Old vintage fridges....pics?

[Roothawg]

I am on the lookout for an old round top fridge for the shop that I can customize.

What are the most popular models?
Who all made em?

Show some pics of yo' icebox.

[Unkl Ian]

This one belongs to Alan Johnson,Blairstown NJ.
No idea what make of model.

[Roothawg]

I have seen em around but the price is going up along with everything else.

What's a fair price for one that is running and working properly?

[Big A]

General Motors made fridges for a long time.

This company does some cool ($$$!!!) ones...

http://www.barfly.ca/english/gallery.html

[Boyd Who]

This is an early 50's Frigidaire that I turned into a luggage trailer...

http://www.nucleus.com/%7Eagingles/hotrod7.jpg

http://www.nucleus.com/%7Eagingles/hotrod8.jpg

[smittyshotrods]

That is pretty fuckin cool there BW! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif I saw one made into a go-kart once that was cool too.

[cougardan]

The first fridge I ever bought was a Norge. Very cool, yuk, yuk.
Dan

[kustombuilder]

i got alittle NORGE. was up at Levis Classic's a few weeks back and saw it on the side of the road with a sign that said "FREE. WORKS!"... can't beat that. MIKEO will be doin a rad flame job on it at some point in the not too distant future.

[Unkl Ian]

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MIKEO will be doin a rad flame job on it at some point in the not too distant future.



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Will it match the 2 tone "People's Car" in the background ? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Roothawg]

BW, very inventive. It has a weathertight seal and looks cool.

[safariknut]

Here's a,"sixpack"size fridge that my wife bought.Runs on 12VDC or house current with the adapter.

[Blownolds]

I've seen some around. There is one brand that starts with a "P". Philco, maybe??? Been a long time since I've seen one, I forgot.

[kustombuilder]

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MIKEO will be doin a rad flame job on it at some point in the not too distant future.



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Will it match the 2 tone "People's Car" in the background ? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

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NOPE!

[Rocky]

I just want a door off one to use for the back panel for my modified.......

[Roothawg]

I figured the stripers would have tons of pics.

[Bugman]

Mine. painted by me with custom mixed lacqure.

[willowbilly3]

I had a nice one I got at a yard sale for $40, worked great and was dead quiet.
The GM ones were fridgidaire. I have also seen them from other carmakers. I think my friend had a Kiaser once. After ww2 they had to make something to replace all the bombs and war machinery.

[Roothawg]

That's what I am looking for......keep em coming.

[Boyd Who]

Thanks Smitty & Root! The idea came to me one night. I wanted something to pull behind my T-bucket, and a Coke cooler was way out of my price range. I thought an old fridge would be pretty cool (pun intended).

It worked out alot better than I thought. When they're fully gutted they'll hold a ton of shit. The only problem is they're not 100% water tight. They're not bad on the road, but they tend to collect alot of condensation inside if left outdoors for any length of time. As such, the poor beast is in dire need of a complete "body" restoration right now. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif

[J Man]

This should be more of what you are looking for.

[Jeff Norwell]

Root/I have a mid-50's Fridgidaire.no pics as of yet...still virgin white......my brother in law is holding on to it for us since we moved(in his family room)..but I want to flame it and stripe it in the future..its real neat..the metal plaque on the door.says made by General Motors....I did not realize that http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

[Retroline]

No flash paint jobs yet but these are our household fridges.
the first is an early Silent Knight and the second is a Crosley shelvador.

[Retroline]

[G V Gordon]

Root, almost everyone at one time or another marketed a 'fridge. I used to have an International Harvester 'fridge of all things. Of course it was made by someone else but if you look around there are a lot of them still out there keepin' the beer cold.

[DanO]

I recently bought an old (1940's) Frigidaire at an estate sale for 5 bucks. It runs great. I painted it, repaired the door seal and replaced the wiring because the old wire insulation was cracking pretty bad. Saturday, I watched an old (early '50's) round-top Kelvinator sell at a moving auction for $7.50. It was complete with all the shelves and ice cold beer to boot. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Roothawg]

I keep hearing about all these good deals for 5-10 bux. I am never that lucky. I am the guy that walks up right after you buy it......

[Boyd Who]

Maybe I shouldn't tell you about the 1942 GE fridge I got from an appliance shop about 10 years ago. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif
It was the first one I bought, but I thought it would be too small for what I needed. I still have it, it's been gutted and will make a nice paint/chemical storage unit in my new shed.

