DR Compressor List or other Literature?

The doorways in this 80s house are t-i-n-y. I'd say the overall size of the CS-45* series limits them pretty well for most homes these days. When I found it, I was living in an old 1880s Victorian with real doors and windows, so that was my mindset. Had a 1400 lb, 7ft tall AM broadcast transmitter in my living room(no wife yet, of course). The place we're in now was meant to be a temporary stop which ended up going 6 yrs so far thanks to the roaring economy we have. Looks like next year we'll move on, to a house that can accommodate the big fridge and small Garland gas range I have. I'm itching to hook that up, too.

Travis, the information you have there is the first I've heard of and I would love to get copies if at all possible. I'm more than happy to pay copying/scanning/whatever costs. The price would be cheap since in this case it seems you can't buy it anywhere. I've been able to find replacement hinges for two that were worn out, but can't find anything on the big compressors. And I plan to tear down the box to re-insulate it, so that info would be most helpful. It looks pretty straightforward, but looks can be deceiving.

It makes perfect sense what you say about the compressors being scrapped. Pretty sure that's what happened to this one. The old timer whose dad started the store remembered that it "looked like a UFO on top of it".  I wondered from the shadowing and rubber mounts if at some point it had one of the newer units with the square box cover. The evap unit in it now is much newer, as is the remote compressor. I'm confident it can be hooked back up as it was and be working with minimal effort and expense, but I'd really prefer to do it right or as close to right as possible.

As to the weight of the compressor, some kind of portable crane or lifting beam would need to be in place once the box was set up. I don't think even the old house doorways are that tall. I'm 6'2" and the box is taller than me by a bit. Add another 18-24 inches or more on top of that.