Is this one a Betty Furness vintage model, with the touch-to-open feature?
lawrence
lawrence
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Don't know about touch to open but
It's a real beauty, for sure.
I'm no expert but it looks more 1950's than 1960's.
It's a real beauty, for sure.
I'm no expert but it looks more 1950's than 1960's.
whirlaway
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Clean!!!!!!
That is one really clean fridge,Id say its one of the few thats worth the price.It sure looks like the Betty Furness model where the plug was out during the showing of it live on TV.Gotta be on You Tube.She really held her cool and did a good job.
That is one really clean fridge,Id say its one of the few thats worth the price.It sure looks like the Betty Furness model where the plug was out during the showing of it live on TV.Gotta be on You Tube.She really held her cool and did a good job.
No visible means of opening the door, so it must be touch-to-open. It also looks like it has a counter for door openings to trigger the defrost cycle.
I'm curious about the formula the seller used to arrive at $860. Why not $864.23? Regardless, even in such good shape I doubt that fridge will be sporting a "sold" sign any time soon.
I'm curious about the formula the seller used to arrive at $860. Why not $864.23? Regardless, even in such good shape I doubt that fridge will be sporting a "sold" sign any time soon.
arbilab
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Yes. You punched or elbowed the gold pad and a solenoid opened the door. We had that exact model. It would still open without power by pressing the pad and finger-prying. But Betty's poor substitute didn't know that for the live commercial where she was supposed to show the inside. Would have looked bad anyway. Some stagehand probably got fired over that.
rinso
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All in all, one of the best refrigerators of its time.
...and the price is more than reasonable!
norgeway
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We had one..
Like this in our basement when I was a kid, It came out of a Church kitchen!! It is a 53, I wish I had known then what I know now !!!
Like this in our basement when I was a kid, It came out of a Church kitchen!! It is a 53, I wish I had known then what I know now !!!
quincyman
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Had One as a child.
Had one in our house as a child. From the fifties. I always thought it was inconvenient because before you could close it, you had to pull down a lever in door where the catch was or it wouldn't close.
Cool machine.
Had one in our house as a child. From the fifties. I always thought it was inconvenient because before you could close it, you had to pull down a lever in door where the catch was or it wouldn't close.
Cool machine.
arbilab
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Properly adjusted that door closed like any other fridge. Later in its life ours needed fiddling. Latch penetration and angle, release button length. The mechanism wasn't bulletproof for something that gets used as much as a fridge latch. A passive footpedal as featured on some others might have been a better idea.
Good unit overall though. The refrigeration never faltered and the defrost only needed servicing once.
Note that the gold pad was a later aesthetic. The original continued the aqua from the decorative insert. We broke our aqua pad and the replacement was gold. Again, not bulletproof. Would you expect to replace car door latches after 5 years? (Unless of course you bought a late 50s Chrysler.)
Good unit overall though. The refrigeration never faltered and the defrost only needed servicing once.
Note that the gold pad was a later aesthetic. The original continued the aqua from the decorative insert. We broke our aqua pad and the replacement was gold. Again, not bulletproof. Would you expect to replace car door latches after 5 years? (Unless of course you bought a late 50s Chrysler.)