[Assdragger]

I come across these things all the time. I`m a delivery guy for Lowes, we will deliver your new fridge then we haul away your old one free of charge!!

I`ve got a 54 GE round top dorm fridge that came out of the Univ.of Mo. offices, it looks like new inside and the outside is still bright white.
I got my buddy a 53 International with a 39 Dodge shifter for a handle (the original broke off), this fridge came from the original owners and they still had the papers that came with it!! We painted it purple with flames and exstinded the shifter handle up over the top about 12" with a skull shifter!

I`ve also got an old philco, dont know if it works though?

Sorry, no pic`s.

[greaseball]

My Great-uncle has an old-school fridge,
and he's movin' up to Washington....
I need to get my ass over there so I can pick it up!

[kustombuilder]

just found this CROSLEY fridge in the junk yard yesterday. the plastic inside is all busted up but the outside looks cool as hell. dig the sunken circle and the chrome trim!!!

i might have to go back for that one. it'd make a great cabinet in the garage.

[kustombuilder]

the detail!!...

[MikeO]

Yeah you should go back to get that and if you dont want it I would have to hurry to go pick ahh umm yours up to paint yeah thats it http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Mojo_AL]

This summer, I bought a 50's Westinghouse with a turquoise interior for 20$ canadian. The best thing is that it works like a charm.

My friend's father delivers parcels for a living. Since he spends all that time on the road, he gets to pick up everyone's cool garbage. He told me that he sees fridges like that being thrown out almost weekly, often with a sign that says that they work.

[sodbuster]

One more to keep an eye out for is a "Stewart Warner" fridge. I found one in a boneyard/creek fill pit and took all the badges off it. Be careful when banging and beating on them they are full of Asbesto's. I coughed for a couple days after tearing one up for the door badges.

Chris Nelson
Kansas

[Kevin Lee]

Root - I've had this HotPoint in my basement since I've moved in...about five years ago. Never thought to look in it and never thought to plug it in. A couple of weeks ago I thought, "wonder if it works?" Plugged it in and checked on it after couple of hours...ICE COLD. Thermometer in the freezer read zero, main compartment was chilly. We're moving mid October and my space goes from big shitty basement to smallish nice garage. The wife is UNstoked that I plan on taking every bit of my hot rod stuff to the new place...I'd like to have the fridge over there but I have to choose my battles and the flatheads stay. So if you want to drive to KC and load it up it's yours. That's what - four hours? Otherwise it goes in the moving sale.

[fatassbuick]

Here's a pic of my Hotpoint. I keep it in the gay-roge full of beer (or just Gatorade, lately). The interior is almost flawless. One of these days I guess I'll paint it. http://home.comcast.net/~fatassbuick/Pictures/hotpoint.jpg

Runs perfectly and keeps my stuff as cold as, uh, hell. Light even works still.

[SpeedRacer2002]

Hey Grim. if Root dont want that i would buy it from ya... i have done like 4 of em for friends and my dad has one of em at his antique shop but i want one for my basement...

[LIMEY]

Had this LEC for about 12yrs now & it just keeps on going, another brand over here was Prestcold which was manufactured by Pressed Steel Fisher who's real game was making car panels for cars called Austin Morris.

[Foul]

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Root, almost everyone at one time or another marketed a 'fridge. I used to have an International Harvester 'fridge of all things. Of course it was made by someone else but if you look around there are a lot of them still out there keepin' the beer cold.

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Yeah, if you're ever watching Friends, look closely at the fridge in Monica's apartment - it's an International Harvester. My ex didn't understand why I got so excited watching that show with her one day.

Really liked that Crosley fridge.

Curious why I haven't seen any Nash-Kelvinator fridges yet. Seemed the company was known for the fridges almost as well as for their cars.
dan

[Randy D]

heres my Crosley Shelvador. runs incredibly quiet! me and my pops had to grunt it out of a basement at an estate sale. Only had one bullet hole to fix.

[Randy D]

'nuther

[Kojack]

Can't seem to find a full shot of the damn thing, but here's my Frigidaire in the garage. You know when they have those Spring cleaning days and people just throw stuff out? Snagged this, and it works perfectly.

[Roothawg]

Hey Grim, thanks for the offer but I am tied up for the next month. Ya might wanna sell it. Thanks again.

