It was supposed to be a rainy day here but the sun just came back!

[philr]

And so did some Sunny Yellow kitchen appliances. 

 

Can anyone guess what they are?!

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[turquoisedude]

I'm not sayin' nuthin'....  LOL 

 

But once again, you sent me the link to the ad AFTER you'd picked them up - devious boy!!

 

[philr]

Paul, that's not true!

I sent you the link to the ad before I picked them up!

 

;-)

 

[turquoisedude]

Yeah, THIS time...  not like with a certain Control Tower set.... LOL 

 

But, gee Phil, if this is in the Super Forum you couldn't have pulled a stunt like that again, right??   I know but I'm not telling... Hee Hee Hee

 

[philr]

I told you about the control towers before I got them too!

Don't you remember, when I told you about the Control Towers, I was on my way to get them and I knew you were at work and a bit further away!

 

;-)

 

[ovrphil]

what a thread!

"you didn't..!"

" I did too!"

"and the Control Tower..I did"

"yah, this time".

I'm between laughing and crying. What the heck did you buy, PhilR?

 

[philr]

The pictures should tell something...

There's a hint on this page: http://www.automatice.org/cgi-bin/index.cgi

 

[philr]

More precisely, I meant this image!

 

 

[firedome]

So show us these sunny yellow appliances already!

inquiring minds want to see them.. I love that "Frost Proof" logo badge!

Well somebody REEEEALY wanted those Control Towers!
It's a dog-eat-dog world out there in appliance-ville, n'est ce pas? LOL

 

[philr]

I don't think Paul was really mad at me for getting those! I'm never mad at him for getting stuff that I'd like to have! And we both got stuff from/for each other!

 

I thought someone would have guessed the year/model of the appliances I just got. 

 

I'll post pics tomorrow!

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Yay Frigidaire!

Well, I'll just take a stab in the dark... Sunny yellow '59 Frigidaire refrigerator, as well as a sunny yellow 30" '59 Frigidaire range with French doors.

Also, I recognize that "New lacework styling - so feminine for your kitchen!"

 

[philr]

Fred, you got it! [this post was last edited: 6/23/2015-00:00]

 

[ovrphil]

Bingo! And I can't wait to see photos. Will white give way to a new yellow appliance scheme in the PhilR household?

 

[philr]

The range is in relatively rough shape. The main issue is the control panel glass that's badly cracked.

I don't know if I'll part it out or if I'll try to find the replacement parts for it. Another one with a missing Heat Minder and Speed Heat.

Anyone have leads on a replacement glass for it?

 

[arbilab]

The tower? Rapunzel! Rapunzel!

 

[arbilab]

[server is hiccupping]

 

[turquoisedude]

Phil, is the range you just got the same as the one we saw in that old summer cottage near Black Lake last year??

 

And full disclosure, Phil has found countless goodies for me, large and small, over the years.  The jewel in the crown has been that '62 Flair Range that's going to be in daily service in our new home in St-Liboire along with a '65 Frigidaire CyclaMatic refrigerator (both turquoise!).   

 

That yellow refrigerator looks really neat - and it's a frost-proof!  Bonus!!

 

[hooverwheelaway]

Fabulous finds! Can't wait to see more detailed pictures of the fridge and range! Does the clock work on the range? ;-) I'd hold off and try to find a replacement glass - that's such a cute matched set, it would be a shame to part it out.

 

[firedome]

'59 has to be one of their best years...

how good was FD's Frost Proof in those early years?

My aunt & uncle here used to have a bottom freezer fridge that had lacework on the BOTTOM door, possibly a Frigidaire? They got rid of it at least 30 yrs ago so it's hard to remember.

 

[swestoyz]

Oh wow Phil, what great finds!  The fridge is SOOO close to your dream Frigidaire, but those '59's are pretty special, especially in yellow!

 

I haven't seen too many '59 30" Custom Imperial ranges out in the wild.  Hopefully you can find a replacement at some point.

 

Ben

 

[cadman]

Phil, what a score! Those are some sharp appliances in some sharp colors. I agree with Fred, hold out for the backglass, a complete panel is bound to turn up sooner or later. -C

 

[hooverwheelaway]

The styling of that fridge is so over the top - I'm not sure that I've ever really seen or really paid much attention to the styling of the '59 model year fridges. It's definitely taking me some getting used to, as it's such a departure from what a fridge generally looks like. Frigidaire sure didn't skimp on the "lacework styling" in 1959. My favorite fridge style by Frigidaire is the one with the square handle, with FRIGIDAIRE spelled out in the little circles across the door - 1960; if we found a bottom freezer model in Turquoise, with the pedal to open the freezer, that would be "sheer" (pun intended) perfection.

Again - great finds, I'm sure there can't be many of these beasts still in existance.

 

[philr]

I think I'm going to keep it. Strangely, the top part of the refrigerator and the drawer of the range have white panels instead of yellow ones. I guess they were replaced and they couldn't find some in the correct color.

 

Roger, Frigidaire didn't have decorated freezer doors and that was the only year for panels like this on the refrigerator door (the 1960 also had a much smaller panel but still on the upper door.

 

I still wish I could find a 1958 Frost Proof refrigerator as I prefer it's styling but the 1959 is the closest thing to it and it matches with my favorite range.

 

Fred, I also like the 1960 a lot (and the similar 1961 and 1962). A friend of mine had a 1960 in her basement (at her parent's place) in the late 1990s. I know someone who still has a 1960 Frost-Proof freezer. 

 

There was something in a newspaper from Ontario about someone who liked his 1960 Frigidaire refrigerator a few years ago. I saved the picture.