1960s GE "Americana" Refrigerator

This is the first good view Ive ever gotten of the freezer section in one of these. Made me think of my recent thread concerning side-by-side refrigerators.
There was comment about the comparable loss of cold between SxS, top freezer, bottom freezer. And how a bottom freezer with a tub would hold more cold compared to those with just a wire basket. I can see how all the cold would come pouring out when opening this one.

Long before this site and before I got into vintage appliances someone I worked with mentioned she had to get a new fridge because her old one had stopped cooling. It had come with the purchase of her house. She went on to describe how the old one was a top fridge bottom freezer. But then said there was a counter/work top in between and how much she liked it. I couldn't really picture what she was describing and it never occurred to me to go look at it. I could have gotten it for nothing. Of course it didn't work but I would probably have still taken it when I saw how unique it was.


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Post# 857825 12/22/2015 at 09:17 (3,047 days old) by mopar65 (Almont MI)
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Post# 857840 , Reply# 1 12/22/2015 at 10:49 (3,047 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)
Checkrate/Likes 3 *works well, but may need Freon* then it can't work well............

Post# 857844 , Reply# 2 12/22/2015 at 11:02 (3,047 days old) by ovrphil (N.Atlanta / Georgia )
Checkrate/Likes *Love these Americana's....* These can be found for 450-500 dollars on CL, that look as good, but condition is the key question.

Post# 857876 , Reply# 3 12/22/2015 at 14:05 (3,047 days old) by ken (NYS)
Checkrate/Likes This is the first good view Ive ever gotten of the freezer section in one of these. Made me think of my recent thread concerning side-by-side refrigerators. There was comment about the comparable loss of cold between SxS, top freezer, bottom freezer. And how a bottom freezer with a tub would hold more cold compared to those with just a wire basket. I can see how all the cold would come pouring out when opening this one. Long before this site and before I got into vintage appliances someone I worked with mentioned she had to get a new fridge because her old one had stopped cooling. It had come with the purchase of her house. She went on to describe how the old one was a top fridge bottom freezer. But then said there was a counter/work top in between and how much she liked it. I couldn't really picture what she was describing and it never occurred to me to go look at it. I could have gotten it for nothing. Of course it didn't work but I would probably have still taken it when I saw how unique it was.

Post# 857994 , Reply# 4 12/23/2015 at 09:51 (3,046 days old) by glomain (tuscarawas cnty. (eastern ohio))
Checkrate/Likes *150 ibs.* lmao, I had a 68 Americana & would say 300 lbs. easy,i still have the Americana double oven p-7 range & ill bet its 200 lbs,

Post# 858861 , Reply# 5 12/28/2015 at 21:28 (3,040 days old) by Carolinacat (north carolina)
Checkrate/Likes That's pretty neat first one I've ever seen. Not that I've seen much.