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I have had this for a while and wanted to share it with the group I will be restoring it very soon. It really needs a paint job and the rest is history.
Westinghouse soon to be restored
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appliances4me
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its in great shape.
I love it my cousin gave it to me years ago and it came all the way from virginia to florida with me.
I love it my cousin gave it to me years ago and it came all the way from virginia to florida with me.
ptcruiser51
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Possibly 1948?
My parents' model looked like this interior, but the door had a plastic-ended handle. It was the exact model that the Cunninghams had on "Happy Days". I think that the badge on the door had a small "W" trademark in a blue circle on the bottom center.
My parents' model looked like this interior, but the door had a plastic-ended handle. It was the exact model that the Cunninghams had on "Happy Days". I think that the badge on the door had a small "W" trademark in a blue circle on the bottom center.
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the year
I wish I knew I dont know where to dind it at I have looked all over no luck.
I wish I knew I dont know where to dind it at I have looked all over no luck.
Well, I found the date ours was put together when I had to take the front door apart. Our gasket was in shreds, and before we got the thing, someone had tried to slam the door with the freezer door open, so that white inner panel on the door was cracked. I took all the screws out from around under the gasket and pulled that panel out, and there was a date stamped on the back of the white panel: MAY 18, 1949.
That white inner panel looked to be made out of some sort of molded masonite (?) type material. I siliconed the cracks in it, and it ain't real pretty, but at least it's still functional. It would be nice to find a "new" inner door panel somehow, but I'm just glad it's workin' !
That white inner panel looked to be made out of some sort of molded masonite (?) type material. I siliconed the cracks in it, and it ain't real pretty, but at least it's still functional. It would be nice to find a "new" inner door panel somehow, but I'm just glad it's workin' !
I think it might be a little earlier than 1949. We had nearly the identical 1949 model when I was a kid, but ours had a separate meat drawer under the freezer compartment. Either it's a little older or just a different model that probably was a little more affordable. Also, the temp adjustment was right in the center on ours instead of over the freezing compartment. Otherwise it looks like the same machine. Nice to see the handle is still working fine. That's the weak link on these types.
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But just this morning I was at Value Village and picked this up. I was just going to post a thread offering it. Lemme know
But just this morning I was at Value Village and picked this up. I was just going to post a thread offering it. Lemme know
Matt, the model number usually indicates the year of manufacture. IIRC, our 1949 fridge was model D-9-49. Check the last two digits on your unit's model number and that should provide the year it was made.
I noticed that the bottom shelf looks to be half wire rack and the other half glass. On ours, both bottom shelves were glass (with "humidrawer" crispers underneath), and there was a metal plate that slid in under the freezer section that provided a "lid" to the meat drawer. The plate had a hole in it so when you defrosted, the melted ice would drain through the hole and be caught in the meat drawer.
The plastic on the handle was apparently a vulnerable component. It broke on ours sometime in the mid-60's. The entire handle started to pull itself out of its housing in later years after it became the garage fridge at my parents' house. Eventually through neglect (I'll take the blame since my time was so limited) the old gal needed defrosting badly, and a combo of that and a serious heat wave did her in a few years ago.
You don't see too many of these old Westy fridges out there anymore. GE's and other makes seemed to hold up longer with better handle mechanisms. Yours should serve you well for quite a few years with proper care and maintenance.
Ralph
I noticed that the bottom shelf looks to be half wire rack and the other half glass. On ours, both bottom shelves were glass (with "humidrawer" crispers underneath), and there was a metal plate that slid in under the freezer section that provided a "lid" to the meat drawer. The plate had a hole in it so when you defrosted, the melted ice would drain through the hole and be caught in the meat drawer.
The plastic on the handle was apparently a vulnerable component. It broke on ours sometime in the mid-60's. The entire handle started to pull itself out of its housing in later years after it became the garage fridge at my parents' house. Eventually through neglect (I'll take the blame since my time was so limited) the old gal needed defrosting badly, and a combo of that and a serious heat wave did her in a few years ago.
You don't see too many of these old Westy fridges out there anymore. GE's and other makes seemed to hold up longer with better handle mechanisms. Yours should serve you well for quite a few years with proper care and maintenance.
Ralph
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Charbee:
I'm probably talking about something I don't know nuttin' about, but a thought occurs to me....
It seems to me that someone who does fibreglass work might be able to reproduce that inner door panel. People who work on boats, Corvettes, and other fibreglass stuff might have the expertise to do what's needed. Laying fibreglass from scratch is quite a bit different from repairing the stuff, but that's where I'd start a-lookin'.
I'm probably talking about something I don't know nuttin' about, but a thought occurs to me....
It seems to me that someone who does fibreglass work might be able to reproduce that inner door panel. People who work on boats, Corvettes, and other fibreglass stuff might have the expertise to do what's needed. Laying fibreglass from scratch is quite a bit different from repairing the stuff, but that's where I'd start a-lookin'.
Also, it looks to me like the ice cube tray pictured above is larger than the Westinghouse cube/release lever mechanism that's sitting in it. I suspect the tray would be too long to fit inside the freezing compartment, or that Westy lever unit is sized for a smaller tray and freezer.
Nice Westy! Sometimes, if you find the wiring diagram, there is a date at the bottom, of when it was printed. I have a Firestone 'fridge that I dated around 1947, because there was a Firestone decal on the door panel that had that date on it.
Love those old round tops!
Love those old round tops!
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I had all the trays and such that went with it such as the ice cube trays and so on. Is there anything I could do make the fridge run longer. currently it does not stay on I run it once every few weeks for about an hour or so just to keep its gaskets and such exercised. Any tips or hints that one could make. Also one day I would love to have the compressor upgraded to something more efficient. And also how ineficient are these compressors. There is a lot of argument about that in my house. The trays and such were lost in a bitter break up. =(
I had all the trays and such that went with it such as the ice cube trays and so on. Is there anything I could do make the fridge run longer. currently it does not stay on I run it once every few weeks for about an hour or so just to keep its gaskets and such exercised. Any tips or hints that one could make. Also one day I would love to have the compressor upgraded to something more efficient. And also how ineficient are these compressors. There is a lot of argument about that in my house. The trays and such were lost in a bitter break up. =(
It may need a new cold control to run longer.
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I think I know someone that may want the ice tray... I'll check with him and find out.
Hold on a bit I already offered it to Matt
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oh that's fine. Let me know.
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cold ? control
What is a cold control?
What is a cold control?
Cold control...
It's the thermostat or control that you set the temperature inside. I'm not sure why a bad control would make it run shorter times though. Maybe someone can explain.
Generally, fridges of that vintage are cheap to run. It's the defrost cycle that costs money and those fridges don't have it. Everyone around me tells me how high my electric bills will be with my four or five fridges running. Yeah right, it seems to be $30 a month.
It's the thermostat or control that you set the temperature inside. I'm not sure why a bad control would make it run shorter times though. Maybe someone can explain.
Generally, fridges of that vintage are cheap to run. It's the defrost cycle that costs money and those fridges don't have it. Everyone around me tells me how high my electric bills will be with my four or five fridges running. Yeah right, it seems to be $30 a month.
