Old vintage fridges....pics?

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.

 

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

 

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?

 

General Motors made fridges for a long time.

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

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

 

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

 

That is pretty ****in cool there BW! I saw one made into a go-kart once that was cool too.

 

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

 

i got alittle NORGE. was up at Levis Cl***ic'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.

 

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Will it match the 2 tone "People's Car" in the background ?

 

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

 

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

 

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.

 

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NOPE!

 

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

 

I figured the stripers would have tons of pics.

 

Mine. painted by me with custom mixed lacqure.

 

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.

 

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

 

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 ****. 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.

 

This should be more of what you are looking for.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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.

 

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......

 

Maybe I shouldn't tell you about the 1942 GE fridge I got from an appliance shop about 10 years ago.
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.

 

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.

 

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

 

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.