VINTAGE 50s-60s(Brand?) FRIDGE - Perfect condition - $150 (Yakima)

[ovrphil]

Looks newer than the 1960's, but the aqua/turquoise interior is reminiscent of the 60's fridges...anyone recognize the brand and approximate year?

http://yakima.craigslist.org/app/5346767103.html

 

[pulltostart]

I'm thinking that badge at the top of both refrigerator pulls says 'Sears Coldspot'.  That "Provincial" styling on the doors looks straight out of the Sears catalog.

 

lawrence

 

[funktionalart]

Sundberg Ferar design...

for Sears' Coldspot. Late 60s to early 70s, if memory serves correctly.

 

[ovrphil]

Good call Allen

I remember now - caught one of these on a CL search:

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?57488_7

AND another nice link with discussion is below. Thanks for the reminder!

http://www.automaticwasher.org/cgi-bin/TD/TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?46958_16

 

[funktionalart]

These show up every now and then...

and always seem to be priced high….250-1000 (for a red-paneled one I saw in LA about 2 years ago). They are monstrously heavy to drag home, though...

 

[norgeway]

One of those

Things that the twenty something crowd thinks is NEW..LOL, its been around for over 40 years, and Sears did it FIRST!!!!

 

[circlew]

My friend Glenna D. got one of these soon after she and her husband Larry married. I'm pretty certain she got it at the same time as the Lady Kenmore washer & dryer set, which would have been in '67.

 

[ovrphil]

Functionalart -

Did you actually drag one home and use it for some time? I recall your one experience with hauling something home and it fell(not one of these).

There are some hydraulic dollies (sp?) that make sense to employ and some of the members own and use these. You can rent them here, which makes sense if you're carting things up and downstairs.

These configurations agree with me - freezer on the bottom. What's old is new, again, eh Hans?