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Does anyone know how old this mini fridge is?
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Post# 1167742   12/28/2022 at 16:49 (482 days old) by furmanmc (Morrisonville, NY)        

I was wondering if anyone knows how old this mini fridge is.

It was rescued from a junk pile and still works!


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Post# 1167746 , Reply# 1   12/28/2022 at 17:20 (482 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)        

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A Hoover?



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Post# 1167751 , Reply# 2   12/28/2022 at 18:05 (482 days old) by vacbear58 (Sutton In Ashfield, East Midlands, UK)        


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I would say its mid 1960s by the look of it.

Here in the UK Hoover (and possibly in Europe) had a very comprehensive range of fridges and freezers from the mid 1960s to the mid 1980s, all badged from Zanussi.

Hoover were never afraid to put their name on something other companies manufactured.

Here is the UK selection from around 1970 alongside their washers and dishwashers - dishwashers also Zanussi


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Post# 1167792 , Reply# 3   12/29/2022 at 07:07 (481 days old) by gizmo (Victoria, Australia)        

"made in Yugoslavia" - it would probably be made by Gorenje.

 

Gorenje fridges and washing machines were sold here in the 70s and 80s badged as Pacific, usually somewhere on the appliance there was a small badge that said "Pacific by Gorenje."

 

Later Email / Southcorp imported some Gorenje appliances with local brand names they owned such as Simpson and Frigidaire on them. The "Simpson" front loaders from Gorenje were pretty popular. This company was eventually bought out by Electrolux and I think the connection with Gorenje stopped around then???

 

Kleenmaid, an Australian company that mainly sold rebadged Speed Queen washing machines, also offered some Gorenje fridges and washing machines, again badged as Kleenmaid.

 

So it seems Gorenje have been happy to make appliances with many various badges on them, and my guess is that the little Hoover fridge is one of them.


Post# 1167793 , Reply# 4   12/29/2022 at 07:22 (481 days old) by bellalaundry (St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada)        
Cute

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Cute, bar fridge! Do you have an inside shot?

Guy


Post# 1167805 , Reply# 5   12/29/2022 at 09:19 (481 days old) by joeekaitis (Rialto, California, USA)        
Dave:

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Washers and dryers, too.





Post# 1167834 , Reply# 6   12/29/2022 at 19:03 (481 days old) by bradfordwhite (central U.S.)        

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Loving that commercial.
Look at the house they filmed that in. So retro. It looks like a victorian that's had a "newly" remodeled kitchen installed with built in side by side coffee color frig and GE single wall oven.
I just love the retro details like the shelf unit full of plants, the white rotary dial desk phone right next to the sink, the "Z" brick on the kitchen wall, and the laundry basket Jane's holding.

She'd make a wonder professor. Maybe even have a boyfriend from another planet. But I'm just talking silliness here.



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