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| Post# 732624 2/3/2014 at 07:52 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Pick this up over the weekend from a originals owners house who died. This thing is a beast i used my dolly but still had a hell of a time just getting it out of there house 
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| Post# 732625 , Reply# 1 2/3/2014 at 07:53 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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| Post# 732627 , Reply# 2 2/3/2014 at 07:54 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Its dirty but im slowly cleaning it 
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| Post# 732628 , Reply# 3 2/3/2014 at 07:55 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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The swing out shelves our out for cleaning 
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| Post# 732629 , Reply# 4 2/3/2014 at 07:57 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Freezer shot 
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| Post# 732630 , Reply# 5 2/3/2014 at 07:58 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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| Post# 732632 , Reply# 6 2/3/2014 at 08:01 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Dirty but just so cool 
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| Post# 732633 , Reply# 7 2/3/2014 at 08:04 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Is only the smaller model but it does have hot gas defrost. It works great and is dead silent more pics to follow as i get her cleaned up to become my dd | ||
Post# 732644 , Reply# 8 2/3/2014 at 09:28 (3,735 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 732645 , Reply# 9 2/3/2014 at 09:32 (3,735 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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No i went myself with my mazda 5 the seller did not think i would get it in my self .....but i did my back is still killing me. But a positive note the freezer was at -11 this morning and tge fridge was sitting at 35 | ||
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Post# 732648 , Reply# 10 2/3/2014 at 09:43 (3,735 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 732650 , Reply# 11 2/3/2014 at 09:53 (3,735 days old) by firedome (Binghamton NY & Lake Champlain VT) | ||
I want one too! | ||
| Post# 732684 , Reply# 13 2/3/2014 at 14:09 (3,734 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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My first step is to get rid of the surface rust on the fruit and veg draws im gonna sand prim and then paint them the closest blue enamel i can find 
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Post# 732697 , Reply# 14 2/3/2014 at 15:46 (3,734 days old) by warmsecondrinse (Fort Lee, NJ) |
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That is very, very cool............... Best of luck with it! | ||
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Post# 732698 , Reply# 15 2/3/2014 at 15:48 (3,734 days old) by pulltostart (Mobile, AL) |
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| Post# 732702 , Reply# 16 2/3/2014 at 16:04 (3,734 days old) by PhilR (Quebec Canada) | ||
 Eric, You should try to clean the rust first, most of it will go off easily on the porcelain. I wouldn't sand and spray paint the porcelain finish. After you'll have removed the rust stains on the porcelain, you'll see it's not that bad and and then you can apply some touch-up paint with a small brush just where the porcelain is chipped.
Also, to clean the plastic liners in the doors, avoid using anything strong. Just warm water with hand dishwashing detergent should do it and it won't damage the plastic. | ||
| Post# 732704 , Reply# 17 2/3/2014 at 16:16 (3,734 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Thanks i will try that the rest spots are from where it chiped away i just want to cover tge bare metal to prevent futher damage | ||
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Post# 732713 , Reply# 18 2/3/2014 at 17:41 (3,734 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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| Post# 732717 , Reply# 19 2/3/2014 at 18:21 (3,734 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Rust on Porcelain:
The easiest and best way to clean rust from porcelain - and also the exposed metal - is ZUD Cleanser. ZUD is formulated to remove rust stains from sinks, toilets, etc. You can find it in grocery and hardware stores, somewhere near the Comet and Ajax.
