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Post# 725543 1/6/2014 at 12:45 (3,755 days old) by goatfarmer  (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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Post# 725691 , Reply# 1 1/6/2014 at 23:39 (3,754 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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1961 GE FRENCH DOOR Refrigerator ? | ||
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Post# 725701 , Reply# 2 1/7/2014 at 01:00 (3,754 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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 I'm curious about the last year of manufacture for bottom mount "Frost Guard" GE's with the swing-out shelves. I presume they were TOL models and still available in 1961, but for how long after that?
The fridge pictured above is clean and complete, but I'll patiently wait for one with swing-out shelving to show up locally. | ||
| Post# 725761 , Reply# 3 1/7/2014 at 09:56 (3,754 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
Ralph:
The 1971 GE full-line brochure shows a bottom-mount clearly based on the 1957 cabinet design; it was catalogued as the Model TCF-71A. A pic is below; close examination of the photo makes it look like the swing-out shelves were discontinued by this time. The catalog info describes the shelves as "cantilever" shelves. There was also an ice-maker. While it is not described, I think it was probably our old semi-automatic friend, the Ice 'n Easy.
The 1972 brochure shows only top mounts and side-by-sides; there were no bottom-mount models offered. So, looks like '71 was the bottom-mount's last year at GE - until recent years when everyone decided it was fashionable again. 
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Post# 725801 , Reply# 4 1/7/2014 at 11:46 (3,754 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions) |
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A little older.... ...a little nicer, a lot more money! CLICK HERE TO GO TO goatfarmer's LINK on Grandrapids Craigslist | ||
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Post# 725845 , Reply# 5 1/7/2014 at 13:21 (3,754 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md) |
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GE Bottom Mount Freezer Refrigerators
Yes it does appear that GEs last BFRs were marketed in the 1971 line. In the 60s they had two different basic shells that the BFRs were based on, the better bigger models had a 34" wide cabinet and these models always had foamed in place insulation and Hot-Gas Defrost single evaporator in the rear of the freezer design. These 34" models were the ones to get and they had swing-out-shelves through at least 1967 in TOL models.
GE also made narrower cabinet BFRs in the 1960s that were 30-1/2" wide and in the later 60s till the end these models had electric resistance defrost systems. These BFRs were not as desirable as the bigger models in my experience and did not last as long. In the early 1960s GE completly redesigned their refrigerators and none of their refs had any interchangeability with the late 1950s models. John L. | ||
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Post# 725852 , Reply# 6 1/7/2014 at 13:38 (3,754 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay) |
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| Post# 725861 , Reply# 7 1/7/2014 at 13:52 (3,754 days old) by danemodsandy (The Bramford, Apt. 7-E) | ||
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Ralph:
Here is the other bottom-mount model John describes - it's from another thread originally posted by ovrphil.
My mom's best friend built a "dream house" in 1966 that had this unit in it (even this same Coppertone color). It lasted for years and years, with five kids in the house. I can't tell from the ad, but mom's friend's fridge had the semi-automatic Ice 'n Easy icemaker in it, which was some punkins in '66. A link to the CL ad is below - it's in Costa Mesa. CLICK HERE TO GO TO danemodsandy's LINK on Orange County, CA Craigslist 
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