Picked this up today - also a C/L find. It's a 1951 model DO-90. Same house I grabbed the Maytag washer & dryer from today - this was in the basement of the house, nice and dry.
GM Frigidiaire Refrigerator
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It needs a good detailing, of course, but it's one of the cleanest I've seen in a long time. I have all the shelves, original Kwik-Kube ice trays and Hydrator drawers.
Congrats
Looks nice!
Looks nice!
Beautiful, beautiful! The delux finish looks to still be in pretty good shape. There isn't much better than the sheen from a porcelain refrigerator interior.
Now you just need to plug this in next to the GE in the garage. Before you do that though, make sure you negotiate better rates with the power company! ;-)
Ben
Now you just need to plug this in next to the GE in the garage. Before you do that though, make sure you negotiate better rates with the power company! ;-)
Ben
Nice catch!
Oh, for a modern porcelain lined refrigerator.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
Oh, for a modern porcelain lined refrigerator.
Lawrence/Maytagbear
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Simply Gorgeous!
That's fabulous, Greg... Love those 50's refrigerators.
And a Frigidaire, no less...
Dreamy!
That's fabulous, Greg... Love those 50's refrigerators.
And a Frigidaire, no less...
Dreamy!
You got that right, Rick! That IS a beauty, wish I could find a similar Frigidaire around here. All I find is rusty Kelvy's, and an occasional GE...
Ohh I like the lines
Greg you'll have nice cold Ice Berg lettuce and Coke in bottles in that one!
Heavy heavy! But they were also designed for you to hide in when the President pushed the button!
Greg you'll have nice cold Ice Berg lettuce and Coke in bottles in that one!
Heavy heavy! But they were also designed for you to hide in when the President pushed the button!
What a day in Omaha!!!
The Easter Bunny came early! Congrats on all of your new finds Greg!
The Easter Bunny came early! Congrats on all of your new finds Greg!
richm
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Wow!
Thats the refrigerator I grew up with! If I can find an old picture and scan it, I'll send it to you. Thanks for the memories!
RichM
Thats the refrigerator I grew up with! If I can find an old picture and scan it, I'll send it to you. Thanks for the memories!
RichM
golittlesport
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The refrigerator I grew up with
Wow...memory lane. My folks got that same model refrigerator when they were married in the spring of 1952. I remember it well. The drawer under the freezer compartment was for meat. In about 1965 my mom got a side-by-side frost-free Westinghouse in avocado, that seemed huge in comparison to that Frigidaire, which was pretty small for a family of 8.
We kept it in the basement for soft drinks and my dad's beer until 1972 when we moved to California and sold it to a neighbor. Only service call in 20 years was to replace the door handle once.
Thanks for the pictures, Greg. What you gonna do with it?
Wow...memory lane. My folks got that same model refrigerator when they were married in the spring of 1952. I remember it well. The drawer under the freezer compartment was for meat. In about 1965 my mom got a side-by-side frost-free Westinghouse in avocado, that seemed huge in comparison to that Frigidaire, which was pretty small for a family of 8.
We kept it in the basement for soft drinks and my dad's beer until 1972 when we moved to California and sold it to a neighbor. Only service call in 20 years was to replace the door handle once.
Thanks for the pictures, Greg. What you gonna do with it?
danemodsandy
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Lordy!
Greg, you can find better stuff in basements than I can hunt down, pay top dollar for, and spend a fortune restoring! Good job.
Great fridge! I'd love to see that alongside a '49 Frigidaire range like the one we used to have. Like your fridge, it was a Raymond Loewy design.
Mmm - your fridge, our old range, a KD-10 dishwasher, and northwesty's Kenmore pair. Truman-era bliss!
Greg, you can find better stuff in basements than I can hunt down, pay top dollar for, and spend a fortune restoring! Good job.
Great fridge! I'd love to see that alongside a '49 Frigidaire range like the one we used to have. Like your fridge, it was a Raymond Loewy design.
Mmm - your fridge, our old range, a KD-10 dishwasher, and northwesty's Kenmore pair. Truman-era bliss!
danemodsandy
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Greg:
Here's an ad shot of the Frigidaire range I grew up with. I think you'll see why I thought of it immediately when I saw the pics of your new refrigerator.
Here's an ad shot of the Frigidaire range I grew up with. I think you'll see why I thought of it immediately when I saw the pics of your new refrigerator.
Frigidaire stuff.
My housemate has an older version (1950?) of that fridge. The door is the same shape, with the same chrome strip, but the handle is different and the emblem is different too. Ours also has only a small freezer in the upper right corner, not the full-width freezer. As for the stove in the ad...
Classiccaprice has a slightly lower end version of that stove in daily use that I picked up for him for free. I normally hate electrics, but that one is actually very nice and evenly-heating. It was the first electric stove I have ever liked. He wants our fridge, but we like it too much to part with it now.
Dave
My housemate has an older version (1950?) of that fridge. The door is the same shape, with the same chrome strip, but the handle is different and the emblem is different too. Ours also has only a small freezer in the upper right corner, not the full-width freezer. As for the stove in the ad...
Classiccaprice has a slightly lower end version of that stove in daily use that I picked up for him for free. I normally hate electrics, but that one is actually very nice and evenly-heating. It was the first electric stove I have ever liked. He wants our fridge, but we like it too much to part with it now.
Dave
Frigidaire stuff.
My housemate has an older version (1950?) of that fridge. The door is the same shape, with the same chrome strip, but the handle is different and the emblem is different too. Ours also has only a small freezer in the upper right corner, not the full-width freezer. As for the stove in the ad...
Classiccaprice has a slightly lower end version of that stove in daily use that I picked up for him for free. I normally hate electrics, but that one is actually very nice and evenly-heating. It was the first electric stove I have ever liked. He wants our fridge, but we like it too much to part with it now.
Dave
My housemate has an older version (1950?) of that fridge. The door is the same shape, with the same chrome strip, but the handle is different and the emblem is different too. Ours also has only a small freezer in the upper right corner, not the full-width freezer. As for the stove in the ad...
Classiccaprice has a slightly lower end version of that stove in daily use that I picked up for him for free. I normally hate electrics, but that one is actually very nice and evenly-heating. It was the first electric stove I have ever liked. He wants our fridge, but we like it too much to part with it now.
Dave
Woops!
Oops, I hit the button twice, I guess I need to take some time to defrost...
Dave
Oops, I hit the button twice, I guess I need to take some time to defrost...
Dave
danemodsandy
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It Was a Good Range:
Until Mom, The Appliance Killer, got hold of it. One by one, the knobs broke, and do you think she put any effort into obtaining replacements? The burners began to falter, and again, nothing was done. Finally, we were down to the burner under the deep-well cooker, raised to its cooktop position.
The luxury Loewy went to the curb in '74, replaced by an early Lady Kenmore smooth-top that was only 30". Horrible, vile-tempered thing it was, too; it would burn your pots or your food as soon as look at you. Cleaning of the snow-white top was a nightmare.
Wish I'd known then what I know now!
Until Mom, The Appliance Killer, got hold of it. One by one, the knobs broke, and do you think she put any effort into obtaining replacements? The burners began to falter, and again, nothing was done. Finally, we were down to the burner under the deep-well cooker, raised to its cooktop position.
The luxury Loewy went to the curb in '74, replaced by an early Lady Kenmore smooth-top that was only 30". Horrible, vile-tempered thing it was, too; it would burn your pots or your food as soon as look at you. Cleaning of the snow-white top was a nightmare.
Wish I'd known then what I know now!