If you will use ZUD on the rusty places that are chipped, they will come completely clean. A little clear lacquer applied with a brush on the bare metal will keep rust from re-forming for quite a while. When it does re-appear, a little lacquer thinner will remove the lacquer, and you can repeat the ZUD and lacquer treatment. I would respectfully disagree with Kenny on the use of a green Scotchbrite pad; I find them too prone to scratching and scuffing surfaces. I use the blue, non-scratch Scotchbrite pads, with excellent results. I don't disagree with him on the use of dishwasher detergent! A question - how in the HELL did you move that thing in a Mazda 5 minivan? Did you lay it down? If so, I hope you gave it some "upright" time before plugging it back in. | ||
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Post# 732722 , Reply# 20 2/3/2014 at 18:32 (3,734 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Just for emphasis | ||
| Post# 732740 , Reply# 21 2/3/2014 at 20:22 (3,734 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Fair enough i will leave the bins. I did leave it sit up right overnight. And yes it did fit in my mazda 5 with all doors shut. I am damn good at tetris | ||
| Post# 732744 , Reply# 22 2/3/2014 at 20:40 (3,734 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Eric: | ||
| Post# 732748 , Reply# 23 2/3/2014 at 20:59 (3,734 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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No stock mazda 5 2012 seats folded down front seats pushed mostley forward | ||
| Post# 732749 , Reply# 24 2/3/2014 at 21:02 (3,734 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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I will say it barley fit i had a few inchs left near tge too and the back gate barley closed | ||
| Post# 732769 , Reply# 25 2/4/2014 at 06:41 (3,734 days old) by estesguy (kansas) | ||
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Mr Clean Mr Clean..... I find the Mr. Clean (or similar generic store brand)sponges do an amazing job of cleaning with out scratching. I don't know how they work, but they work very well. | ||
| Post# 732781 , Reply# 26 2/4/2014 at 08:32 (3,734 days old) by vintagekitchen () | ||
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Good trick for rust.. A friend told me years ago, use fine steel wool ( the kind sold near sandpaper in stores) and KY Jelly to scrub rust away without scratching or damaging the finish on items. Works a treat. | ||
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Post# 732863 , Reply# 27 2/4/2014 at 17:06 (3,733 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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Nice looking GE | ||
| Post# 733555 , Reply# 29 2/7/2014 at 16:38 (3,730 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm) | ||
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It is a very nice refer/freezer . . . I love those "fancy" freezer door panels. What a great buy , congrats ! | ||
| Post# 733575 , Reply# 30 2/7/2014 at 17:58 (3,730 days old) by cornutt (Huntsville, AL USA) | ||
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What does that switch on the butter container do? | ||
| Post# 733605 , Reply# 31 2/7/2014 at 21:32 (3,730 days old) by moparguy (Virginia) | ||
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The butter container switch lets you set the temperature for the butter firmness, hard/medium/soft. A great feature, especially before there was 'spreadable' butter! | ||
| Post# 733653 , Reply# 32 2/8/2014 at 08:08 (3,730 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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It has a heater in the door in that compartment to keepit at a higer temp still works too | ||
| Post# 733656 , Reply# 33 2/8/2014 at 08:18 (3,730 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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The fridge is getting installed today pics will follow i had to wait for help to get it from my garage to my house | ||
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Post# 733753 , Reply# 34 2/8/2014 at 14:18 (3,729 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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Butter I fondly remember the pink TOL 1960 Coldspot bottom freezer behemoth my sister and her (long ago ex) husband bought used in 1975. It had "soft" and "hard" settings for the butter compartment. I've wanted a fridge with those options ever since.
If I ever find a Combination with a heated butter compartment, that's where I'll be storing my butter dish. We use tubs of "light" spread more than anything, but when we use butter for company or whatever, it would be luxurious to take it from fridge directly to the table already at a spreadable consistency.
I'm looking forward to the pictures once you have the fridge installed. | ||
| Post# 733933 , Reply# 35 2/9/2014 at 08:45 (3,729 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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For my soft butter loving friend 
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| Post# 733934 , Reply# 36 2/9/2014 at 08:47 (3,729 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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All my magnets and such 
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| Post# 733935 , Reply# 37 2/9/2014 at 08:47 (3,729 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Door shot 
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| Post# 733936 , Reply# 38 2/9/2014 at 08:50 (3,729 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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I went with only 2 shelves 3 was to many 
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| Post# 733937 , Reply# 39 2/9/2014 at 08:51 (3,729 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Freezer shot 
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| Post# 733938 , Reply# 40 2/9/2014 at 08:54 (3,729 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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In all i like the refrigerator but it is kinda small So the hunt begins for the larger 18 cu ft model Does any one have a electrical diagram or repair book for this model by chance | ||
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Post# 733984 , Reply# 41 2/9/2014 at 12:42 (3,728 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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What's the volume on that fridge? It looks fairly large in the pictures, but if there were capacity options for them, I'd want the smaller size. Too bad we don't live closer, because I'd buy that fridge if a larger one came along for you.
