What fridge is this ??

[ricster]

Hi All,

I'm new here and hoping to gain some knowledge about this Coca Cola Fridge I have acquired.

I am from Johannesburg, South Africa and it seems the Soda Machine Cooler/vendor culture is not as strong here in South Africa as it seems to be in other countries across the world. Having said that, I have recently acquired a Coldflo Coca Cola fridge from my father in law. This fridge was salvaged from a huge factory where it was beaten a bashed around a bit, yet in true "old school" tradition..... The fridge still works perfectly.

Here are a few photos of the fridge. I don't know what is original and what is not. all I know is that it keeps my glasses and Coke's ice cold..... to the point of almost freezing if there is too little drinks in there and its left closed for a long time.

[ricster]

some more pics

[ricster]

and yet more pics.....

[ricster]

So ..... The all important question..... What type of fridge is this?

All I know is that its a Coldflo. It seems all other tags have been removed at some point. In $ value what is a fridge like this worth, and is the flip up lid original to the model or should it be sliding doors?

Also some  slapped a coat of red ( not even Coke red ) all over the fridge covering up the original painted Coca Cola signwriting.....  

Cheers and thanks for any info you may have on this machine.

Ric

[ricster]

I'm not sure if I'm on the right track here either...... The Cornelius brands logo is very similar to the coldflo that's embossed on the cover on my fridge....

[jholmgren]

I suspect it is local to your area of the globe.  My Google-fu is usually fairly strong, but I'm not finding much on Coldflo  - the Cornelius company did indeed own the name/company ColdFlow ... but I don't think ColdFlow and ColdFlo are the same.

Here's the only other thing I could find - a machine on OLX which is I believe similar to eBay - I saw ads for OLX on TV when I was in India.
http://welkom.olx.co.za/q/cola/c-808

I also found a classified ad that claims ColdFlo was owned by Vendo at one time.  Again - probably localized to your corner of the globe.
http://www.pandahi.com/1016820829.html

Jim

[GreenMo]

I've seen many off brands but never Coldflo.

[ricster]

Yip the one on OLX looks very close to mine, just has 2 sliding doorrs where as mine has flip up lid.

The one on the pandahi site is quite possibly a South African Machine as the term "GENIET COCA COLA" is Afrikaans ( similar to dutch - Holland ) for "Enjoy Coca Cola" And that site is definitively not South African based on the telephone contact details.

So if Coldflo made these possibly under licence to Vendo or visa versa, I wonder how old this fridge is then?

It is also definitively well made and not a cheaply and nasty !!

[jholmgren]

My guess would be 1970's based on the style and what I've seen of similar machines from other manufacturers.

[johnieG]

Probably Canadian Eh?