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Vintage 1950's Frigidaire refrigerator $750 - Evansville, ILL
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repairguy
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Looks good. 1959?
ovrphil
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Year - 1959
I have two 1964 Imperial Frigidaire...one is painted finish, the other porcelain.
The painted Imperial has this on the back: FPI-168-64 (or is that FPI-16B-64?).
In any case, the last two digits show the year, so you're right on the turquoise
one I posted..it's a 1959.
I have two 1964 Imperial Frigidaire...one is painted finish, the other porcelain.
The painted Imperial has this on the back: FPI-168-64 (or is that FPI-16B-64?).
In any case, the last two digits show the year, so you're right on the turquoise
one I posted..it's a 1959.
4bagger
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It runs but...
Beautiful appliance. However, it's a refrigerator. Running should equal getting cold, shouldn't it?
Beautiful appliance. However, it's a refrigerator. Running should equal getting cold, shouldn't it?
misplaced decimal point
Not cooling? Maybe 75.00
Not cooling? Maybe 75.00
repairguy
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Now $250 less.
Very rare frost proof Frigidaire refrigerator
Never saw this model before with the freezer door behind the main refrigerator door in a totally frostproof refrigerator.
You can see from the back of the refrigerator the massive evaporator fan motor they used in the freezer of these early frostproof models.
They were worried about how much heat the motor would put off so they mounted on the outside of the refrigerator.
Never saw this model before with the freezer door behind the main refrigerator door in a totally frostproof refrigerator.
You can see from the back of the refrigerator the massive evaporator fan motor they used in the freezer of these early frostproof models.
They were worried about how much heat the motor would put off so they mounted on the outside of the refrigerator.
Sigh, not only not cooling but missing most of the interior parts and bins....
I've got an ad somewhere for a '57 Cold Pantry that was a one-door refrigerator with a bottom freezer compartment, however I do not know if it was a frost-proof or not. This really is different, having a frost-proof single-door model. PhilR would plotz if he saw this!!
I've got an ad somewhere for a '57 Cold Pantry that was a one-door refrigerator with a bottom freezer compartment, however I do not know if it was a frost-proof or not. This really is different, having a frost-proof single-door model. PhilR would plotz if he saw this!!
1959 frost proof refrigerator
Yes I hate to say it but if this was closer I would probably buy it in spite of the $500 price.
But as Paul pointed out it’s missing a lot of interior parts which are very hard to find, but it was so technologically advanced that it appeals to me.
The 1957 model you mentioned Paul was not frost proof the first Frigidaire refrigerator to use the system was a 1958 bottom freezer model and then this model must’ve come out the following year as a slightly cheaper but completely frostproof refrigerator.
The freezer section in this refrigerator for sale used a huge blower and they move the air so fast throughout the freezer compartment the engineers didn’t want any moisture to be able to settle on any frozen packages or anything they wanted it to be picked up and condensed and frozen onto the evaporator immediately.
Later on engineers realized it was not Necessary to move this much air to accomplish a frost free freezer.
I have an extra freezer fan motor for this refrigerator that’s for sale and it uses 65 W of power if it had been located inside the freezer that’s 180 BTUs of best or more than 1/4 of the entire cooling system capacity of this refrigerator. That’s why the evaporator fan motor is outside of the refrigerator so that this extra heat just dissipates into the room.
This refrigerator also has a small evaporator fan inside the refrigerator for the refrigerators evaporator. This fan motor only drew about 25 Watts or 75 BTUs of heat working against the cooling system.
In any event it’s a really cool piece of engineering and it’s definitely worthy of being in a museum of American refrigerators as this was a Frigidaires first effort for a fully frost proof refrigerator.
John
Yes I hate to say it but if this was closer I would probably buy it in spite of the $500 price.
But as Paul pointed out it’s missing a lot of interior parts which are very hard to find, but it was so technologically advanced that it appeals to me.
The 1957 model you mentioned Paul was not frost proof the first Frigidaire refrigerator to use the system was a 1958 bottom freezer model and then this model must’ve come out the following year as a slightly cheaper but completely frostproof refrigerator.
The freezer section in this refrigerator for sale used a huge blower and they move the air so fast throughout the freezer compartment the engineers didn’t want any moisture to be able to settle on any frozen packages or anything they wanted it to be picked up and condensed and frozen onto the evaporator immediately.
Later on engineers realized it was not Necessary to move this much air to accomplish a frost free freezer.
I have an extra freezer fan motor for this refrigerator that’s for sale and it uses 65 W of power if it had been located inside the freezer that’s 180 BTUs of best or more than 1/4 of the entire cooling system capacity of this refrigerator. That’s why the evaporator fan motor is outside of the refrigerator so that this extra heat just dissipates into the room.
This refrigerator also has a small evaporator fan inside the refrigerator for the refrigerators evaporator. This fan motor only drew about 25 Watts or 75 BTUs of heat working against the cooling system.
In any event it’s a really cool piece of engineering and it’s definitely worthy of being in a museum of American refrigerators as this was a Frigidaires first effort for a fully frost proof refrigerator.
John
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