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« on: December 11, 2011, 01:40:12 pm » |
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I had a friend email me this week and his father-in-law was getting rid of his old Hotpoint fridge. I wasn't really looking for a project, but sometimes they just fall in your lap and can't say no! Plus, he only wanted $100 for it. Everything works great on it, and from the photos it looks pretty clean. I'm going to bring it down to NC for a paint job, I'm thinking of 57 Chevy Teal Blue, with a white top.
Anybody have any experience with these? Seems pretty straightforward to me.
I'll post some photos of the resto as I go.
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scalebowler
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« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2011, 02:17:16 pm » |
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That is a pretty awesome fridge!
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Eric
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« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2011, 09:15:10 pm » |
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Great Fridge.. Those oldtimers run forever, quiet and get ice cold! Nice score
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Eric
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2011, 09:23:30 pm » |
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Very cool But paint it any color other than white hot rod Red Electric Blue .
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tkaz
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« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2014, 08:11:23 pm » |
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Well it's been a few years since I picked up this Hotpoint fridge, but finally getting to the good part, reassembly. My father-in-law painted it, ended up going with 57 Chevy Seafoam Green and India Ivory on the top. The colors pop in person, pretty excited to get it back in my garage and all the parts back on it.
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Jared
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« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2014, 08:28:19 pm » |
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great colors looks awesome
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Fire708
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« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2014, 09:08:26 pm » |
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Those colors really look good. Nice 50's look.
Great job.
I love those old fridge's, on my "someday" list.
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CocaMan
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« Reply #7 on: August 26, 2014, 09:15:23 pm » |
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Tom, can't wait to see it! Call me when it finally arrives.
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« Reply #8 on: August 26, 2014, 09:36:37 pm » |
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That paint looks nice! Great to have a FIL who can do that for you!
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« Reply #9 on: August 26, 2014, 09:43:16 pm » |
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Looks Awesome.. You could almost put one of those old Chevy V shaped car emblems on the door.
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« Reply #10 on: August 27, 2014, 07:04:34 am » |
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Very Nice ! ! !
Great colors too!
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« Reply #11 on: August 27, 2014, 07:32:39 am » |
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Love those colours. Going to "nick" them for my next vending machine project..
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ld26
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« Reply #12 on: August 27, 2014, 07:46:39 am » |
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man that looks awesome, great colors
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« Reply #13 on: August 27, 2014, 08:17:56 am » |
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Really looks awesome!!!
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« Reply #14 on: August 27, 2014, 08:28:26 am » |
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Looks great...
I've received several requests to restore a few of these, but have been leary of trying to get one apart? find parts?
would be interested in what you did for the restoration? is it just a paint job, or did you take it all apart and how did that go?
did you find a supplier for parts?
I know.. lots of questions but it looks so awesome, I'd love to be able to start working on them...
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tkaz
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« Reply #15 on: August 27, 2014, 09:40:59 am » |
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Thanks everyone, excited to get it all back together.
I found it pretty difficult to pull apart, I ended up snapping one of the breaker strips with the brute force method, before I figured out how they actually came out. I was able to fiberglass it back together, not sure I could have found the parts for that.
Mostly just a paint job, the interior was in immaculate condition, just needed a good cleaning and I Flitz'd the chrome parts. I pulled the door completely apart which was pretty straight-forward and just masked off the rest of the interior.
Parts are hard to come by, there are suppliers of the door gasket but that's about it. I'd say if you are going to do a resto, make sure you start with a very good condition original that's complete. Not sure about the other models, this one has breaker strips with bends and curves, which would be very tough to reproduce.
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« Reply #16 on: August 28, 2014, 03:46:32 am » |
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Very Nice!! Love the colors, must post more pics when it done.
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CocaMan
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« Reply #17 on: August 28, 2014, 05:16:26 am » |
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Here is a place in Georgia that might have any parts that someone needs: http://www.antiqueappliances.com |
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tkaz
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« Reply #19 on: September 14, 2014, 03:19:53 pm » |
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Finally got it back from my FIL's shop, got most of the outside chrome and emblems back on it, I'm beyond happy with how everything came out.
Just need to get the interior back together and fire it up. This one's going to be a keeper, the wife's trying to find a spot in the house for it, so I think we did a good job!
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ld26
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« Reply #20 on: September 14, 2014, 06:28:57 pm » |
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Looks great! So cool
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tkaz
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« Reply #21 on: September 26, 2014, 03:57:43 pm » |
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Here's a couple more shots of the interior now that I have it all back together. It was a pain to get it all apart when I first got it, having no clue how all the trim was held in and the right method to getting it all out. I ended up cracking one of the breaker strips on the inside, but luckily a fiberglass patch and some paint made it all work. Now it's time to figure out where it goes in the house!  |
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« Reply #22 on: September 26, 2014, 07:51:25 pm » |
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Nice, all you need now is a set of aluminum ice cube trays!
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Spoon-feeding Newbies since 2001...  Yeah..220,221 whatever it takes. Remember, all it needs is a shot of Freon! The Vendo V-83 is the '59 Edsel of the coke machine world. ;p Spray painting does NOT restore a compressor 11 is louder than 10... "Hope" is good, but it's not an action plan. |
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« Reply #23 on: September 26, 2014, 09:27:44 pm » |
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Great looking fridge! Nice job.
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