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| Post# 55217 , Reply# 1 1/29/2005 at 08:30 (7,026 days old) by bethann (Indianapolis) | ||
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Venus It doesn't look like a 57 to me, but I could be wrong! Ask him what the model # is. | ||
Post# 55223 , Reply# 2 1/29/2005 at 09:40 (7,026 days old) by appliguy  (Oakton Va.) |
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It is a circa 1963 model | ||
| Post# 55228 , Reply# 4 1/29/2005 at 10:19 (7,026 days old) by rickr (.) | ||
Door configuration | ||
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Post# 55229 , Reply# 5 1/29/2005 at 10:40 (7,026 days old) by kenwashesmonday (Carlstadt, NJ) |
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Paint it black If you paint it black the cabinet has to be perfectly straight. Black shows every defect. One of the reasons appliances were cheaper in white was because white hides imperfections. Ken D. | ||
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Post# 55236 , Reply# 6 1/29/2005 at 11:57 (7,026 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 55238 , Reply# 7 1/29/2005 at 12:25 (7,026 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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The doors are not reversible and if the cabinet is indeed porcelain, it cannot be painted without etching and de-glossing the finish, a messy and probably expensive process if you're having it done. Don't spend the time and money on this fridge if the doors do not open the correct way for your kitchen, you'll always be annoyed with it. There are plenty of these refrigerators still out there but the odds are against finding one in charcoal gray to match the stove - but, you never know, lightening does strike now and then! All good things come to those who wait patiently... When I found my 58 Charcoal range, the shop told me they had the matching 1958, charcoal gray, Cold Pantry fridge with picture window hydrator for a long time and finally split up the pair when there was interest in the refrigerator. They told me who bought it and I know where it is, but haven't gone to try and wriggle it away from them yet, it's in a fire station not far from the shop. | ||
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Post# 55250 , Reply# 10 1/29/2005 at 14:49 (7,026 days old) by Unimatic1140 (Minneapolis) |
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Hi Venus, Greg is correct, while the idea of having a all porcelain fridge is wonderful, porcelain is very difficult to paint properly. This models is from the 63 or 64 line, its is almost identical to our '64 Frigidaire Fridge. It might be worth waiting and finding something that might be further away, but more to your liking and something that might be easier to paint charcoal gray.
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Post# 55254 , Reply# 12 1/29/2005 at 16:00 (7,026 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!) |
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Charcoal Gray was the Frigidaire color name for it, designated in the model # coding as CL. It is a bit off from true black, I had a black dishwasher in the kitchen which is very near the range and there was a distinct difference in color. The range color has more of a blue/black/gray combination. When I bought it and the guys delivered it, they kept calling it "blue" because in the floro lights of the shop, the blue cast was more apparent. Charcoal Gray was available beginning in the 1957 model year through 1960 and in '61 was available only as a special order in "quantity." All porcelain models were only available in white and only in one or two models of the line. Frigidaire appliances were introduced like the GM car lines - new models came out in the fall of the preceding year, 1957 would have been intro'd in the fall of 1956, etc. I haven't been to the fire station to see my fridge, but I figured it would be hard to get it from them as they specifically bought an older fridge because they had some notion about a newer model being more of a fire hazard. Bill, the owner of the shop has been working on refrigeration and appliances since 1946 and thought they were nuts, but I guess their check cleared so he didn't care what the motivation was! | ||
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