Can anyone tell me the year of this fridge?.....
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classiccaprice
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Mid 60s, I think.
The exterior says earlier '60s but the interior says later '60s.
Nice and clean -- if it has its bottom grille. I don't know why those go missing on so many fridges.
Nice and clean -- if it has its bottom grille. I don't know why those go missing on so many fridges.
ptcruiser51
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Exact model
of mom's 1966 16.0 cu. ft. GE. Hers was left-hand swing, but otherwise the same. Sold it with the house in 1993, never a repair. Bottom grille is missing, I remember it was a PITA to remove and replace to clean the drip pan underneath. I can't remember if it had coils on the back or not. If you have occasion to catch the movie "That Thing You Do!" (Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Jonathan Schach, others), this model makes an appearance in the opening scene!
of mom's 1966 16.0 cu. ft. GE. Hers was left-hand swing, but otherwise the same. Sold it with the house in 1993, never a repair. Bottom grille is missing, I remember it was a PITA to remove and replace to clean the drip pan underneath. I can't remember if it had coils on the back or not. If you have occasion to catch the movie "That Thing You Do!" (Liv Tyler, Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson, Jonathan Schach, others), this model makes an appearance in the opening scene!
We had the same model.
I'd say 1966. That's the earliest refrigerator I remember growing up.
I'd say 1966. That's the earliest refrigerator I remember growing up.
Thanks everyone
for the responses! It looks to me as though the bottom grille is missing...:-(
Otherwise, I am enamored of her!..Not the price, however.. It is being sold by a family owned appliance store and they're asking $600.00!...Crazy, I know.
If it is a 65, would it be self defrosting? If I decide to go look at it, and learn more about her, I'll let you all know.
Thanks again!....
Diame
for the responses! It looks to me as though the bottom grille is missing...:-(
Otherwise, I am enamored of her!..Not the price, however.. It is being sold by a family owned appliance store and they're asking $600.00!...Crazy, I know.
If it is a 65, would it be self defrosting? If I decide to go look at it, and learn more about her, I'll let you all know.
Thanks again!....
Diame
It could be a frost free model. $600.00 is way overpriced, even half is a lot, IMHO.
Using Google, I found several GE refrigerator ads from the early-mid 60's. Saw that handle style used on the '65 models, but for the '66 models, a new handle type was used. Not sure about '64; found an ad from a '64 magazine that showed that handle, but it didn't tell the month, so if late in the year, it could have been for a '65.
The bad thing about relying on ads is that the coming years models usually were introduced sometime between late summer and mid fall. If I had the actual magazine it would make it a lot easier to tell.
Another thing, GE may have still been using older trim styles on some models, especially the lower priced ones, though your model looks to be one that is near TOL.
The bad thing about relying on ads is that the coming years models usually were introduced sometime between late summer and mid fall. If I had the actual magazine it would make it a lot easier to tell.
Another thing, GE may have still been using older trim styles on some models, especially the lower priced ones, though your model looks to be one that is near TOL.
Per that sliver of freezer vents at extreme top right of photo 1 of 2, I'm betting it's a frost free system.
It's way overpriced. I'd not even pay half that.
It's way overpriced. I'd not even pay half that.
brib68
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Missing bottom grille
Somehow I had completely forgotten that frost-free refrigerators had grilles and drip trays! When I was a kid, I used to take off the grille and check to see if the pan was full all the time. Not even sure why--there was never more than a trace of water in the pan. I guess it just evaporated from the heat?
That GE for sale is in gorgeous shape. Curious styling: the freezer door being framed in chrome, but not the main compartment door.
Somehow I had completely forgotten that frost-free refrigerators had grilles and drip trays! When I was a kid, I used to take off the grille and check to see if the pan was full all the time. Not even sure why--there was never more than a trace of water in the pan. I guess it just evaporated from the heat?
That GE for sale is in gorgeous shape. Curious styling: the freezer door being framed in chrome, but not the main compartment door.
The horrible '65 Wardgidaire we put up with briefly had a drip tray below, but condenser coils were on the back so there was no fan to help with evaporation. The tray always had a significant amount of water in it.
Neat GE Frost Guard Frost Free Refrigerator
This model could be a 1964 ref at least several GE refs used these handles and trim on the top of the freezer door in 1964. All GE refs 30&1/2" wide like this model had forced air cooled condensers and used a grill at the bottom whether they were FF or manual defrost freezers.
These were good refs in their day but if it has been in continues use the Styrofoam around the evaporator coil under the freezer floor is probably a deteriorated mess, and this is very difficult to repair. When this insulation deteriorates the evaporator usually does not defrost properly and you can have a host of other performance problems with the refrigerator, as a result FF refs of this age are not good candidates for daily use as your main ref.
Hi Ralph, if you had a M Wards ref from 1965 it was not built by Frigidaire, [ Frigidaire did not build refs for MM till about 1970 ] but more likely Westinghouse. The WH built refs that had a static condenser had an electric heater under the black plastic drain pan, these heaters often failed and then you had a pan full of water, LOL.
John L.
This model could be a 1964 ref at least several GE refs used these handles and trim on the top of the freezer door in 1964. All GE refs 30&1/2" wide like this model had forced air cooled condensers and used a grill at the bottom whether they were FF or manual defrost freezers.
These were good refs in their day but if it has been in continues use the Styrofoam around the evaporator coil under the freezer floor is probably a deteriorated mess, and this is very difficult to repair. When this insulation deteriorates the evaporator usually does not defrost properly and you can have a host of other performance problems with the refrigerator, as a result FF refs of this age are not good candidates for daily use as your main ref.
Hi Ralph, if you had a M Wards ref from 1965 it was not built by Frigidaire, [ Frigidaire did not build refs for MM till about 1970 ] but more likely Westinghouse. The WH built refs that had a static condenser had an electric heater under the black plastic drain pan, these heaters often failed and then you had a pan full of water, LOL.
John L.