Root

[Kevin Lee]

Well I can't really offer to GIVE it to you and then sell it to speedracer. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif

speed - Come get it - just remember it has to be gone by October. You can call to set stuff up - phone number on the way.

[redpunk]

Heres Mine, its a 1950 International Harvester... Found it in my local paper brought it home and painted it up.. Works great too...

[ThunderRocket]

Mine is Black with traditional flames pinstriped in reflective blue.
Works great, Keeps the Keg at 38*.
On the side there is a shifter with a white GTO 4 speed knob on the tap.
Grab 2nd gear and pull a Pint! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

My neighbor did his in Blue Angel blue with a F4 Phantom contol stick on the tap.
The logo on the front reads Brew Angels. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Django]

Is this vintage enough? http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif I restored this about 7 years ago. Microwave in top, liquor cabinet in the bottom.

http://www.mdesignstudio.com/chad/other/fridge1.jpg

http://www.mdesignstudio.com/chad/other/fridge2.jpg

[30roadster]

My wife's grandfather recently gave me his 1944 General Electric fridge he bought brand new. It was their first fridge ever. Before that they had an ice box. He worked for the FAA and so was considered a contributor to the war effort. He was given a coupon so he could by the fridge. Your average civilian couldn't even buy one. He is very proud of that fridge. He says he did have to spend $3.00 on it once to replace the rubber seals around the door....the damn thing still freezes ice.... Why can't they make them like that anymore? sorry no pic's

[Boyd Who]

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My wife's grandfather recently gave me his 1944 General Electric fridge he bought brand new. It was their first fridge ever. Before that they had an ice box. He worked for the FAA and so was considered a contributor to the war effort. He was given a coupon so he could by the fridge. Your average civilian couldn't even buy one. He is very proud of that fridge. He says he did have to spend $3.00 on it once to replace the rubber seals around the door....the damn thing still freezes ice.... Why can't they make them like that anymore? sorry no pic's

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Does it look like this one? This is my '42 GE.

http://www.nucleus.com/~agingles/1942GE.jpg

[bootie]

you walk into almost any bach (beach house) over here and they'll have an old fridge as the main unit or at the least a beer fridge - i had one till i sold the bach and built a new beach house - meant new fridge kitchen etc - wish i still had the fridge though
other than that SMEG do a modern version - same style but modern internals

[RoadDevil13]

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Here's a,"sixpack"size fridge that my wife bought.Runs on 12VDC or house current with the adapter.

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Hey Safari...can you tell me where she got that little fridge??

[bigron]

so where do you get parts for them? i have a kelvinator fridge that works great and i need a door seal for it.

[stealthcruiser]

bigron,
hit up big gut,his pa in law runs the appliance parts world around these parts,and he collects some old appliances ,the best i remember.

[Roothawg]

Yeah what about some of the other parts? Like regular stuff, compressors etc. Can ya still get it? Is it all about the same as the newwer ones?

[Blownolds]

10 years ago there was a place in Huntington Beach that used to restore and sell these early round-tops on the side. It was called Beach Appliance. I do not know if they are still in business or not.

Hey, what are decent unrestored but restorable round-tops or other vintage fridges worth?

[DanO]

Here is a link to a site that specializes in restorations and parts: www.antiqueappliances.com. (http://www.antiqueappliances.com.) They can make a new door seal. I would imagine that it would be pretty expensive. I found a place locally that would make one for $35.00. I just used some silicon caulk and repaired my old seal myself.

[30roadster]

boyd who - i'll have to get a picture....the 44 i've got is smooth on the front and has general electric spelled out in metal letters across the front. yours has the ribs...it's got the exact same handle though http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

thanks for the parts link - kyle

[yruhot]

Funny thing is we redid the kitchen with new stuff ripped out the old and Maytag fridge didn't last 5 yrs. Got tired fixing it and found this 1942 Fridgidaire at Ricks Restorations as seen on TV. And fell in love with it. Funny thing is now we are throwing out all the new stuff and the wife has gone all retro in the kitchen.. She even found a vintage elec defroster thing on e-bay in the orginal box. It looks like an old Jiffy Pop popcorn bubble that goes in the freezer and plugs into 110volts and defrosts it pretty quick. Shes little noiser but I dig the humming noise she makes . The fridge not the wife that is.lol.Doug

[frankishelby]

I repaint my old westinghouse that my friend gave me.
I used some old name plate that come from my 67 GT-350 and some from my friend 's 68 gt-350.