Uncommon Hotpoint Refrigerator bottom freezer in PHX $75

[funktionalart]

$75, uncommon configuration. Probably early/mid '80s. Mouldy looking freezer gasket, but unit supposedly works well:

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/app/5681553068.html
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/wvl/app/5681553068.html

 

[rp2813]

Nice fridge, and the ad sizes it up nicely. 

 

Worth twice the price IMO.

 

[tomturbomatic]

That freezer is a terrible configuration. Friends had a 1960 Frigidaire with that type of freezer and to get anything other than ice, the door had to be opened more than 90 degrees to allow the basket to be pulled out, blocking a huge part of the kitchen. They mostly kept frozen food in the basement freezer because of that. The GE rollouts were far more convenient to use.

 

[gansky1]

I don't think I've ever seen a GE/Hotpoint with a bottom freezer except in the catalogs.  Tom makes a good point about the freezer (and refrigerator, really) and pulling out the drawers.  This would only work in a wide open kitchen. "Nobody puts Baby in the corner."

 

[bajaespuma]

We had a Whirlpool refrigerator/freezer, bought in 1978, that looked very much like this model and was configured the same way with the same  floating "deli" pan. The handles for both compartments were a little different. This was at a period of time when bottom freezer units were rare and the market was beginning to shift back to them. The unit worked well and lasted for 16 years

(when they sold the house it was still working), but it was nothing compared to the 1962 GE roll-out that my Mother was hoping to have again.

 

[goatfarmer]

very unusual

never saw one.

 

[rp2813]

Door vs. Drawer

I agree with Tom and Greg.  The best configuration for a bottom freezer is a drawer. 

 

I'd only consider this fridge for drinks and the occasional overflow items, not a daily driver.  I access the freezer on my kitchen fridge way too often to deal with crouching down to get at its contents.  The freezer on my non-Frost Guard top-mount GE Combination drinks fridge can go for a week or more at a stretch without being accessed, so this HP would be fine as a replacement if I were in the market.

 

[vacman1961]

This was built by Amana for GE in the mid to late 80's. Great refrigerator, freezer hard to access.

 

[a440]

Charlie beat me to naming this being Amana built. A good friend of mine bought the Amana version during the 80's. I went with him to pick it out. It was an independent appliance dealer. All of the brands of this version were lined up side by side for comparison. The Amana had a more solid feel to it concerning the innards and door handles. It also cost a couple of hundred dollars more. He still loves his Fridge and it has never needed a repair. I want to say he bought it in 1984. It is funny to hear it run. It is quiet from start up and I would say it runs about 15 minutes out of the hour when not being opened and closed. And yes, it does hold the temp very well.