Let's see what ya' got! Ice, electric or gas. They must be least 25 years old. Current or former refrigerators. If you know, please include the model number and year of manufacture or thereabouts.
Let's see YOUR Vintage Refrigerator!
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Let's see what ya' got! Ice, electric or gas. They must be least 25 years old. Current or former refrigerators. If you know, please include the model number and year of manufacture or thereabouts.
1966 <strong>General Electric Model TCF19DBC Serial # LB631067</strong>
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1931 Frigidaire
Bought from someone using it as a back porch decoration and fixed up.
Bought from someone using it as a back porch decoration and fixed up.
oliger
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The first picture is of my original fridge. (Next to the washer and dryer.) It was a 1967 Whirlpool. It was really well designed. It died earlier this year.
The second picture is its replacement. A 1964 general electric. It isnt quite laid out as well, but it gets the job done in style.
The second picture is its replacement. A 1964 general electric. It isnt quite laid out as well, but it gets the job done in style.
Frigidaire from the 30's
I have probably a dozen or so round top refrigerators, this is one of the onesI have a picture of.
I have probably a dozen or so round top refrigerators, this is one of the onesI have a picture of.
Couple more
A Servel gas, and a Coolerator.
A Servel gas, and a Coolerator.
General Electric Spacemaker 15 Refrigerator Mod. TC474YD
Manufactured February, 1964
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Dave that 31’ Frigidaire is magnificent! What an impressive job you did on the restoration. You should be very proud. Thanks for sharing the photos. I’ll bet it looked just like this in 1931.
Eddie
Dave that 31’ Frigidaire is magnificent! What an impressive job you did on the restoration. You should be very proud. Thanks for sharing the photos. I’ll bet it looked just like this in 1931.
Eddie
David has a really cool collection (pun intended). I've learned more about those vintage compressors in a week than I have in my whole life.
Louie,
your 64’ and 66’ GE’s are pristine too! I would love to have either one of them as my daily driver. I always thought that the swing out shelves on GE’s were about the best design feature ever thought of for a fridge. And those beautiful blue, enameled crisper drawers are something we’ll never see again in a modern fridge. Everything is plastic, plastic and more plastic now.
Eddie
your 64’ and 66’ GE’s are pristine too! I would love to have either one of them as my daily driver. I always thought that the swing out shelves on GE’s were about the best design feature ever thought of for a fridge. And those beautiful blue, enameled crisper drawers are something we’ll never see again in a modern fridge. Everything is plastic, plastic and more plastic now.
Eddie
I so agree with you Eddie. Hopefully I'll get the '66 back up in a few days. The verdict is still out on the '64.
31 Frigidaire
Eddie, thanks for the compliment! I was fascinated with the belt-dries after seeing a video of one on You Tube and talking to a fellow collector who has one in need of troubleshooting.
In my research, I learned that there are a few of them still working, but they are either "survivors" that just are hanging on by a thread; or they have been repaired by someone who is unwilling to share any information.
Thereby my quest began. With my travels for work, I had an opportunity to locate this one. In case you haven't had a chance to see the videos of the repairs, here's the part 1:
Eddie, thanks for the compliment! I was fascinated with the belt-dries after seeing a video of one on You Tube and talking to a fellow collector who has one in need of troubleshooting.
In my research, I learned that there are a few of them still working, but they are either "survivors" that just are hanging on by a thread; or they have been repaired by someone who is unwilling to share any information.
Thereby my quest began. With my travels for work, I had an opportunity to locate this one. In case you haven't had a chance to see the videos of the repairs, here's the part 1:
1988 Kitchenaid all refrigerator and Freezer
Neither the freezer or ref have ever even been moved out of the space I built for them and only the refrigerator has ever been repaired [ light bulb failed at year 17, replaced with an LED ]
Even the IM in the freezer has never missed a beat, the freezer keeps a very even temperature and the ref is set at 34-35 F I have never had so much as a leaf of lettuce freeze and even leftovers keep well over a month in the refrigerator.
John L.
Neither the freezer or ref have ever even been moved out of the space I built for them and only the refrigerator has ever been repaired [ light bulb failed at year 17, replaced with an LED ]
Even the IM in the freezer has never missed a beat, the freezer keeps a very even temperature and the ref is set at 34-35 F I have never had so much as a leaf of lettuce freeze and even leftovers keep well over a month in the refrigerator.
John L.
Beautiful KitchenAids, John. I’ve always liked the format of a full-size refrigerator and a full-size freezer installed next to each other.
xraytech
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Only vintage fridge I have
A late 60s Hoover mini-fridge.
Made in Yugoslavia
A late 60s Hoover mini-fridge.
Made in Yugoslavia
Hey, that's a very short little mini-fridge! I bet it has an equally miniature compressor. I'm not very well versed with the Hoover brand. Did they re-badge this one or is it a fully one-off design?
if I ever get a vintage refrigerator...
...I'd love to get a big, old commercial McCall or Koch, with a matching freezer. Of course, even the smallest units (single section) are as wide as a residential French door fridge, as well as much deeper and taller. A double or triple section could dwarf a kitchen, lol.
...I'd love to get a big, old commercial McCall or Koch, with a matching freezer. Of course, even the smallest units (single section) are as wide as a residential French door fridge, as well as much deeper and taller. A double or triple section could dwarf a kitchen, lol.
I love these old refrigerators. Ultramatic's 1966 GE is amazing with chrome accents on the front and the style accents inside.
I'd just hate to pay the cost to run it. In 2010 I took advantage of the federal energy rebates going on and bought a WP that is an estimated 343 KWH per year. But boy is it ugly and cheap looking, inside and out.
How much more power do these vintage models use?
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I'd just hate to pay the cost to run it. In 2010 I took advantage of the federal energy rebates going on and bought a WP that is an estimated 343 KWH per year. But boy is it ugly and cheap looking, inside and out.
How much more power do these vintage models use?
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Energy Use
... Back in the 1930's, energy cost was a lot higher than it is today. I have heard figures from 5 to 7 TIMES as much, counting for cost of living adjustments.
The fridges from the era were sold with energy efficiency as a selling point. Frigidaire had their "Meter-Miser," GE had their "Thrift Unit," International Harvester had the "Tight Wad" and so forth.
By today's standards most of them would be in the middle of the highest tier of efficiency.
... Back in the 1930's, energy cost was a lot higher than it is today. I have heard figures from 5 to 7 TIMES as much, counting for cost of living adjustments.
The fridges from the era were sold with energy efficiency as a selling point. Frigidaire had their "Meter-Miser," GE had their "Thrift Unit," International Harvester had the "Tight Wad" and so forth.
By today's standards most of them would be in the middle of the highest tier of efficiency.
