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DavGoodlin · #**241** 02-04-2014, 10:27 AM

Quite Right KV, a year ago, I bought a 1951 Philco refrigerator in near-new condition.
It sits in my garage waiting for the swap into the basement, which will be some very heavy lifting.

in my basement is a power hog 1985 GE refrigerator . It came with the house, so Im giving it to the neighbor for the hunting cabin, where it will be shut down when nobody is there.

Except for the smaller interior, im trading up to the Philco , which uses about 25% of teh kWH of the GE!

Dude111 · #**242** 02-04-2014, 07:59 PM

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I'd rather pay for old, well-kept appliances than be given new ones.

QSL!!

I totally agree

TVTim · #**243** 03-05-2014, 07:54 PM

A consignment shop near me had a beautiful Whirlpool range. The only thing that gave it away was the 70s color.

Anyway, I looked at it. Other than wear on the coils, it looked brand new! I asked about it because the oven was spotless! Looked like it wasn't used.

The guy at the store told me personally knew the owner of it. She bakes weekly! Cleans up after the oven cools every time she used it. WOW.

Looked better than my Whirlpool from 2000! If only it was white.

Dude111 · #**244** 03-06-2014, 02:07 AM

I suppose you could paint it white... What colour was it??

ChrisW6ATV · #**245** 03-06-2014, 08:50 PM

At some point, some weird people are going to totally rave over Avocado Green and Harvest Gold. Look at all that "mid-century modern" stuff that sells for high prices now. I thought most of it was ugly in the 1960s and 1970s (when it was aging and left over from the 1950s), and I still do.

Jeffhs · #**246** 03-07-2014, 12:02 AM

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At some point, some weird people are going to totally rave over Avocado Green and Harvest Gold. Look at all that "mid-century modern" stuff that sells for high prices now. I thought most of it was ugly in the 1960s and 1970s (when it was aging and left over from the 1950s), and I still do.

Some folks, especially those who lived as adults through the Great Depression of the 1930s, just held on to the old stuff as long as it worked, and didn't care what it looked like or if the styling, color, etc. was out of date if they still had it 20+ years later. My grandmother had a Sears Kenmore stove she bought new in the late 1940s; she kept it until she passed in 1985. The stove was still working at the time. It was white, with just a hint of blue behind the knob for the cooking timer. I have an old friend, one year younger than I am, who just raved over that stove; he thought it was the coolest thing he had ever seen.

TVTim · #**247** 03-10-2014, 07:49 PM

The stove that I was talking about was harvest gold.

Retro in RI · #**248** 03-11-2014, 03:59 PM

In the late 80's and early 90's I would ask people older than I "what the hell were people thinking buying avacado or harvest appliances?" The response was that up until that point you could only get white, so any new color was welcome.

Well, 20 plus years later, I am that wierd person who would love to have a Harvest Gold fridge and stove. As it is, my stove and fridge, both over 20 years old, are almond, and thus "out dated and need to be replaced with the latest and greatest stainless stuff" or so those who are racing with the Jone's would have me believe.

Al

Countryford · #**249** 03-12-2014, 09:10 AM

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In the late 80's and early 90's I would ask people older than I "what the hell were people thinking buying avacado or harvest appliances?" The response was that up until that point you could only get white, so any new color was welcome.

That is odd that he would say white is all you could get, up to that point. Appliance companies started making colors in the early 50's. If you read my reply in this thread(reply #201) it lists the years and colors that the different companies sold. At various times, you could get pink, yellow(a pastel yellow), turquoise, brown, grey, blue. Harvest Gold and Avacado came out in the late 60's and even those weren't the only two colors available at the time. You could get a Poppy Red or Coppertone Brown as well.

Retro in RI · #**250** 03-12-2014, 09:18 AM

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That is odd that he would say white is all you could get, up to that point. Appliance companies started making colors in the early 50's. If you read my reply in this thread(reply #201) it lists the years and colors that the different companies sold. At various times, you could get pink, yellow(a pastel yellow), turquoise, brown, grey, blue. Harvest Gold and Avacado came out in the late 60's and even those weren't the only two colors available at the time. You could get a Poppy Red or Coppertone Brown as well.

Gotcha. At the time it made sense to me, but I guess now looking back, yeah they did offer colors. And I remember the coppertone brown as well, child of the 70's that I am.

The only thing I can think of is that in his "world" he only saw white appliances so that explanation seemed to work.

Countryford · #**251** 03-12-2014, 09:30 AM

I have several different colors. I have a dishwasher, wall oven, and two dryers in pink. Washer, dryer and refrigerator in turquoise. Refrigerator and range(lower oven and oven above) in coppertone brown, Dryer in avacado. Washer in grey. 3 washers, 2 dyers, and a gas stove in white.

They also had stainless steel. I have a wall oven and cook top from 1958 or so, and they are all in stainless steel.

Countryford · #**252** 03-13-2014, 07:35 AM

Here is a link to a site, that has the different colors of appliances. It lists them by year and the company.

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/c...ppliance&con=m

Retro in RI · #**253** 03-13-2014, 05:06 PM

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Here is a link to a site, that has the different colors of appliances. It lists them by year and the company.

http://mustangattitude.com/cgi-bin/c...ppliance&con=m

Wow, that's amazing. Even gives the PPG codes etc. Hmmmmm, I've painted a couple of cars before so why not my stove and fridge? No block sanding and bondo work anyway ; ) As I recall the havest gold was darker around the edges not all one color. That's prob why they list dark and light.

Thanks, that's a tremendous resource.

Al

Retro in RI · #**254** 03-13-2014, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Countryford

I have several different colors. I have a dishwasher, wall oven, and two dryers in pink. Washer, dryer and refrigerator in turquoise. Refrigerator and range(lower oven and oven above) in coppertone brown, Dryer in avacado. Washer in grey. 3 washers, 2 dyers, and a gas stove in white.

They also had stainless steel. I have a wall oven and cook top from 1958 or so, and they are all in stainless steel.

Nice, seems like you've got it covered. How do you decide on paint colors for the rooms with so much going on with the appliances ; ) Lol

Countryford · #**255** 03-16-2014, 07:37 AM

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As I recall the havest gold was darker around the edges not all one color.

I think it depended on the brand. I know G.E. had the darker around the edges with the lighter as you move in. I have a G.E. Americana fridge and stove in coppertone brown that has that as well. I do know of other brands that had just the solid color.

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Nice, seems like you've got it covered. How do you decide on paint colors for the rooms with so much going on with the appliances ; ) Lol

The kitchen I have pink appliances. The walls are a soft yellow. Laundry room is turquoise appliances and walls are the same soft yellow. I have an outdoor kitchen with the coppertone brown fridge and stove, turquoise metal cabinets, and a little pink thrown in there. The remainder of the appliances are in a secondary laundry room(has 4 washer hookups and 4 dryer hookups.