My new 1927 GE monitor top

[travis]

I rescued this poor dead giant fridge on ebay.  The cabinet has a lot of porcelain damage, but I was after the 80 fin monitor top with the double evaporators!

 

[travis]

Sorry for the cell phone pictures.

 

[travis]

I would like to repaint this top and use it on a two door cabinet I have already.  This was listed as not working, but it runs and cools just fine.  It's just amazing it does after 85 years.

 

[westingman123]

score!

As you said yesterday, "It liked the car ride." Whatcha gonna do with the cabinet? It weighs a ton, doesn't it?

 

[swestoyz]

Very cool fridge Travis. I have one question though - how in the heck did you move this beast?

Ben

 

[rp2813]

That is my favorite style of monitor top with the nickel plated cabinet trim and hasps that give it a food locker look.

 

I had a double door about a year newer with those same dual evaporators.  I could sit for a year or longer without running (it was a beastly thing and lived in the garage) but would operate fine when fired up, even before I located a replacement oil heater for it.

 

Nice score Travis!

 

[travis]

Keith,

 

As much as it bothers me, I think the cabinet is going to be scrapped.  I don't have enough double evaporator tops to sell the cabinet with one.  I also won't have 62" of wall space in my kitchen for it.

 

Ben,

 

The shipper, who I have used before, moved it with a pallet jack.  The cabinet likely weighs 350 and the top another 300.  I have a lift to pull the top off.

 

[58limited]

As much as it bothers me, I think the cabinet is going to be

Put it out in the garage, use it as a paint locker.

 

If there was some place in the house for it, it would make a cool linen closet.

 

[goatfarmer]

What a beast!  Nice score, Travis!

 

[travis]

If someone wants this cabinet make me an offer and come get it.  If not, I'll save the shelves, hinges and latches.  The top will be appropriate for a 42" cabinet that will fit in my kitchen.

 

[gansky1]

What a beast - and people worried about the weight of waterbeds!

Still running! Congrats on a good save.

 

[travis]

Thanks guys!

I was advised by another friend that the top would run less and possibly last longer on my smaller cabinet. I measured again. I don't have the space for it.

I'll find someone to soda blast it and repaint the top.

 

[athanasius80]

Glad you got it Travis!

 

[jetcone]

Just

Restored my 1936 Monitor Top. New capacitor- she is almost silent now! And sand and repaint. And new gaskets, no more humidity inside, dry as a bone!
What a machine!

But I needed my friend here and his 6'3" son to help me lift move and install the gasket! These beasts are heavy!

 

[jetcone]

Gasket close up

RocketSeals - love them!

 

[athanasius80]

I've got the same model. I'll have to try Rocketseals now.

 

[jetcone]

Here

is the link for everyone, I like their logo!

Quick ship too!

http://www.rocketseals.com/pages/about-us

 

[christfr]

WOOOOOOH TRAVIS ITS THE MOTHER OF ALL FRIDGES HOW COOL IS THAT

 

[travis]

Pulled the top today

Three of us and a lift pulled the top today off the cabinet.  Keith is planning to reuse the cabinet.