Looking to buy this GE Fridge.

May I suggest looking through the AW.org Archives at GE refrigerators to learn more about various models and years? If you will search within both this forum and the Super forum, you'll find lots to look at.

If you are looking for one of the exact year your house was built, that does narrow your prospects a lot. If you are able to deal with one from that general time frame, you would have a lot more choice.

You are lucky in one respect: Needing a fridge hinged on the right means you'll find one much sooner than someone who needs a left-hinged model. In the days before reversible fridge doors were invented, most fridges were right-hinged, with left-hinged versions available by special order. So, you're looking for the more common version.

Ralph (rp2813) is correct that it seems inevitable that the best choices seem to be furthest away. Every collector on this site has had the experience of finding something wonderful that distance makes impossible to buy. And quite a few have pulled off minor - and not so minor - miracles transporting appliances over amazing distances.

The more flexibility you have, the more likely you'll find something great that's within reasonable striking distance at a decent price. I have long wanted a specific model of GE range. I held out for it for a long time, without success. When I decided I'd look at other possibilities, the model right below the one I wanted turned up - dirt cheap, and friends here were willing to help get it to me from another city where it was located. I now have a really wonderful range - and who knows, the one I wanted originally could turn up any day.

Anyway, check the Archives. Try searching on "GE Combination," because that's what these bottom-freezer models were called. Even if you don't find anything else you can live with, you'll read a lot of informative discussion, and you'll see a lot of great vintage fridges.


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Post# 740136 3/7/2014 at 19:28 (3,700 days old) by jamesclarke (Pennsylvania)
Checkrate/Likes I saw this fridge at an estate sale and I couldn't get it cause it was sold. It also wouldn't work because I would need the top door to swing open the opposite way. I would like it in either white or wood tone brown, but open to other colors. My wife and I are trying to restore our house and that means also period correct appliances. The house was built in 1962. Anyone with leads please contact me.

Post# 740161 , Reply# 1 3/7/2014 at 21:19 (3,700 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)
Checkrate/Likes My uncle worked for GE and had that exact refrigerator in the same color in his 1962 house. It's fairly uncommon to see them with the hinges on the left. That one looks to be in beautiful shape. Just your luck. A number of these models have turned up in recent months. Keep looking, with the understanding that the odds are stacked against finding your dream machine close to home.

Post# 740167 , Reply# 2 3/7/2014 at 21:53 (3,700 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E)
Checkrate/Likes *James:* May I suggest looking through the AW.org Archives at GE refrigerators to learn more about various models and years? If you will search within both this forum and the Super forum, you'll find lots to look at. If you are looking for one of the exact year your house was built, that does narrow your prospects a lot. If you are able to deal with one from that general time frame, you would have a lot more choice. You are lucky in one respect: Needing a fridge hinged on the right means you'll find one much sooner than someone who needs a left-hinged model. In the days before reversible fridge doors were invented, most fridges were right-hinged, with left-hinged versions available by special order. So, you're looking for the more common version. Ralph (rp2813) is correct that it seems inevitable that the best choices seem to be furthest away. Every collector on this site has had the experience of finding something wonderful that distance makes impossible to buy. And quite a few have pulled off minor - and not so minor - miracles transporting appliances over amazing distances. The more flexibility you have, the more likely you'll find something great that's within reasonable striking distance at a decent price. I have long wanted a specific model of GE range. I held out for it for a long time, without success. When I decided I'd look at other possibilities, the model right below the one I wanted turned up - dirt cheap, and friends here were willing to help get it to me from another city where it was located. I now have a really wonderful range - and who knows, the one I wanted originally could turn up any day. Anyway, check the Archives. Try searching on "GE Combination," because that's what these bottom-freezer models were called. Even if you don't find anything else you can live with, you'll read a lot of informative discussion, and you'll see a lot of great vintage fridges.

Post# 740443 , Reply# 3 3/8/2014 at 20:04 (3,699 days old) by epixstar128 (toledo)
Checkrate/Likes 1 Heres my 1963 ge left hand handle took me 2 years of weekly craigslist searches to find it and nearly 2 hour drive to get it. If you find something just hop on it

Post# 740444 , Reply# 4 3/8/2014 at 20:06 (3,699 days old) by jamesclarke (Pennsylvania)
Checkrate/Likes Awe come on !!!!! I want the beautiful fridge so bad.

Post# 740450 , Reply# 5 3/8/2014 at 20:22 (3,699 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )
Checkrate/Likes *Just remember...* Hell will freeze over before you find this. :-) I"M KIDDING! I'm KIDDING! Advice here is good - you can use adhuntr.com (search with these terms: general electric ge combo ge refrigerator vintage general electric refrigerator vintage refrigerator mid-century GE or mid-century general electric ALL these search terms will yield some of the same results and different results. Use the same in Craigslist searches. Meanwhile, estate sales, thrifts (which advertise in Craigslist)...and other sources you wouldn't imagine, can bring that dream refrigerator to your kitchen. Good luck!

Post# 780698 , Reply# 6 9/1/2014 at 15:58 (3,522 days old) by bluejay (Havre de Grace, MD)
Checkrate/Likes Epixstar128, I believe I just scored the same fridge as you, except my hinges are reversed. It looks like the model # is c464wm; I checked the GE site to date it, but they didn't have a year code for TW. How did you date yours to '63?