Vintage refrigerator's.....
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We talk about them here. I have 5: 1951 GE combo, 1954 Frigidaire Imperial Cyclamatic, 1955 Frigidaire Cyclamatic, 1948 Servel, 1932 GE (not working), and a 1949 Coldspot chest freezer.
Several other members have vintage fridges.
Several other members have vintage fridges.
Wag, that '48 GE is a keeper for sure, so to speak, as is David's '51 combo, one of my favorite fridges of all time. Seems GE is my brand of choice for old fridges even though I don't own one currently. Who doesn't love a monitor top?
The only vintage fridge I've got right now is a '39 Westinghouse, a very small capacity unit that has been in virtually uninterrupted service since new and has all its parts including the opaque glass tray under the freezing compartment. It was in a 1904 apartment house my sister managed and she gave it to me back in the early 70's. It's keeping soda and beer cold on my mom's patio currently. It's machines like these that lend truth to the term "use it or lose it" in my opinion.
If you want to talk vintage refers David is right, Super forum is the place to do it.
Ralph
The only vintage fridge I've got right now is a '39 Westinghouse, a very small capacity unit that has been in virtually uninterrupted service since new and has all its parts including the opaque glass tray under the freezing compartment. It was in a 1904 apartment house my sister managed and she gave it to me back in the early 70's. It's keeping soda and beer cold on my mom's patio currently. It's machines like these that lend truth to the term "use it or lose it" in my opinion.
If you want to talk vintage refers David is right, Super forum is the place to do it.
Ralph
1940 Gibson
...currently resting under a tarp in my garage. I rewired it, and it runs excellent. I'm in need of one crisper drawer. I saved this fine machine from a fate worse than the krusher, it was going to be used as a smoker!!
...currently resting under a tarp in my garage. I rewired it, and it runs excellent. I'm in need of one crisper drawer. I saved this fine machine from a fate worse than the krusher, it was going to be used as a smoker!!
felinefrenzy
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My fridge is currently being restored and re-painted. It is a 1955 General Electric. I need the cheese keeper basket for it.
Philco?
Looks like drmitch's fridge is a single-door Philco from the late 1950's. Don't know the model, but the cabinet looks like an early 50s Philco my grandmother once owned, but the door looks like an attempt to copy the Frigidaire "Sheer Look" of the late 50s and adapt it to the older cabiner.
My aunt and uncle bought a single-door Philco in 1963 (replacing the above Philco), and it was a "modern" square cabinet design.
GE, ironically, had similar (transitional) single door BOL as late as the early 1960s; came across a GE fridge owners manual with the information on my mom's 1962-vintage 2-door combination (which incidentally replaced a 1948-vintage single door Philco with the separate shelf door and a non-refrigerated bin under the cabinet in front of the compressor).
Philco may have been known for its radios, but its fridges where pretty darn durable, too...
Looks like drmitch's fridge is a single-door Philco from the late 1950's. Don't know the model, but the cabinet looks like an early 50s Philco my grandmother once owned, but the door looks like an attempt to copy the Frigidaire "Sheer Look" of the late 50s and adapt it to the older cabiner.
My aunt and uncle bought a single-door Philco in 1963 (replacing the above Philco), and it was a "modern" square cabinet design.
GE, ironically, had similar (transitional) single door BOL as late as the early 1960s; came across a GE fridge owners manual with the information on my mom's 1962-vintage 2-door combination (which incidentally replaced a 1948-vintage single door Philco with the separate shelf door and a non-refrigerated bin under the cabinet in front of the compressor).
Philco may have been known for its radios, but its fridges where pretty darn durable, too...
washendry
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GIBSON FRIG
Ken,
Thats the refrigerator I grew up with, my parents bought it when they married in Jan 1949, its still in the basement of their home, and runs, it has one crisper drawer across the bottom, a glass door on the freezer compt. "Freezer Locker" the chill tray and small glass shelf below the chill drawer, it was our only refrigerator (6 kids) and was replaced in the early 80's with a Philco (ford) that has long ago been replaced,
KIm
Ken,
Thats the refrigerator I grew up with, my parents bought it when they married in Jan 1949, its still in the basement of their home, and runs, it has one crisper drawer across the bottom, a glass door on the freezer compt. "Freezer Locker" the chill tray and small glass shelf below the chill drawer, it was our only refrigerator (6 kids) and was replaced in the early 80's with a Philco (ford) that has long ago been replaced,
KIm
This Gibson has 2 small crisper drawers. I found one at the appliance restoration place in Georgia, still need another one.
When I rewired it, the relay had a date of June 12 1940 on it, that's how I'm figuring it's 1940.
kennyGF
When I rewired it, the relay had a date of June 12 1940 on it, that's how I'm figuring it's 1940.
kennyGF
neptunebob
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Turning that refrigerator into a smoker would be worse than the Krusher. It's just like when the wicked witch on "The Wizard Of Oz" threatened to turn the Tinman into a bird feeder!
