A pair of Frigidaires!

[turquoisedude]

My 'rule' of the collection is that pairs beat one of a kind and turquoise trumps...

Well, here's a couple of new additions to the collection thanks to Phil!

 

[turquoisedude]

This may not seem very exciting, but this is most unusual for a Frigidaire - a Tecumseh compressor!

 

[turquoisedude]

Any guesses?

 

[turquoisedude]

Oh, I have to tell... It's a 65 Canadian Frigidaire refrigerator!

I think this one will eventually go in the basement in Ogden to become the spare refrigerator. I am using the 62 Cycla-Matic as the 'overflow' now but why not have a turquoise one??

That picture makes me look like I just popped up from the depths of Hades... Not too far from the truth I suppose! LOL

 

[turquoisedude]

AND there's a 30-inch turquoise Flair range to match!!

It's going to need some work, but I just love the 30-inch version of the Flair and well, how could I resist a turquoise one??

In a perfect world, these would move to Montreal to replace the stainless steel modern stuff, however a certain leader of the opposition says NO... Perhaps I can convince him that Canyon wants these.... LOL

Well, I'll have things to keep me busy when I get back from Brazil now, right??

 

[hydralique]

Gorgeous!

Everything looks better in turquoise, just sayin' . . .

 

[philr]

Here is some information about your fridge. 

 

[philr]

I don't have much more. But this model came from the factory with a Tec-AE compressor of 1/5 h.p. 

 

[turquoisedude]

Cooool! Thanks again Phil!!

I'm going to try and fix that bottom door shelf, if I can...

 

[philr]

And yesterday,

 

Paul helped me get another fridge too!

 

From 1966

 

This model originally came with a Meter-Miser compressor but they changed to a Tec-Ae in mid-1966. Mine has a Tecumseh too...



 



 



 



 

 

[NYCWriter]

OMG OMG OMG!!!

*****JEALOUS******

Love it! It's 1962 *fabulous*!

 

[ovrphil]

Great looking mid-century appliances; never tire of the clean lines. Good luck and enjoy!

 

[NYCWriter]

By the way, Paul ...

... I have always loved the turquoise ("aqua") appliances. My aunt in the '60s even had hers custom-painted at an auto body shop.

I grew up surrounded with those colors in my older relatives' homes (grandparents, great aunts and uncles). In my own home, my mother had the more "modern" color scheme: avocado kitchen and laundry. Chartreuse shag rug on the main levels of our 1966 split-level home. Orange shag on the lower level. Lots of browns, golds, and reds.

 

[pdub]

Stunning

Congratulations to both of you!

Wherever do you keep finding these?

 

[goatfarmer]

Never saw a Tecumseh compressor in that vintage Frigidaire. Canadian thing, or a replacement somewhere in it's life?

 

[philr]

It's a Canadian thing.

The factory started using them in 1964 on some models and used them more and more in the late 1960s. Frigidaire dealers were also instructed on how to replace Meter-Miser compressors with Tecumseh compressors with Frigidaire part numbers. They included a few other parts in the replacement kits to make the modifications.  

 

Note how they spelled Tecumseh -Techumseh for the 1964 models and the note "When Ordering Compressor, State Style Round or Oval." (with almost every word beginning with a upper case letter!).

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[philr]

This one shows the switch from Meter-Miser to Tecumseh on the 1966 model I have. 

 

[philr]

Another showing the 1967 models but with the first note regarding 1966 models.

 

[NYCWriter]

Incidentally ...

... I think my parents had a similar model when I was very young. Theirs looked a touch bigger, was made in the USA, and actually had the "GM" logo on the front, near the handle.

I remember that little door compartment on the inside of the refrigerator door.

And I particularly remember those stainless steel ice cube trays, which worked ingeniously with that ice cube bowl and attached lever. I have yet to use any manual ice cube tray that came anywhere close to those.

 

[philr]

Ice cube trays

They were made of aluminum.

 

Here's another Canadian fridge I got, it's a shorter 12 cubic feet model from 1965 (FPIC-12TJ). This one has a Meter-Miser 1/6 hp compressor and a thermostatic bulb for the refrigerator airflow control. 

 

Paul's Turquoise fridge and my white 1966 fridge are both standard size 14 cu.ft. models with the same dimensions as most US-made Frigidaire top-freezer models of this time (32" wide, 64" tall).  This one is a smaller 12 cu-ft model which is still 32" wide but shorter by 5" at 59".

 

The ice trays were gold for 1965.



 



 

The 1965 ice ejector for the ice trays with gold anodized trim and gold printing on the side.

 



 

This Canadian model differs from the equivalent US model (FPI-12TJ) as it kept the door style still used on the larger 1965 models and inside, it has two small hydrators instead of a large one and the interior door design is also different (the US model had a butter conditioner at the center of the door and the setting knob is located above the "Butter" door instead of being behind it. 



 

Here's an ad for the US model FPI-12TJ which was the same dimensions as the one above, note the different doors (which Frigidaire introduced on this model in 1965 but used this design on many larger models the following year and for quite a long time after, even in the mid-1970s, there were still economy models made with these doors)

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[philr]

Here's a French ad from 1966 (I mean from France, not from Canada!) showing another 12 cu-ft fridge that's very similar to the one in the US ad above. This must have been a large fridge by the European standards of the time!

 

I can't tell if it's a 1966 thing but on this one (just like my newly acquired Canadian 14 cu-ft fridge) has a manual damper for airflow control (see the black knob above the "Meat Tender" drawer). The one in the US ad above seems to have an automatic damper with a thermostatic bulb just like my Canadian 1965.

 



 

Details about the manual damper used in my 1966 Canadian fridge and in the 1966 refrigerator in the French ad. 

 

 

[NYCWriter]

OMG!

I forgot about the little butter-keeper ... with its own temperature-control knob!

 

[turquoisedude]

The butter keeper has to be THE feature of older refrigerators that I miss the most. Perhaps not the most energy-efficient thing, but by golly it sure is nice to
have spreadable butter on a frigid February morn!

The '62 Imperial Cycla-Matic currently in the Ogden basement has one, too.

 

[firedome]

Those must be the Utica turquoise twins

that were available near me a while back... so pretty!

The white '66 is same one my parents bought around then. A good machine.

 

[philr]

Roger, both fridges are Canadian models, they aren't exactly the same as the US models.

 

And yes, the range is the one from Utica. I wanted the fridge that came with it for parts but it's not the one Paul got!

 

[bellalaundry]

Oh My...

Fantastic set there. My stove is a 30" Flair, however, mine is merely white. Great find.

Guy

 

[philr]

Guy, what's the model # or year of your Flair?

 

Here's my 1966 fridge's serial number with the "T" prefix for the Tecumseh compressor.

 



 

And a few more pictures of details.  If anyone finds original 12 egg trays for these fridges, I'd be interested to buy them.  



 



 



 



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[turquoisedude]

Oh neat! You're using that Frigidaire tester you found recently.

 

[philr]

Here's some service information for Frigidaire refrigerators equipped with Tecumseh compressors.

 



 



 



 

 

 

 

 

[philr]

And now some information from Frigidaire on how to replace a Meter-Miser with a Tecumseh compressor.