Mancave 1950s Beer Fridge Restoration Complete! 2 of 2
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- Опубликовано: 29 янв 2016
- In this episode (Part 2 of 2)
-We remove all the dents, nicks, scratches and rust and apply an automotive metallic paint to the fridge
-We completely rewire all of the components
-reassemble the fridge
-plug it in, test and meter the power consumption 
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Great job, give us an update in 65 years.
Nice work. I love seeing that old stuff not only saved from the landfill but used for something better than storing welding rods!
Amazing job on it ! I think the only thing I would have done differently is get the racks redone
Thanks, I don't disagree... I may still do that.
I like that he didn’t, greater vintage man cave appeal.
This video made my day. I'm looking for ideas for restoring a 70's kegerator, but now I want to find a 50's fridge. You're an artist!
This was so helpful. I don’t know how you don’t have more subscribers. You have a great presence.
i wish i had knowledge and skills like this. my grandmother has an old fridge in her basement like this.
it might be a good place to start building the skills? first project?
Your Grandma would be proud of you!
Nicely done. I have the same model from my grandfathers dairy barn: he kept the fresh milk in it. It still runs cold and I have been planning a resto: thanks for the inspiration 🙂
I just redone a 1951 Westinghouse fridge, pretty much the same as this one and used spray foam inside as well. I painted it the outside of the fridge Duplicolor ready to spray Burnt Orange automotive paint and sandblasted and painted all the chrome and with VHT Burnt Copper Engine paint. the reason I used the engine paint on the chrome is because it's oil and grease resistant so the oils and grease from food won't degrade it.
Wow! That is such a sweet find. Vintage fridge with original manual AND your grandmother's writing inside. You restored it with such care and expertise. I'm so impressed. You are my HERO!
I have one like this one from my grandparents, I wish I was as handy as you to renew it ♥️♥️♥️ great job
That metal flake looks great!
Part 3: Take all of the racks out and chrome plate them.
Looks good... now to replate the chrome shelves and baskets... ;)
this was one of the finest quality of work I ever seen you should be very proud thanks for keeping the original compressor in I use a c 1954 general motors fridgedaire work perfectly
Beautifully done man! Currently not working due to the whole covid19 has caused me to really expand how I kill my time online, which sent me down a rabbit hole of trying to figure out how old my grandparent's fridge is (learned it's a 54/55 year model), and then into learning about the false claim that they are energy hogs, and now into looking up how to restore them. I easily see one in my future. Someone about that massive ca-clunk as it seals shut, just takes me back.
Great job bro! I would`ve covered my guitar during painting, but other than that, awesome! I like your cabinets too. Keep it up sir.
VERY VERY nice!!! I own an auto body shop and I will restore a couple vintage fridges each year for fun! Stellar work man!
I've got 2 of these old refrigerators laying around my garage. I've been wanting to do exactly this with them for a long time. Nice job.
My grandparents have now both passed away and I was able to bring home an old fridge that was buried in my grandpa's shop for 40+ years. I had the same idea; make it valuable again and use for man-cave. I search 'old fridge restoration' and here you are with, no joke, THE EXACT SAME FRIDGE. You are far more talented than I, but your video is very thorough and is going to be my guideline. Thanks!
Nice work, great to see with how much passion you did this job! Now I am ready to start my project with a 1948 fridge
Wow that was an excellent restoration to an old family treasure! Great job👍
Wow, this is amazing. Please do this to my old 50's Westinghouse fridge, haha.
I'm looking at restoring a small fridge for use as a fermenting fridge for my beer brewing here in South Africa and came across your video.
I would never have thought you could get that energy efficient with an old fridge like that.
You've done an amazing job, the colour is fantastic. Great job, well done.
Very well done. Cool that its your grandparents old fridge too.
Wow, very gorgeous. The fridge is not bad either. Amazing work on it!
Incredible work! congratulations from Argentina! Im planning to do the same with one old fridge from here!
What nice project. You must be very satisfied with the outcome.
+James Evins Thanks - yes I love how the color turned out. I'm certainly never getting rid of this fridge lol..
