Philco-Ford 'fridge
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Nice sized fridge for a spare, and nice looking. But yeah, overpriced.
It's likely to be manual defrost--and so many manufacturers made 'Ford Fridges/Philco Phridges' such as General Electric and the folks who made Kelvinator, O'Keefe & Merritt, Bradford and Tappan, so from what little I see, I wonder if this falls into any of those lines...
-- Dave
-- Dave
I'm thinking Philco made their own, at least in this time frame.
DaveAMKrayoGuy's own FILOSOFEE!
That might be true--If a Philco IS a Philko and not a Filko, or a Filco, then it might be the last of their true, original design...
-- Dave
That might be true--If a Philco IS a Philko and not a Filko, or a Filco, then it might be the last of their true, original design...
-- Dave
Will the real Philco please stand up?
From some recent research I've done, Ford was still making some home appliance products through the 70's and into the 80's. Which is surprising considering the appliance arm of Philco was the last thing Ford probably wanted to deal with once they saw how things were run after the 1961 purchase of the company.
By 1969, Ford announced that they would be getting out of the Laundry/Range/Dishwasher business, but would keep making refrigeration and home electronic products through the Philco-Ford brand, per a NY Times article I found a few months ago.
"[COLOR=#333333; font-family: georgia,]Last Sept. 15 Ford announced at. Detroit that Philco‐Ford was getting out of the home laundry, kitchen range and dishwasher business. The move was, said to cost the company about $16‐million after taxes, or 15 cents a share, a non‐recurring charge on third‐quarter earnings."[/COLOR]
http://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/07/a...lcoford-president-leaves-philcoford-corp.html
From some recent research I've done, Ford was still making some home appliance products through the 70's and into the 80's. Which is surprising considering the appliance arm of Philco was the last thing Ford probably wanted to deal with once they saw how things were run after the 1961 purchase of the company.
By 1969, Ford announced that they would be getting out of the Laundry/Range/Dishwasher business, but would keep making refrigeration and home electronic products through the Philco-Ford brand, per a NY Times article I found a few months ago.
"[COLOR=#333333; font-family: georgia,]Last Sept. 15 Ford announced at. Detroit that Philco‐Ford was getting out of the home laundry, kitchen range and dishwasher business. The move was, said to cost the company about $16‐million after taxes, or 15 cents a share, a non‐recurring charge on third‐quarter earnings."[/COLOR]
http://www.nytimes.com/1970/02/07/a...lcoford-president-leaves-philcoford-corp.html
Somehow my clock in my 1/2 bath is a Philco (my mom bought a lot of these & I don't know if there are any more "survivors" left, as they've gotten discarded if/when they'd quit working, or other than my 'one', just got lost & misplaced...
I think I still do see the Philco name on some audio equipment, maybe on an occasional video product, or electronic/novel device...
-- Dave
I think I still do see the Philco name on some audio equipment, maybe on an occasional video product, or electronic/novel device...
-- Dave
I always liked Philco refrigerators. They were just different enough to be interesting , at least to me. Love to have this 'fridge, but at $50.00 or less. Got a late 40's round top in the barn, I'll have to dig that one out.
Just noticed that there doesn't appear to be a defrost drain in the freezer (or maybe it's out of view?). What a PITA.
It seems GE was the only make to put a drain in there, and it's a fabulous thing.
It seems GE was the only make to put a drain in there, and it's a fabulous thing.
Late 60s / early 70s Philco Ford Ref
It is a manual defrost freezer model [ which is the only reason it might actually still work, LOL ]
Philco-Ford refs from this time period were not much, they were noisy as hell however and in the early 70s they went to all all plastic liners and the doors would not even stay closed on their SXS models.
John L.
It is a manual defrost freezer model [ which is the only reason it might actually still work, LOL ]
Philco-Ford refs from this time period were not much, they were noisy as hell however and in the early 70s they went to all all plastic liners and the doors would not even stay closed on their SXS models.
John L.
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Philco fridges
Up into the late 50s were about silent, but John is right, they got sorry quick as did Westinghouse.
Up into the late 50s were about silent, but John is right, they got sorry quick as did Westinghouse.
Its A Cycle Defrost Refrigerator
The FF section is self-defrosting, the freezer section in a manual defrost.
The FF section is self-defrosting, the freezer section in a manual defrost.
"Cycle Defrost"--once again I learn something NEW!
I'm afraid it's my lack of understanding of this concept...
So, if the fridge section has gridwork, above the fresh-food area, does that deem it Manual Defrost? And if it doesn't, but the freezer wouldn't be self-defrosting, in case of the fresh-food area, as in one resembling one that's Frost Free?
I remember some flea market I went to having a bunch of Avocado Green top-freezer Frigidaires (there were also matching electric ranges bad other misc. appliances) saying "Cyclematic", and Whirlpool termed this system "Automatic" (Sears Coldspot probably did too) much like what this Philco does, whereas I've seen Amana's "Automatic Refrigerator" also employing this concept... Ditto the General Electic and Hotpoint with the three '+ + +'s (pluses)...
-- Dave
I'm afraid it's my lack of understanding of this concept...
So, if the fridge section has gridwork, above the fresh-food area, does that deem it Manual Defrost? And if it doesn't, but the freezer wouldn't be self-defrosting, in case of the fresh-food area, as in one resembling one that's Frost Free?
I remember some flea market I went to having a bunch of Avocado Green top-freezer Frigidaires (there were also matching electric ranges bad other misc. appliances) saying "Cyclematic", and Whirlpool termed this system "Automatic" (Sears Coldspot probably did too) much like what this Philco does, whereas I've seen Amana's "Automatic Refrigerator" also employing this concept... Ditto the General Electic and Hotpoint with the three '+ + +'s (pluses)...
-- Dave
