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Philco-Ford 'fridge |
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Post# 971169   12/2/2017 at 17:35 (2,307 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 971182 , Reply# 1   12/2/2017 at 19:04 (2,307 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 971211 , Reply# 2   12/3/2017 at 00:38 (2,307 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 971308 , Reply# 3   12/3/2017 at 15:38 (2,307 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 971375 , Reply# 4   12/3/2017 at 22:48 (2,306 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 971423 , Reply# 5   12/4/2017 at 08:32 (2,306 days old) by swestoyz (Cedar Falls, IA)   |   | |
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From some recent research I've done, Ford was still making some home appliance products through the 70's and into the 80's. Which is surprising considering the appliance arm of Philco was the last thing Ford probably wanted to deal with once they saw how things were run after the 1961 purchase of the company.
By 1969, Ford announced that they would be getting out of the Laundry/Range/Dishwasher business, but would keep making refrigeration and home electronic products through the Philco-Ford brand, per a NY Times article I found a few months ago.
"Last Sept. 15 Ford announced at. Detroit that Philco‐Ford was getting out of the home laundry, kitchen range and dishwasher business. The move was, said to cost the company about $16‐million after taxes, or 15 cents a share, a non‐recurring charge on third‐quarter earnings."
www.nytimes.com/1970/02/07/archiv... |
Post# 971486 , Reply# 6   12/4/2017 at 12:27 (2,306 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Somehow my clock in my 1/2 bath is a Philco (my mom bought a lot of these & I don't know if there are any more "survivors" left, as they've gotten discarded if/when they'd quit working, or other than my 'one', just got lost & misplaced...
I think I still do see the Philco name on some audio equipment, maybe on an occasional video product, or electronic/novel device... -- Dave |
Post# 971528 , Reply# 7   12/4/2017 at 17:28 (2,305 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)   |   | |
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Post# 971533 , Reply# 8   12/4/2017 at 17:58 (2,305 days old) by rp2813 (Sannazay)   |   | |
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Post# 971553 , Reply# 9   12/4/2017 at 19:20 (2,305 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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It is a manual defrost freezer model [ which is the only reason it might actually still work, LOL ]
Philco-Ford refs from this time period were not much, they were noisy as hell however and in the early 70s they went to all all plastic liners and the doors would not even stay closed on their SXS models.
John L. |
Post# 971826 , Reply# 10   12/6/2017 at 00:01 (2,304 days old) by johnb300m (Chicago)   |   | |
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Post# 971871 , Reply# 11   12/6/2017 at 05:55 (2,304 days old) by norgeway (mocksville n c )   |   | |
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Up into the late 50s were about silent, but John is right, they got sorry quick as did Westinghouse. |
Post# 971879 , Reply# 12   12/6/2017 at 06:40 (2,304 days old) by combo52 (50 Year Repair Tech Beltsville,Md)   |   | |
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Post# 971893 , Reply# 13   12/6/2017 at 07:47 (2,304 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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I'm afraid it's my lack of understanding of this concept...
So, if the fridge section has gridwork, above the fresh-food area, does that deem it Manual Defrost? And if it doesn't, but the freezer wouldn't be self-defrosting, in case of the fresh-food area, as in one resembling one that's Frost Free? I remember some flea market I went to having a bunch of Avocado Green top-freezer Frigidaires (there were also matching electric ranges bad other misc. appliances) saying "Cyclematic", and Whirlpool termed this system "Automatic" (Sears Coldspot probably did too) much like what this Philco does, whereas I've seen Amana's "Automatic Refrigerator" also employing this concept... Ditto the General Electic and Hotpoint with the three '+ + +'s (pluses)... -- Dave |