I'm about to restore an old 47 or 48 philco fridge. I wish the refrigeration components would come out like yours did that was nice. I have to go through and suck all the old refrigerant and put newer in it. You did a good job. I like that color. It matches my truck.
Looks awesome, nice work!
we Had a 1956 Hotpoint Fridge it ran till one month after My Mom passed in Nov 2oo1. It looks awesome!
Wow man was looking into doing this and you out did everything I would have expected!
How is that beautiful piece of American manufacturing doing these days? Planned obsolescence is evil. Loved your video!
It's still working just as good as it was when I made this video! thanks for asking! I would probably bet that this one was actually made in Canada though, I think in those days the ones sold in Canada were built here rather than shipped from the US, but I'm not 100% on that!
Great job! Thank you for teaching. I’m just getting into my restoration project.
Pretty sweet, I’m currently looking for one to hold all my High Life!
Wow! That looks awesome. Love the colour.
The color RUINED IT. IMO
Simply beautiful
Best youtube video i have ever watched. Well done!
EXCELLENT video!! I was just given a 1955 Frigdaire, and you have inspired me to restore it. Would you please go into more detail about the products/brands you used? Self etching primer, rubberized coating, and how you cleaned the compressor,....etc? Thank you very much.
Beautiful!
Excellent job. Hope to get a old 50's kelvinator today.
Well done sir!
+Tom's Turbo Garage Thanks Tom
Outstanding job. thanks for sharing it. I would like to try that myself. Very impressive!
Thank you!
Love the grey. Great job.
Nothing compare with the new trash technologies 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾thanks for sharing
Do you mean pieces of sh?t made in china? Amazing, these appliances still working and energy efficient after 60 to 70 years! I love it! Thats why i buy whatever i can find second hand or ebay, made so much better. JUST bought a rc 7469 Panasonic flip clock radio ebay made in Japan. Love it!🎱👻❤
We’re giving away a 1937 Kelvinator refrigerator. Rusty but operates beautifully. They built it to last. No planned obsolescence.
Wow it turned out Super nice
Looks amazing.
I just did a search on restoring these and yours is identical to mine. Nice job.
Thank you!
The guitarre 'music' is pure torcher
🤗 GORGEOUS!!!!
Great work and great content, I'm subscribing to your channel :)
Wow, it looks great!
Great video!
Great Job Man, Can`t wait for the next video.
+Nirujan R Thanks Niru!
If you can be bothered one day to polish the wire racks inside it will look that much better. Very nice restoration.
Beautiful
Great job! I wish you went into more detail on the rewiring though. I have a 1939 GE that I'm trying to rewire.
Watching this video made me play mafia 2 :D Great job!
haha - Thank you!
I like the 60s and 70s fridges. Coppertone is my favorite.
Came out great and I think that was Kieths Beer too. My favorite but can't get it here in Ma. Looks good in the coarse metallic paint for sure.
Thank you! it's been plugged in and has had beer in it since I published this vid! :)
nice job. i got one to restore to. Good choice of beer my favorite too.
Nice job 👍🏽
All Pro! Love projects like this
Thats awesome!
Awesome!!!
Amazing 👌🏽👌🏽
Almost done, finish cleaning the interior racks !!
cool!
So I watched this so I could revive an old fridge I was gifted in exchange for some work I did, it’s from way back as well, but clearly I don’t know how to weld or auto paint so now I’m really sad that I won’t be able to make it happen. I was planning on using it as our house fridge and jut get a deep freezer separate for freezer things. Way above my skill set
Mis Respetos 👍🏼
Nice work should have powder coated the wire racks
Excellent.
I might prefer a more silvery finish (so it looks like something from an old sci-fi serial, or an Airstream!), but Metallic Black looks great too
very nice resto job and refiishing. with that poly paint, it could sit outside 15 yrs and still look shiny. I've owned about 30 vintage refrierators and freezers. Westinghouse is a nicer brand interiors are nicer. All in all good video and great job. I do hate that color. I only refinish mine in colors they actually came in white, pink, chiffon, mint green, for resale purposes. But if you like gray, that's cool too.
