1938/39? Hotpoint Double Door Fridge

[58limited]

I bought this last December on Craigslist. It is located in Nacogdoches, Tx. where a college buddy of mine lives. This weekend we picked it up and my friend is letting me store it in a barn on his property. This is bigger than the Foodarama. I didn't have my tape measure but it is about as tall as (maybe a little taller than) my '52 GE which is 5' 6". It is about 5' wide. It is porcelain, not painted. The doors and sides are 4" thick. I didn't test it, the seller said it ran and one freezer compartment cooled but the other didn't - it has two small freezers, one on each side. The freezers are like the ones in a residential fridge of the time period - a small box at the top of the fridge compartment.

 

Picture: Note that it doesn't fit on the standard-sized pallet.

 

 

 

[58limited]

Interior. The shelves fell while we were moving it. I haven't figured out how they go. There is a narrow shelf that goes in the middle where the door post is, the bigger shelves slide into it and the plastic studs on the sides, but don't line up with the studs at the rear.

 

[58limited]

Compressor. Lots of surface rust back here. One small rust hole in underside of the fridge cabinet will need patching. The fridge is on its side in this photo. I did not take a photo of the back, but it is rusty sheet metal and may need to be replaced. Should be easy since it is flat sheet metal. The entire fridge looks like it disassembles into its various panels like a stove. The aluminum trim strip at the top will be the hardest thing to replace. It is split in several areas and I'm not sure where to find replacement trim like this. I know similar trim is used on various goods today.

 

[58limited]

I plan to pair this with my Chambers Imperial. I'm going to change the color of both the fridge and the stove to black.

 

[danemodsandy]

Lordamercy!

You do love a project, don't you, buddy?

Best of luck with it. A sheet metal shop may be able to help with the trim strip - those places can do some amazing things. Aluminum is one of the easiest metals to work with, so they'll probably be able to figure something out.