NOT A, but i need your help!

[CarlG]

Originally Posted by Special Coupe Frank

...Now, if I could just talk the wife into a gasoline-powered Maytag wringer-washer...

My parents had one of these when I was a teenager. Dad converted it to electric, I used the 2-cylinder gas engine to power a go-cart! That "Kick Starter" was a hoot!

[Cool Hand Lurker]

OK, so this is not Model A. But it sure has been interesting!

[MrTube]

Third coat.

Looking good IMO.













Will probably be doing a 4th coat tomorrow.

[Steve Plucker]

Keep us informed on the progress...nice restoration so far!

Pluck who has never seen one of those! Of corce everyone living where I do still uses an ice box...looks like we have something to look forward to!

Great job Mr.Tube...love it!

[MrTube]

Painting is finally done.
Will install the start relay and its newly painted cover in the morning after the paint hardens good. Need to clean up the controls and the plate for it as well.

First picture was with a flash and the color balance is way off. Its not perfect but I'm happy with it. This was the first thing I have ever sandblasted, prepped and painted.

One important thing I didn't learn until the final coat was you can look at the surface from an angle to see light reflecting off of it to see how your paint is covering.

I tried to capture the shine and gloss best I could with the pictures. The dark spots under the condenser are from light shining through the top and being blocked by the fins.











If anyone else is restoring one of these be sure to be gentle with the wires. The insulation falls off if you bend the wires and you cannot access them below the top to replace them. I used the correct color heat shrink tubing over the wires where I had to bend them.

I will follow up with pictures of the cabinet as I work on it.

[LukeDahlinger]

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Looks nice! I have a 1920s Frigidaire that I need to get busy on, but never have.

[MrTube]

I'm glad the hard part is done on this one. I have been worried about being able to do it for years.

Now the fun of trying to grind down rust spots and patch them in the porcelain enamel cabinet. I'm thinking of using the same appliance epoxy paint for the touch up. It seems like there is no real way to patch the spots with real porcelain. Although I am not sure if I should use a brush, or mask everything off and spray the spots.

The worst is the legs. The edges are rusted yet 90% of the porcelain on them is in decent shape.

[Tom Wesenberg]

Originally Posted by MrTube

I'm glad the hard part is done on this one. I have been worried about being able to do it for years.

Now the fun of trying to grind down rust spots and patch them in the porcelain enamel cabinet. I'm thinking of using the same appliance epoxy paint for the touch up. It seems like there is no real way to patch the spots with real porcelain. Although I am not sure if I should use a brush, or mask everything off and spray the spots.

The worst is the legs. The edges are rusted yet 90% of the porcelain on them is in decent shape.

Check with the places that repair chips in bathtubs. I'm not sure what they use, but I've seen them advertise that they can repair chips in the porcelain.

BTW, that is a cool advatar. Is that an old GE ad? And where can I find such an ad? Thanks

[MrTube]

Originally Posted by Tom Wesenberg

Check with the places that repair chips in bathtubs. I'm not sure what they use, but I've seen them advertise that they can repair chips in the porcelain.

BTW, that is a cool advatar. Is that an old GE ad? And where can I find such an ad? Thanks

Tom,

Its a GE advertisement from I believe 1935. It was suggesting the Monitor Top would last longer than time. They may have been right .

I have a few original GE Monitor Top ads but unfortunately not this one. I found it under Google images.

[MrTube]

Have great news.

The racks to the 1933 fridge are currently being nickel plated by a friend.
I originally asked for zinc electroplating being thats what I've been told they were originally. My mind changed pretty fast when he asked if nickel would be acceptable.

[MrTube]

Got the racks back.

It was worth waiting so long for this. They came out beautiful in nickel. I only took a few quick pictures. There are three racks, two of which have brackets and slide out. The basket is for eggs or vegetables I guess, either way it was original to the fridge so I kept it.

I'm thinking nickel plating should hold up great.

[Steve Plucker]

I just saw in Ford News a pickup hauling one of these!

It was in a 1931 issue.

Pluck

[FL&WVMIKE]

Mrtube ...................
Years ago, a friend of mine and I were in the attic of an old auto parts store, and apparently, they also sold refrigerators at one time too. We found eight boxes of old water bottles for ice water. They were frosted green glass in a Ballerina pattern, complete with stoppers. They are the same style as a clear vineger bottle of the same time period. The ole' fellow told us that was what they were. I think that I still have a few sets around, somewhere. I don't know what refrigerator they were for.
MIKE

[MrTube]

This is an old thread and not "A" related but I recall a few members being curious on my progress.

If you wish to see how my 1933 monitor top restoration is coming along please visit the following URL. This will keep the "A"s here and the fridges where they belong.

http://monitortop.freeforums.net/thr...16-restoration