I have dubbed this wonderful beast Elvis - for it is surely a hunk of burning love! I've been looking for a vintage gas range to go in a retro-type kitchen (metal cabinets, boomerang pulls, circa 40's to early 50's).
Lo and behold, the husband found this awesome thing for sale locally and I bought it. Everything works. Even the light, even the timer (slow, but it does work). Bought it from the original family who have had it in storage since 1973. Plumbed gas into it and everything lit up and burned surprisingly well. Obviously we'll do quite a bit of work to ensuring it works SAFELY before anything else... Everything on this is rebuildable. Looks like quite a few companies made their own stoves, but the valves were often just sourced.
Vintage ranges have a pretty enthusiastic following, more so for the big name Merrit O'Keefe, Chambers, etc. This is a Roper and I'm having a tough time figurine out the year. The model plate got aggressively "cleaned" and the model and/or year are not readable. There is a patent mark on it "1941" and the style is consistent with something in the 40's. Any idea on year?
I did find advertising memorabilia but the ad did not include a year. The knobs on this seem to be pretty unique - maybe only a couple of years. They are all there, but it's always good to know the year to source parts in the future.
Oh and this is going to suck to drag up the stairs - LOL!
angela
