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cadman

cadman

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Hey guys,

Was making the rounds yesterday and spotted a very cute Coldspot I couldn't turn down. We managed to save it from the crusher this morning and brought it home, let things settle, then fired her up. Compressor runs great, t-stat cycles, but of course it was too cold outside to determine how she was doing internally- though I will note a layer of "frost" began to form on the freezer tin after half an hour or so.

For comparison, Cara barely measures at 5'! This is one small fridge!

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Couple of shallow "shelves" on the door. The lower designed with a rotating bail you can flip up should you get crazy and decide to store something other than a dozen eggs.

Any ideas on a year of this beauty?

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Wonderfull!

That looks so clean! Very nice save for a really neat refrig. She looks to have been very well cared for, too. I wonder what possesed the owners to give her up like that?

RCD
 
One more pic....

The slot machine handle! The turquoise accent is a nice touch, too.

My leanings tend to be towards the sheer-look, but if ever a refrigerator could be called "cute", this'd be it!

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She's a real beauty. I would love to have another little fridge like that. Good save. I'd peg it at no newer than mid 50's.
 
Cory:

You know, the more I think about it, the more I wonder if that isn't what I mentioned to you last night - a trailer model. Back then, there were trailers that really were trailers - they weren't nearly the size mobile homes are today. A lot of trailers back then had gas units, but that thing is just the right size for the dinky trailers of the '50s. There were big trailers then, don't get me wrong, but there were a lot of little ones too, because laws were looser and you could still legally live in a little one that was parked, in many places.
 
Cute little fridge

In the early 50's, during the Korean War, my parents lived in a little trailer near Ft. Knox, Ky. From what I remember hearing it was 8'x24' and it had an icebox that looked like a refrigerator. One day my mom forgot to empty the drip pan and it overflowed onto the floor. My dad got up early the next morning and stepped in cold water.
Due to this and other factors, they soon traded this trailer in for a larger one that had an electric refrigerator. That little Coldspot would have been ideal for a small trailer or apartment. Wonder who the manufacturer was?
 
So Nice!
What a cute Fridge and what a cute model! (girl that is)
It is in mint shape!
Beautiful!
Great Find!
Brent
 
Seeger!

Seeger refrigeration co. made Coldspots untill 57 or so when Whirlpool bought them out as well as Birtman electric for there vacuums and some mixers, this was done so Sears could have many major products under one management.
 
My partner once lived in a 50's apartment building. Every unit had a fridge about this same size, and they were all in pastel colors. A friend of his still lived there in the mid-80's and had a yellow one. So I think apartment sized is what this cute little Coldspot is.
 
Wild....

That refrigerator was the one I remember in my older brother's first apartment in downtown Montreal, circa 1977! I remember having to explain to him how to defrost the freezer section without using a hammer and chisel!!
Great find and it sure is in wonderful condition!!
 
Thanks for the kudos guys- I just couldn't stand to see it crushed, and I've got the perfect place for it to go later this summer.

Talking about defrosting, this one has a mark on the dial to do just that, between Vacation and Off. Figure it's just a real high-temp t-stat setting. -Cory
 
Yeah, most fridges from that era had a "Defrost" setting on the dial as you described. I've never seen an owners manual for one, so don't know how that setting was meant to be used. Maybe you turned it to "Defrost" at night and by next morning the tray below the freezer was full of water?

I also used to have an external unit called a "De-Frost-It" which was basically a timer that kicked in daily to shut the fridge down and allow the evaporator's frost to melt. The instructions on the back had faded and it was tough to get it working right. When I sort of had it set correctly, what I ended up with was mini stalagtites hanging off the bottom of the evaporator. Maybe that's why I've never seen another "De-Frost-It" before or since.

Ralph
 

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