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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. 

That is a pretty awesome fridge!

Great Fridge.. Those oldtimers run forever, quiet and get ice cold! Nice score

Very cool  But paint it any color other than white  hot rod Red Electric Blue . 

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.

great colors looks awesome

Those colors really look good. Nice 50's look.
Great job.
I love those old fridge's, on my "someday" list.

Tom, can't wait to see it!  Call me when it finally arrives. 

That paint looks nice! Great to have a FIL who can do that for you!

Looks Awesome.. You could almost put one of those old Chevy V shaped car emblems on the door.

Very Nice ! ! !
Great colors too!

Love those colours. Going to "nick" them for my next vending machine project..

man that looks awesome, great colors

Really looks awesome!!!

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...

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.

Very Nice!! Love the colors, must post more pics when it done.

Here is a place in Georgia that might have any parts that someone needs:

http://www.antiqueappliances.com

http://www.davesrepair.com/index.html     (he has helped me with mine)

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!

Looks great! So cool

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! :drinking:

Nice, all you need now is a set of aluminum ice cube trays!

Great looking fridge! Nice job.