Perfection Range

[beerad]

Check this beauty out!!
I came by this today as I popped into a local antique store,

 

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Close up

Nameplate

 

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Another

Close up

 

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And one more

Closer

 

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And one more

Closer

 

[kenkart]

Oh MY!!!

Now if that were only closer, I would have to find a spot for it!!wonder what that would cost to build today!!??

 

[gottahaveahoove]

Can you IMAGINE what has been

cooked on that? THAT, kids, is American pride...bigtime!

 

[danemodsandy]

Hans:

Pretty range, but I think I'll let someone else be the one to keep those huge swaths of chrome free of schmutz and fingermarks!

 

[kenkart]

I think...

TOO much chrome is simply NOT ENOUGH !!!!!LOL I love gaudy 1950s stuff..

 

[beerad]

I imagine

Preparing a beautiful meal on that Range . And showcasing it!
I would be polishing the chrome daily,
I'm amazed at the engineering that went into making this Range.
I wonder why companies are not designing modern ranges like this ?
What do you think??

 

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[gottahaveahoove]

I'm sure it's ONE thing:

$$ money$$

 

[kenkart]

Did anyone notice..

The oven door sWINGS instead of pulling down, very practical, especially when you start cleaning the oven..

 

[jmurray01]

Wow... That is beautiful! If only we had those here in the UK.

I may have to get one shipped over some day and converted to 240V.

 

[kenkart]

Oh..You wont have to//

Convert it to 240, just about all US ranges are 220/240 volt, its just our wall outlets that are 120.

 

[jmurray01]

Oh really? So the hard-wired sockets are 240V in America? I think I had heard of that before, but I don't see how though.

 

[jmurray01]

Does anybody know what that socket-like thing is under the timer clock?

 

[dustin]

That socket under the timer is a convenience outlet- it could be used for a coffee pot, electric frying pan, slow cooker, griddle, etc. That would be a 120 volt outlet (somehow) even though the range is 240 volt. Any electric range over here is 240 volt, along with electric clothes dryers, water heaters, and large air conditioners. All of our wall outlets are 120 volts, which is an entirely different type of plug, so you can't accidentally plug your 120 volt vacuum into 240 volts.

 

[kenkart]

And...

Many of the old ranges allowed you to use the outlet with the clock timer, so as my Mother did for many years, you would fix your percolator with water and coffee, plug it in,set the timer, and in the morning you had fresh coffee automatically.