Amazing job. Looks Great!! What was your grandparent's reactions? If they were still around at the time
I'd be nice if I could learn more tricks from you. I'm tryin to rebuild/reuse old 1940-1950's products, appliances,house, car ect. And make it better just like what you did to your refrigerator
nice work man stick it to the man
AMAZING work-I am in the middle of a similar restore, although to a lesser level than you. My question concerns painting...I had begun sanding down to the bare metal and have experienced some rust in between starting and stopping. Do you think a similar automotive epoxy primer that you used will cover the rust and seal it up?
Nice
That turned out awesome, great job! I love the contrast of the dark metallic paint on the 50s-era logo.
Is your next series going to be on removing overspray from everything in the garage? :) (I still have a reddish tint on the front of my black Miata thanks to a windy day and overspray)
+Chris Trotter Thank you! I thought the contrast on the logo turned out pretty cool too... I picked that paint hoping it would look cool, but you're never truly sure until it all gets put together...
Well, lol - I put the Miata outside far enough while I was spraying... But ya, the shop got pretty coated... I sent a good hour using mild thiner on a rag cleaning everything that matters LOL... NEED a paint boot!!!!
nice color choice
Love the project man, Great work! I like that case that you used to store your grinder disks, who makes that?
Great job. Now you need to put some home brew in it.
Good job on the fridge! I have a mid 50’s m7, or so i believe. I was wondering why it keeps freezing everything, even on economy? Thermostat bad?
Sweet fridge
+cam welch Thanks!
I've got a nice old kelvinator that was my grandparents first fridge. It's still running but in about similar shape as yours was. Will be restoring it this week as I'm off work. I'm an HVAC mechanic so I may get a bit more in depth with some of that but only for reliability purposes, not looking to add any features. Also, had you considered using a vintage bulb inside? Not sure if it would look wired or cool. Was considering doing a pastel type gray color that I've seen on some old appliances, looked awesome. Great job anyway
Looks great! I am currently replacing my gasket for my vintage philco. How did you do the rounded seal done at the top of the doors?
Unbelievable!!! The subject fridge is the exact same model I picked up the other day for $200 and 5 dozen eggs. What replacement door gasket did you use and where did you get it?
Great video! You are obviously very mechanically inclined.
Great video. I have the same fridge and doing some work to mine. Do you have any pictures, video or schematics for the wiring?
Looks great. I was looking at buying an old kelvinator fridge and restroring it, but I'm not sure it's a good idea for me to open it up like you did. I was thinking of just restoring the paint. Do you think I could get the outside restored without taking the fridge apart?
Awesome work! I've recently retrofitted my 1950 Hotpoint fridge. I also insulated with spray foam but only did the sides, top and bottom. Do you have any pictures of insulating the back? I ended up having to add some freon to mine but even after all this I am getting an annual kWh of about 650kWh. Any advice you might have?
Thanks so much mate, just purchased an old retro fridge and want to restore it. Your video helped a lot 😃 awesome job 🤗
I wish you had more video of when you updated the wiring. I have the same fridge and wondering if you just replaced the red wire with the ground wire? For the compressor I know you said you just put the ground on the Chassis, but can’t really see it in the video. Any help would be greatly appreciated! You did a awesome job! Thanks
That was AWSOME! I love the gunmetal grey...super nice!. What did your folks think?
wow
I have a very similar Westinghouse fridge and am doing a similar restore. Thanks for posting this. ETA: Nevermind, I see your comments below on how to wire the new plug.
The bottom panel (above the compressor) on mine is covered in thick rust, and even has a small hole in it It seems that it got a lot of condensation. I'm afraid it will eventually just fall out. Did you have similar issues with yours?
Hay Good job Bro I have a Fisher & Paykel retro fridge and I need a new light socket when did you get yours from?
Good Job! That's a sweet looking fridge. What do your grandparents think of it?
Hey, awesome job! I am restoring a very similar fridge into a kegorator, I was wondering if you know if the freezer compartment can be removed? Thanks!
Nice job, I’m currently looking into restoring my Westinghouse, if you still have info on parts would you share links on the door seal and electric cable