agitatorboogie
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I haven't seen too many Coldspot fridges that suit my fancy but this one......
1958 SEARS COLDSPOT REFRIGERATOR - SAN DIEGO
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agitatorboogie
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numero 2
look at that text!
look at that text!
agitatorboogie
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even better!
even better!
agitatorboogie
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...*faints*......
...*faints*......
agitatorboogie
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what a nifty compartment
what a nifty compartment
agitatorboogie
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****faints again******
****faints again******
agitatorboogie
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gotta lurve these bottom freezers!
gotta lurve these bottom freezers!
agitatorboogie
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i've fainted so many times, just call me Aunt Pitty Pat
i've fainted so many times, just call me Aunt Pitty Pat
norgeway
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Now That!
Is a REFRIGERATOR!!! A real Coldspot!!
Is a REFRIGERATOR!!! A real Coldspot!!
I presume the freezer isn't frost free.
The rusting is probably a result of a bad gasket combined with frost accumulation and perhaps poor leveling. The unpainted length of cord between cabinet and refrigerator door could be an indicator of a butter softener and the original pink exterior color. Too bad the front grille is missing. That would be tough to find.
Per the illustration in the ad, it looks like there's room to cup fingers under the top trim piece to open the freezer door. With old-school latches, I doubt a pedal was an option.
The early 60's Coldspot (frost free) bottom freezer model that I got at Goodwill around 1980 sported the same type of revolving crisper.
That is a beautiful refrigerator. Even without the candy apple green it demands to be noticed! Being in southern California, it stands a very good chance of finding an appreciative new owner.
The rusting is probably a result of a bad gasket combined with frost accumulation and perhaps poor leveling. The unpainted length of cord between cabinet and refrigerator door could be an indicator of a butter softener and the original pink exterior color. Too bad the front grille is missing. That would be tough to find.
Per the illustration in the ad, it looks like there's room to cup fingers under the top trim piece to open the freezer door. With old-school latches, I doubt a pedal was an option.
The early 60's Coldspot (frost free) bottom freezer model that I got at Goodwill around 1980 sported the same type of revolving crisper.
That is a beautiful refrigerator. Even without the candy apple green it demands to be noticed! Being in southern California, it stands a very good chance of finding an appreciative new owner.
I had a TOL Coldspot bottom fridge freezer just like that but newer and frost free. That "Space master" design inside meant you could do what ever needed to arrange anything. Wished I had the old coppertone gal back, even though it took an arm and leg for power to run it. My freezer had a big slide out basket and even a butter selector for how soft you wanted it. Not fair that we cant have those types of features at an affordable price now.
norgeway
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The beauty of this one is!
It would be cheap to operate because it is manual defrost, will keep frozen food better too!
It would be cheap to operate because it is manual defrost, will keep frozen food better too!
<span style="font-size: medium;">Steel, aluminum and porcelain...Gorgeous! Never seen one in that color. Who made them? Whirlpool?</span>
My sister had a huge 1961 frost-free bottom freezer model. In Pink, with the nuclear SR badge. That thing must have been 6'-6" tall at least, and a good 3' wide. It had "Space Master" shelving and the refrigerator section was lit by a florescent tube across the width of the top rear. The freezer had a door, not a drawer.
She got it used in the mid-70's. After having been through The Energy Crisis of 1973, when I first laid eyes on it, all I could think of was how much of a HOG it had to be. She left it behind when she moved. Nobody wanted to wrestle that thing UP a narrow flight of 15 or so steps to get it out of there.
She got it used in the mid-70's. After having been through The Energy Crisis of 1973, when I first laid eyes on it, all I could think of was how much of a HOG it had to be. She left it behind when she moved. Nobody wanted to wrestle that thing UP a narrow flight of 15 or so steps to get it out of there.
ovrphil
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We had a refrigerator with a revolving tray ,but..not sure if it was a Sears Coldspot.
I like the original pink color, actually, more than what they painted it.
It doesn't have an ice maker, correct?
I like the original pink color, actually, more than what they painted it.
It doesn't have an ice maker, correct?
<span style="font-size: medium;">May have been a General Electric Phil. </span>
It has an ice bin, but not an ice maker.
GE's bottom freezer models in 1958 had a freezer drawer, not a door. I don't know who the manufacturer was for this Coldspot. The majority of what's been showing up of this vintage on line lately has been GE, but this one appears to be another make.
GE's bottom freezer models in 1958 had a freezer drawer, not a door. I don't know who the manufacturer was for this Coldspot. The majority of what's been showing up of this vintage on line lately has been GE, but this one appears to be another make.
I thought I read on this site that Coldspots were made by Seeger in Evansville, Indiana, and that Sears pressured Whirlpool to buy Seeger around 1958 so as to consolidate their supplier base.
Cool design, whoever did this one.
Cool design, whoever did this one.
1958 Coldspot Refrigerator
This is a WP-Seeger built refrigerator and while a decent refrigerator I don't think that WP really started to build great two door refs until about the mid 1960s. Even though this would be better in overall power use than the completely FF models that followed it would still not be cheap to run.
By the mid 60s WP built refs were as good as or better than Frigidaire, GE, and ahead of every other brand in performance, build-quality and reliability and best of all WP brought America and the rest of the world into the world of Automatic Ice-Makers that actually worked and by the late 60s WP was building IMs for 9 out of 12 brands of Frost-Free refrigerators.
This is a WP-Seeger built refrigerator and while a decent refrigerator I don't think that WP really started to build great two door refs until about the mid 1960s. Even though this would be better in overall power use than the completely FF models that followed it would still not be cheap to run.
By the mid 60s WP built refs were as good as or better than Frigidaire, GE, and ahead of every other brand in performance, build-quality and reliability and best of all WP brought America and the rest of the world into the world of Automatic Ice-Makers that actually worked and by the late 60s WP was building IMs for 9 out of 12 brands of Frost-Free refrigerators.
