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Vintage appliances, which ones stunk?
Inspired by the "Stop Appliance Genocide" thread, let's discuss for a moment, the ones that really weren't made well back in the day, or didn't last, bad designs, etc.
This is the side of the equation that we don't often see when discussing these. Share your thoughts and memories
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My parents had a 1968 Zenith 22" black and white console. In 1971, the picture tube was replaced. By 1974, the filter caps started acting up, and it developed a wave through the picture.
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Probably 95% of those sets were flawless performers. Too bad, yours was one of the 5%. |
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Here's what inspired this thread.....
I just rescued this 1946-47 Kelvinator electric range from the metal scrappers. I thought it seemed like a pretty well made piece: My wife saw it, and said, yes, it's very well made, but look at the design of it. There are only 3 burners, and they are VERY close together. There's a ton of wasted space too.....it's got no broiler, and the oven is on the right hand side instead of under the burners, the rest is just storage. And, with the oven on the RIGHT, whatever you sit on the big space to the right of the burners is going to be subjected to the heat of the oven. Why wouldn't they have put the oven UNDER the burners, and made that whole space one large cabinet if they wanted to, or put two burners on each side as to make more cooking space? That would leave room for a broiler, too. She's pretty smart, that one . But I'm still keeping the stove
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I see it has that removeable pot, for cooking soups, etc. That was a big selling point, at the time. Feature not available on a gas range. Whoever owned the range, took really good care of it. |
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Years ago, my parents had a range that looked like that. On the model that they had there was a fourth burner in the bottom of the "crockpot" well. The position of the burner was adjustable so that it could be positioned on the top of the range if more "surface cooking" area was desired. Most of the time it was left in the lowest position, as Mom usually made a big pot of soup once a week...YUM! jr |
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Its usable space for pots,etc |
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Those are super reliable and rarely fail. Some parts are still available. The clocks usually have quit long ago though. Don't try putting an extra large pizza from Costco in it, you will have to shave the sides off.
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If the clocks have Telechron movements in them, they are easily repaired and replacement parts are plentiful.
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Actually, that's a timer. The stove is currently sitting half apart, waiting some help to get it into my basement. I took off all the trim and doors to get it in and down safely.
As one would expect, it's going to need a REALLY good cleaning inside, as 60 years of kitchen grease are on the areas that aren't cleanable unless the whole thing is apart. No matter Incidentally, I discovered this AWESOME cleaner for working on old stoves, or anything that's coated in grease. http://www.nucalgon.com/products/coi...s_calbrite.htm I got a gallon of it from a friend, and I have a 20% solution in a spray bottle. It just melts the grease, rinse, and done......
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A lot of people used to have a range in the basement, besides one in the kitchen. Before air conditioning became popular, folks would do their cooking and baking in the basement, as not to heat up the house, during the extreme hot weather. Last edited by Celt; 11-01-2012 at 12:04 PM. |
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Last edited by Celt; 11-01-2012 at 12:04 PM. |
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Like I said, it's gonna be a winter project, and we have looooong winters here
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We should be used to it, in the mid-west. |
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I had a Hotpoint portable dishwasher from 1960. It belonged to my grandparents at the summer cabin on the Chesapeake bay. I inherited it in 1981 and moved it to my
3rd floor apartment. For three dudes that did no dishes, it worked great. One day we started it and left for class. Came back and the 2nd floor tenant had called the super beacuse he thought a plumbing leak was resposible for the waterfall in thier kitchen. Found a gasket at the motor shaft, (bottom of the unit) had let go. No problem for a couple of motorheads to rig a new shaft seal but it fried the motor and it was totally unobtanium. We tossed it out the window into the yard, leaving a huge trianglar dent and walked it to the dumpster |
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