point. The GE universal replacements work and the rainbow color dial fits on them, too. On our stove, the pilot lights get their power from the nichrome elements, since they were all burnt out, I discontinued that approach and went to neon. I'm still trying to figure out that mare's nest of a timed control center, 12 years on....
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Post# 987864 , Reply# 4 3/24/2018 at 09:05 (2,224 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Post# 987865 , Reply# 5 3/24/2018 at 09:07 (2,224 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Oh, the date | ||
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Post# 987912 , Reply# 7 3/24/2018 at 13:25 (2,223 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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1954 SOUNDS RIGHT Because all of our stuff is stamped '53 or '54. Since the Super Corox was gone, already, I didn't bother mentioning the special control. I've never seen any of these in which the Super Corox still worked. I suspect the mechanism was faulty to begin with. I don't mind replacing the original regulators, they were not good quality. The Pilot light for the warming oven/oven does indeed get it's power off of a tap on the bake/warming element. The fluorescent lamp, of course, gets it's power from Ln. And that's a minor problem with the replacement switches - they don't always use the same Ln for the 'pilot' connection as the Westinghouse regulators did - could make for a brief but interesting situation if you don't check connections carefully. It's the fluorescent lamp which backlights the four burner regulators, not separate pilot lights. If it's complicated, you may be sure it's Westinghouse. But, oh, my - that oven is the best I've ever used, including high-end European convection. | ||
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Post# 987977 , Reply# 10 3/24/2018 at 20:29 (2,223 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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Tom, | ||
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Post# 987980 , Reply# 11 3/24/2018 at 20:37 (2,223 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.) |
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Post# 987981 , Reply# 12 3/24/2018 at 21:12 (2,223 days old) by panthera (Rocky Mountains) |
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I think it was a combination of factors For one thing, the bake element has very little inertia - it heats up super fast and cools down really fast. It's also quite powerful for the small oven - which is another factor. Those ovens aren't big. The design of the walls and the insulation help, too. The door fits quite tightly, even without a seal. As to the porcelain steel cover over the element, I don't know. Probably helps to distribute the heat. I do know that the thermostat responds quite quickly and, even today, is spot on accurate. This stands out as the original Westinghouse regulators for the burners were awful. | ||
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Post# 987983 , Reply# 13 3/24/2018 at 21:18 (2,223 days old) by Tomturbomatic (Beltsville, MD) |
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Even Westinghouse ovens with the modern bare rod Corox bake element bake beautifully, but I have had great results with GE and Frigidaire ovens also. | ||
| Post# 988023 , Reply# 14 3/25/2018 at 08:43 (2,223 days old) by 58limited (Port Arthur, Texas) | ||
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Post# 988366 , Reply# 15 3/26/2018 at 18:20 (2,221 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area) |
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After hearing that the infinite switches are troublesome, I'm glad mine has the 5-heat switches. No trouble except with the speed heat one. | ||
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