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In the early 00's I went to an estate sale locally full of vintage goodies, and there in the kitchen was one of these 30" GEs in Woodtone Brown. If I had known the rarity of it at the time I would have followed up after the house sold. A couple years later curiosity got the best of me but try...

I run an OOMA VOIP here (with ring-through from my cell number). Plugged into the OOMA is my trusty Panasonic PBX that converts any rotary phone to touchtone on the fly, and has the current to drive a load of vintage phones. Bonus is you can call between any phone on the property with 2-digit...

Yep, Forest River quality...and unlike the auto industry, no real governing agency or quality standards that need to be met. The Airflyte was a pet project the Shasta CEO had done in secret in order to get approval from the board. For production quantities, corners were cut to control cost...

Shasta Airflyte We just got back from a long weekend of camping one state over, and aside from a couple of pop-ups and a Scamp, we had one of the smallest travel trailers in the whole state park. It was like some sort of contest to see who could pull the biggest 5th wheel with the biggest...

If I were in the market for a motorhome, I'd have to go with a vintage GMC. Truly a ground-up, no-compromise design. And there's quite the aftermarket scene for the FWD drivetrain including EFI and OD-ratio chain setups for the THM-425 trans. Plus no godawful graphics and leaky bump-outs...

Allen, I could have used a thread like this myself! LOL I do feel bad for all these great fridges getting tossed, but when it comes to refrigeration, it's a tough hurdle to get over, at least in many people's minds (mine included). Too bad you're not closer!

See my post above.... According to the text, the combo machine is missing its door and panels, unless I'm reading the ad wrong.

Nice Job!!

So somebody cherry-picked, or...? "Everything is functional except it's missing front panels and door to combination washer/dryer unit." I wish this was closer, I'd jump in a heartbeat. That radio!

Hey Bob, yeah, the R-12 I took out then went into my '93 pickup. When charging R-134a I took John's advice of 6-7oz, ran it for a day, and everything checked OK. Nice even frost pattern and 'beer can cold' return line. Fridge and Freezer temps matched the GE service lit. I don't have a nitrogen...

Alright, all buttoned-up and back in the kitchen. Now cross your fingers! Bud, the compressor turned out to be a Panasonic, model DG66C10RAU6 out of a 22 cu ft WP (Estate) SxS fridge. This turned out to be a good donor because there was no way anyone was going to buy it for their kitchen...

+1 on the Seeger Rotary Compressor! Our Coldspot ('51?) has been our main fridge since the GE is down, and normally is our drink fridge. That gash on the front is where it was tossed on a scrap heap at the metal recyclers. I grabbed it, brought it home, plugged it in, and it's been running...

Hot Damn! We are back in business! (knock on wood) No degradation of vac overnight, so I went ahead and started things off with 7oz of R134A this morning. Here we are 10 hours later with a nice even frost pattern in the fridge section, smooth, quiet operation. A setting of 2-3 on the cold...

Based on the top 5 threads, maybe we should change the name of this forum from "Super" to the "Discussion Area for Poor Saps that own Vintage GE Fridges" Anyhow, gratuitous shot of the '65 under vacuum. Fan now mounted, wiring mostly complete. We'll see if things hold.

Sounds good! I did blow out the condenser earlier this week and had only the slightest trace of oil blow out, just a film, nothing worth measuring. Condenser is now installed, dryer is soldered in and last night I got the compressor mounted and worked out the wiring. Tonight I'll focus on...

Hey John, This Versatronic came out of Michigan, I don't think it saw much use, but when the original house it was in sold, the new owners stashed it in their garage just long enough for mice to make a mess of it. The lower power supply area was especially bad. All cleaned up now. It also came...

I'll throw in a couple pics to keep things interesting. Just buttoned up this GE Versatronic, running great now (including the turntable) but I'm on the lookout for a Sensi-temp burner to make it 100%.

So as to not keep everyone in the dark, a quick update on the compressor swap on the '65 GE. That old compressor was a beast, I'm half tempted to throw it on the scale and see what she comes in at. In the meantime, I did pick up the late model WP SxS fridge with a donor compressor (Panasonic)...

Boy was it hot yesterday, a real scorcher. Of course I paid a visit to the beatup WP (which was an Estate rebrand) after work. Sitting there in that hot pole building on a pallet, it was running nice and quietly with the interior ice cold. Once home, I gave it a quick once-over and see it has a...

John, what do you think of this WP? Battered and ugly but they claim it works.