Excellent Frigidaire Vintage Imperial 19 frstprf Fridge Bottom Freezer, Warranty - $220 (Roseburg)

[ovrphil]

http://roseburg.craigslist.org/app/d/excellent-frigidaire-vintage/6350306719.html

 

[rp2813]

That doesn't exactly look like coppertone, but I guess it is.  Too bad the fan/light cover is missing. 

 

I can't figure out what that is in picture #5.

 

[combo52]

1964 FD ref, TOL, the only tilt out Freezer model

Picture #5 is the butter dish in the heated butter compartment.

 

[rp2813]

Out of sight, out of mind

Thanks John.  I had assumed that what I saw in picture 2 was a full enough view of the door shelving to indicate there was no butter compartment, so I was stumped. 

 

I don't think I could live with a fridge that required back-breaking acrobatics just to get the freezer door fully opened.  It's debatable whether this design was an improvement over a hinged freezer door.  I think GE's drawer approach was superior to either one.

 

[goatfarmer]

That's a good looking 'fridge! The price is not outrageous, either.

 

[combo52]

Tilt-Out Bottom Freezers

These actually worked really well and took less effort to open and close than vintage GEs or new current refs, I think the only real disadvantage was they lost more space although most current pull out freezers lose a LOT of space compared to models with swinging doors.

Both Norge and FD built these refs with tilt-out bottom freezers.

 

[circlew]

My mom's friend Frances had one of these in White, along with a Flair range. Her brother owned a GM dealership, so they got a discount on Frigidaire.