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    Posted 1 month ago

    a_cmc_2b
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    I found this site looking for information on this Stove, so I'm hoping some of you have some knowledge of Firestone Stoves / Ranges. I could use parts diagrams, repair info, parts sources, user manual, or any other info pertaining to this old stove. We are currently using it to cook on, but the oven doesn't work. I want to completely rewire it & get the oven fixed. How can I determine the year? Pics are the stove the day I bought it, a burner in the oven, & two different plates with numbers.

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    1. dav2no1 dav2no1, 1 month ago
      https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/fVMAAOSwG7dj6T3R/s-l1600.png
    2. keramikos, 1 month ago
      Hey, a_cmc_2b. :-)

      Google Lens turned up a 'relative':

      https://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?50653

      Unfortunately, the original listing at craigslist is gone, but the regulars at the automaticwasher dot org forum seem to think it's a model 5 C 100, of 1955-1958 vintage, and possibly based on a GE model.

      Yours seems to be a model 5C96, but it looks quite similar. What yours might be missing is some of the knobs on that rectangular panel which pertains to oven functions.

      I'm definitely not an expert, and if nobody else here can help you, you might consider asking the folks at that automaticwasher dot org forum.
    3. keramikos, 1 month ago
      dav2no1, Dude, ya snuck in there just ahead of me. };-)
    4. keramikos, 1 month ago
      Hey again, a_cmc_2b. :-)

      I did some more noodling around the Net and found an April 6, 1941 New York Times article about Firestone. I don't have an account, so I can't read it, but hopefully the headline is enough:

      *snip*

      TIRE CO. ADDS APPLIANCES; Firestone to Sell Refrigerators, Washers in Its Outlets

      *snip*

      https://www.nytimes.com/1941/04/06/archives/tire-co-adds-appliances-firestone-to-sell-refrigerators-washers-in.html

      Between this and the opinions at that appliance forum I linked the other day, I get the impression that Firestone might never have made appliances themselves, but rather contracted with major appliance makers to have them made, and 'badged' (to borrow a term from the vintage sewing machine industry) as Firestone.

      Probably the most famous example of this kind of practice would be Sears Kenmore. Sears contracted with a lot of different manufacturers over the years to have various appliances made and badged with the Kenmore name.

      Your best bet might be to take a closer look at vintage GE and Chromalox electric ranges for manuals and parts.

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