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late 50s or 1960 Hotpoint refrigerator $100 So. Cal area |
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Post# 879777   5/6/2016 at 02:31 (2,905 days old) by funktionalart (Rison, AR)   |   | |
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Pretty exterior design, but zero word as to operational capability. Cheap-ish, though...
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Post# 879798 , Reply# 1   5/6/2016 at 09:18 (2,905 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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I believe it's a 1958. The one below is from 1957. The main difference are the corners.
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Post# 879824 , Reply# 2   5/6/2016 at 16:12 (2,904 days old) by CircleW (NE Cincinnati OH area)   |   | |
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I've always wondered why, when Hotpoint restyled their appliance line in the late 50's, that they didn't go to the completely squared-off corners like GE did. |
Post# 879832 , Reply# 3   5/6/2016 at 18:06 (2,904 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 879842 , Reply# 4   5/6/2016 at 20:49 (2,904 days old) by jamiel (Detroit, Michigan and Palm Springs, CA)   |   | |
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Post# 879843 , Reply# 5   5/6/2016 at 20:57 (2,904 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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My '57 GE is porcelain enamel and has crisp corners. Even the Hotpoint pictured in the OP still has somewhat rounded corners, and it also has exposed hinges, which require extra space on the hinged side for the door to open 90 degrees. Beginning in 1957 GE Combinations featured shoulder hinges that eliminated the need for that extra space, affording a built-in look if desired. |
Post# 879846 , Reply# 6   5/6/2016 at 22:00 (2,904 days old) by ken (NYS)   |   | |
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And I know that at least for 57 Hotpoint still used a mechanical latch whereas GE went to a magnetic latch in 56. Don't know what year HP finally adopted the magnetic latch.
There is one feature though where I feel HP and others for that matter were ahead of GE in the era when two evaporator systems were used just before introduction of single evaporator with fan systems. And that was in the design/placement of the evaporator in the fresh food compartment. HP mounted it vertically on the back wall as did Philco. Both Kelvinator and Westinghouse, I believe, mounted it completely flat at the top of the compartment covered by a drip tray. GE mounted it at the top of the compartment angling down at the back. Ive always felt that design cut down on the amount of usable height on the top shelf. And the user manual even cautioned to make sure nothing placed on the top shelf touch the evaporator coil as the melt water would run down it. I believe GE kept that design until eliminating the two evaporator system. I guess they never received many complaints about their design. |
Post# 879850 , Reply# 7   5/7/2016 at 01:15 (2,904 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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