Just curious for anyone following this thread who may know -- are there later/improved versions from GE with this configuration that no longer have the exposed serpentine coil? | ||
| Post# 733987 , Reply# 42 2/9/2014 at 13:24 (3,728 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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This is the 13 cu ft model they also made a 18 cu ft model. The exposed coils are up high enough they really dont get in the way. They did make a later version with covered coils but tge smaller models have electric heat defrost and that system wad not as reliable | ||
| Post# 733988 , Reply# 43 2/9/2014 at 13:30 (3,728 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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I do like the fridge alot but with a growing familey it may get to small in the future | ||
| Post# 734239 , Reply# 44 2/10/2014 at 13:26 (3,727 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Does any one have a picture of the butter dish That came with this | ||
| Post# 734255 , Reply# 45 2/10/2014 at 15:00 (3,727 days old) by dpritz (Atlanta) | ||
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If you decide to get rid of it I would totally buy it if you decide to upgrade to a larger one! | ||
| Post# 734380 , Reply# 46 2/10/2014 at 22:27 (3,727 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c ) | ||
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Made when! People were PROUD of their products!! | ||
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Post# 734385 , Reply# 47 2/10/2014 at 23:09 (3,727 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 734569 , Reply# 48 2/11/2014 at 19:38 (3,726 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Butter Dish....
Was heavy glass, rectangular, with handles on each of the short sides. I washed one more times than I care to remember! The exterior of the dish was slightly pebble-textured to improve grip and hide scratches; the interior was glassy-smooth for cleanability.
I see one feature on yours that I wish our '58 Combination had had - that ice service setup. Our fridge had the '57-'58 setup - a very badly-designed little shelf that was a particular nuisance at defrosting time. To wipe down and dry that space was a knuckle-buster - you found yourself wishing for a trained python or something. And you had to dry it - if you did not, your ice trays would freeze fast to it. Ask me how I know, LOL. You can see the ice tray shelf in this shot of a '58, originally posted here by Ralph rp2813. It's the little shelf at the top of the freezer compartment: 
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| Post# 734618 , Reply# 49 2/11/2014 at 21:43 (3,726 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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Well im glad i got the upgraded model. I really am loving this fridge tho tge longer i have it the more i like it | ||
| Post# 734688 , Reply# 50 2/12/2014 at 08:02 (3,726 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Not "Upgraded" | ||
| Post# 734719 , Reply# 51 2/12/2014 at 10:12 (3,726 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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P.S.: Capacity
The 13-foot capacity might seem small by today's standards, but it was perfectly adequate at the time; our family of five did quite well on it.
The reason? Today's mammoth package sizes were nearly unknown at the time. It was possible to get a gallon jug of milk, but quarts and half-gallons were the norm. Pop came in single-serving bottles, not huge honking 2-liter sizes. Gallon ice cream containers? I never saw one then. Containers of cottage cheese, sour cream and the like came in what we today think of as "small" sizes. Frozen vegetables were in little waxed-paper-wrapped boxes, not huge polyethylene bags. You didn't have large boxes of family-sized frozen entrees, and frozen pizzas were a sometime treat, not an everyday staple. Fruit juice came in little cans of frozen concentrate for the most part, not enormous jugs. You just didn't need as much storage. We also used a lot more canned stuff then, which doesn't need refrigeration, of course. | ||
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Post# 734830 , Reply# 52 2/12/2014 at 19:25 (3,725 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia ) |
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| Post# 734834 , Reply# 53 2/12/2014 at 19:46 (3,725 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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I Will Say....
....That a turkey or a ham (which had to go on the top shelf) put a serious dent in the space available in our '58 Combination.
Funnily enough, my parents now have a 25-cubic-foot side-by-side in the kitchen, and their old 21.5-cubic-foot GE Americana is their garage fridge. That's around three-and-a-half times the space we had when there were five of us; don't ask me what two retired people who eat out most of the time keep in all that cubic footage. I remember when I was a kid and every time I said I thought we should have something bigger or better than what we had, my parents always jumped my butt with a lecture about how "nobody needs all that." Now, I remember all those lessons, but they seem to have forgotten them, LOL. | ||
| Post# 734838 , Reply# 54 2/12/2014 at 19:56 (3,725 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo) | ||
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I guess my generation is just spoiled then lol Either way this old fridge has a new home | ||
| Post# 734851 , Reply# 55 2/12/2014 at 20:52 (3,725 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Not Spoiled....
....Just a different time, and we used things differently.
Just one example - catsup. We would pour a bit on top of a hot dog. Today's kids squirt out a half-pint to go on their Easy Fries. By their standards, they need a huge bottle - the little classic glass Heinz bottles we grew up with would last two kids through one meal now. Ah well - at least the little darlings are getting their lycopene. | ||
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