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I was in a gas station yesterday and they kept their nightcrawlers in the exact same model fridge as you have. I knew I had seen it somewhere. It was plain ol' white of course.

I found a local guy who I happen to work with also, talked to him about my fridge, and he talked like he would charge it and fix the copper line for free!
Can't beat that. So hopefully in a couple weeks it will be running.

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I have a GM fridge out in the garage - converted to a keg-o-rater - I cleaned it up and plugged it in - has worked great since I got it - over 5 years ago.

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Man, I remember those! Sold my 50 model to a buddy recently....had the lazy susans in it. It was nice too! Here's a couple pics.

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I have a buddy with a nice 50's fridge. Lots of chrome and he painted it a pastel corvette yellow... very cool..

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Well bad news on the fridge. I brought it over to a guy who does refrigeration work and he went to work on it. Got it all ready to pull a vacuum on it and fixed the broken tube. When he pulled a vacuum there was noise all around the freezer. The tubes wrapping around the outside of the freezer wall had lots of spots where the aluminum was corroding and pitting.
No practical way to repair it.
So now I have a liquor cabinet, maybe a pantry or something.

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"Something?"

I got mine from a garage sale free, The guy said it works but I dont care as it will be my paint/solvent cabinet. Pics later

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That sucks it won't work :(

It looks great though!

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My freebie, not as cool as either one of yours.

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NONHOG that is cool...nifty handle too!!!

Is that a beverage vendor next to it?





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Yep RC Cola Venderlator (sp?) Needs rekeyed and TLC.

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Here is my beer fridge a 1947 general electric. It was my wifes grandparents they bought it new, when her grandma passed away & her dad was gonna scrap it. I was horrified by that and jokingly told him i would come after it for free, he told me come get it. I removed shelving and drawers for transport and somehow never made there way back into it. Still have all the stuff and plan on restore in near future, for now is functional. Had to post, awesome thread. Glad to see i am not alone. :metal:

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This is my mom with a fridge she painted sometime before I came along in 1975. She drew the outlines for the design, then she & her friends would paint a little at a time. I remember this fridge being in Grand-Dad's "pool house*" when I was a kid. It was always stocked with plenty of cokes for us kids. And Schlitz, Old Milwaukee, and Pabst Blue Ribbon for Grand-Dad, Dad, and Art. I always thought this was super cool - we never considered preserving or restoring it once it went bad. I really admire what you guys are doing!

* The "pool house" was just a little bar with a roof and some barstools. Today I think it would be called a Tiki Hut. But this was not near as classy.

Today I saw an in-process fridge restoration project at my cousin's powder-coat shop. It's not much to look at right now, but I'll snap some pictures if I get back over there before it's gone.

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many more??

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It would make a great tool cabinet! :-D

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I'm diggin' it! Mike Lavallee has been going off on these lately- here ya go-

http://www.killerpaint.com/fridges.html

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THANKS FOR POSTING.. Those are the bomb :metal:

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Got mine done, I didn't do the art work.