Vintage Sheer look fridge in Richmond, VA

[classiccaprice]

Pink!!!

http://richmond.craigslist.org/app/3703831102.html

 

[classiccaprice]

GE Kitchen Center in MD

No DW or Combo, but still cool

http://baltimore.craigslist.org/ppd/3693050644.html

 

[bluejay]

And now it's no longer defying gravity!

 

[goatfarmer]

Where are the rest of the shelves? Only one?

 

[norgeway]

That Fridge..

Is a 62.

 

[rp2813]

Shelves

I thought the same thing.  So many vintage refrigerators are short-shelved.  What happened to the missing ones?  Did they end up as camping grills or tomato plant cages or what?

 

[bluejay]

Does anyone know when the switch was made to molded plastic interiors? From what I understand, the older fridges from the 50s weren't molded plastic, which allowed for the insulation to be easily changed. We spoke with someone that worked at Frigidaire in the 70s and he indicated that starting in the 60s, Frigidaire began using a wand system where the insulation was inserted in and then activated. He said that this system makes the fridges from the 60s and 70s much more difficult to restore, as not many places can reinsulate with the wand system.

In looking at this one, it looks like it isn't one solid interior.

 

[SQueenJJ]

My grandmothers Fridge

That is the refrigerator my grandmother had until she died in 1991. It was still working great then. Her's was white though.

 

[philr]

These 1962 Deluxe Frost-Proof fridges were still made in 1963-64 as economy models and unlike the restyled 1963 and newer Frost-Proof models (both DeLuxe and Imperials), they still had cold plates and a second fan in their refrigerator section rather than airflow from the freezer. As for the insulation, I can't tell when they changed to molded plastic interiors but starting in 1964, some models were insulated with urethane foam (which makes them more spacious but it can absorb moisture...). Early and mid-1960s Tech-Talk manuals still explain how to remove the liners in fridges. I never did that but I can tell you that the 1961-65 Frigidaire fridges I have still have metal liners inside and porcelain coating in their refrigerator section.  

 

About missing shelves, I think it's because these non-adjustable shelves didn't allow to store newer packaging or beer bottles (these are often used as beer fridges in basements). The top-freezer models often lack their ice tray shelf as it takes some space that many just don't need in a second fridge. The bottom-freezer models also sometimes lack their baskets as they are quite spacious once the baskets are removed but not so much with them. You can't even store a large frozen pizza in them!

 

But medium-sized pizzas still fit!



 

 

Here's how the inside of many early 1960s Frigidaire refrigerators look like with all shelves in place... 



 

 

 

[circlew]

We had this same model in White from '62 until it was replaced with a Hotpoint in '77. I remember the liner being porcelain on steel.