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So I have a 1950 International Harvester fridge in my garage that was handed down through the family. It stopped working several years ago and was given to me, and ai got it running again and have been using it for my "beer fridge" since. Earlier this year the same model fridge popped up on local marketplace. Seller said it suddenly stopped working and he didn't want to deal with it. I picked it up for what I thought was a good price. And having fixed the family one, figured this would be an easy fix, then flip it to at least double my money, if not more. I get it home, plug it in, and it works just fine. I did replace the door seal with a proper seal, since previous owner just had some cheap foam tape stuck on it.
Then, talking to my dad, he asked why I bought it since I already had one. Told him I was planning on fixing and selling it. But since it was in such good shape I decided to keep it. He made a comment that he would have liked to have it.
So then I approached my brother and sister and talked about making it his Christmas present from all of us. They thought that was a good idea.
I had a few different ideas running through my head. Getting it repainted red with some IH and Farmall decals on it. But since the factory porcelain finish was still in good shape on it, decided to just keep it white.
Now, a little back story. My grandfather, on my mom's side, bought a "brand new" 1950 Farmall C in 1951 from local dealer in Nebraska City. He used it on his farm, mostly for gardening. My dad got into Farmall tractors for antique tractor pulling in late 80s. We had restored a M and an H. Then decided to restore the C for my Grandpa. During the process of stripping it down, we found a lot of white paint under the original red. This was back before the Internet. A lot of research, and it was discovered what we had was a factory "Demostrator" tractor the dealers used to go around and show farmers the features of the available tractors. So we tracked down the right paint color and painted it back white. That year we went to the national Red Power Round Up in Wisconsin. This was the first restored demonstrator tractor ever to appear at a Red Power Round Up. Since then, hundreds more have popped up, and several non-factoru demonstrators pains up to loon like them. After my grandparents had to move off the farm for health reasons, it was then handed down to my mom.
So now to finish the story on the fridge. I decided to buy some decals and vinyl and make the fridge look like the demonstrator C my parents have. Here are some pictures of the mostly finished fridge. Last two pics were right after I got it
So I have a 1950 International Harvester fridge in my garage that was handed down through the family. It stopped working several years ago and was given to me, and ai got it running again and have been using it for my "beer fridge" since. Earlier this year the same model fridge popped up on local marketplace. Seller said it suddenly stopped working and he didn't want to deal with it. I picked it up for what I thought was a good price. And having fixed the family one, figured this would be an easy fix, then flip it to at least double my money, if not more. I get it home, plug it in, and it works just fine. I did replace the door seal with a proper seal, since previous owner just had some cheap foam tape stuck on it.
Then, talking to my dad, he asked why I bought it since I already had one. Told him I was planning on fixing and selling it. But since it was in such good shape I decided to keep it. He made a comment that he would have liked to have it.
So then I approached my brother and sister and talked about making it his Christmas present from all of us. They thought that was a good idea.
I had a few different ideas running through my head. Getting it repainted red with some IH and Farmall decals on it. But since the factory porcelain finish was still in good shape on it, decided to just keep it white.
Now, a little back story. My grandfather, on my mom's side, bought a "brand new" 1950 Farmall C in 1951 from local dealer in Nebraska City. He used it on his farm, mostly for gardening. My dad got into Farmall tractors for antique tractor pulling in late 80s. We had restored a M and an H. Then decided to restore the C for my Grandpa. During the process of stripping it down, we found a lot of white paint under the original red. This was back before the Internet. A lot of research, and it was discovered what we had was a factory "Demostrator" tractor the dealers used to go around and show farmers the features of the available tractors. So we tracked down the right paint color and painted it back white. That year we went to the national Red Power Round Up in Wisconsin. This was the first restored demonstrator tractor ever to appear at a Red Power Round Up. Since then, hundreds more have popped up, and several non-factoru demonstrators pains up to loon like them. After my grandparents had to move off the farm for health reasons, it was then handed down to my mom.
So now to finish the story on the fridge. I decided to buy some decals and vinyl and make the fridge look like the demonstrator C my parents have. Here are some pictures of the mostly finished fridge. Last two pics were right after I got it
