The OG Coca-Cola formula, garment construction, and apparently, refrigerators. Like so many people on TikTok, we were mesmerized when one man found a 1960's model refrigerator in near perfect condition. He showed his followers his find, highlighting the unusual feature that appliances today no longer come with: rotating shelves.
One feature we're totally fixated on, common 50 years ago but something you'd never see today, are rotating fridge shelves. Yep, mid-century cooks could simply pull a fridge shelf out to grab food from the back, which easily rotated out on a swivel like a lazy Susan. rented back in 1994.
Kids loved it at the time 9 mos Sarina Boatright I have one of these mines the larger version with the fridge being separate from the freezer still hands free and the butter compartment in the door has temperature control so you can have soft room temp. As you can see by the receipt in the video, this refrigerator retailed for $497. In 2024 dollars, that's $4,982! These days you can buy a pretty good and feature-rich refrigerator for less than $2,000.
Perhaps inflation, over the long term, isn't as bad as we thought. Just check out some of the features of a '60s fridge, and you'll see what we mean. Images from TikTok.
Each shelf in the '60s vintage fridge swings out on a pivot. The shelves adjust up or down with the push of a button. Is the butter too cold for your toast? The 1963 vintage fridge has a heated butter tray that keeps your butter spreadable!
A look at this vintage fridge will have you asking the same question others have asked, why "don't they make them like they used to?". Hey, does anyone have or may have seen the door attachments to this fridge style for sale anywhere? I have one in my kitchen, but missing these. I just found the meat tray today! Yay!
In my recent guide to buying a retro refrigerator, buying vintage was tip #6. That prompted me to look through lots of stories in our archives and put together this roundup of 12 vintage refrigerators. Spanning 1934 to the mid-1970s, these vintage refrigerators are marvelous, wacky, classic, or rare.
Combine your love of old school décor and cutting-edge functionality with our phenomenal COMMERCIAL COOL retro fridge. This refrigerator (19.3" x 20.3" x 42.9") has 4.5 cubic feet of interior storage, along with a large full-width storage bin, 2 full-width pull-out glass shelves, a bottle door that can hold up to two 2-liters, and a 6. In the video, we see shelves that swing out for easy storage and retrieval, an ice maker, spinning produce drawers that slide out for convenient cleaning, adjustable shelf heights with the push of a button, a frost shield, and a heated butter conditioner.