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Post by smokin on May 29, 2022 17:41:09 GMT
Thought I'd reach out here before some of this stuff goes to recycling..... I picked up a 1937 Frigidaire "Made only by General Motors" to build into a smoker. I've removed a lot of stuff that I will otherwise throw away, unless someone here wants it. All you need to do is pay actual shipping charges and it's yours. I have the shelves, the inner tub, and associated parts laying around. I figure I'll give it a week or so before I recycle it.  Attachments:
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Post by turbokinetic on May 29, 2022 19:49:07 GMT
Thought I'd reach out here before some of this stuff goes to recycling..... I picked up a 1937 Frigidaire "Made only by General Motors" to build into a smoker. I've removed a lot of stuff that I will otherwise throw away, unless someone here wants it. All you need to do is pay actual shipping charges and it's yours. I have the shelves, the inner tub, and associated parts laying around. I figure I'll give it a week or so before I recycle it. Thanks for trying to get the parts in the hands of someone who will use them. Do you have the compressor and other mechanical parts? Also; where are you located? Sincerely, David |
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Post by smokin on May 29, 2022 20:26:11 GMT
I do not have the compressor unfortunately, that was gutted by the previous owner long before I got my hands on it.
I'm located in Southern Arizona.
Thought it was pretty cool that it had the thermometer on a shelf. It's a neat fridge, but they left it stored outside. The interior was in great shape but the body has quite a bit of rust to combat.
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Post by turbokinetic on May 29, 2022 20:32:14 GMT
I do not have the compressor unfortunately, that was gutted by the previous owner long before I got my hands on it. I'm located in Southern Arizona. Thought it was pretty cool that it had the thermometer on a shelf. It's a neat fridge, but they left it stored outside. The interior was in great shape but the body has quite a bit of rust to combat. That's a common issue with these. They deteriorate so badly when the insulation gets wet and stays that way for a long time. As you might notice, I do repairs to cooling systems so that's the reason for my interest in the compressor. Many people end up taking that part out and it's lost to posterity. Therefore I try to save any which are taken out of service. I expect someone will want the shelves etc, so hopefully they speak up. Sincerely, David |
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Post by smokin on May 30, 2022 2:23:12 GMT
Makes sense, I can't imagine there are many replacement parts for these things generally. I was really optimistic when I started opening it up. I was a bit surprised to find the wood frame at the door opening, but it makes a lot of sense for the era this was built in. The insulation was full of black mold (Was wearing a P100 respirator when I started opening things up, out of an abundance of caution. The attached pictures (not sure why it attached sideways, it was right side up on my computer) is a work in progress picture of stripping the paint & rust on the back wall, removing the butyl rubber (heat gun + putty knife got most of it, googone got the rest).... I am just cutting the bottom pan out, it was rusted through in a few places. In the end, it'll be better as I'm going to re-locate the bottom pan as low as possible to increase the cook chamber size. Sorry if this picture is painful for a bunch of guys that restore old fridges!  I do plan on doing a "hot rod" paint job on it when done... something with flames up the side like you'd see on some 1930's era hot rod. I will be keeping the original General Motors Emblem on the Smokerator.... Spent the day removing over-spray from when the previous owner spray painted this thing at some point. The original trim for the controls is up for grabs if someone wants it. I tried to figure out how to get the "freezer" section out without cutting/drilling rivets. The rear bolts were impossible to get to.... if someone wants that center section, I'll cut it out of the tub.  |
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