So a number of my esteemed fellow-members have demonstrated a cross section of interests so varied that I must believe someone out there can help us with this one.

I was just on a Zoom call with my brothers and parents. My youngest brother was giving us a brief tour of his new home. In the basement there was a really badass VERY vintage double refrigerator. Or perhaps it's a freezer or even a fridge on one side and a freezer on the other.

Anyway, he said the words Borg Warner which sent me spinning as a tool & machine guy.

Does anyone have any recollection of the subsidiary of Borg Warner called Norge?

Below is a photo of the data plate. I am intending on restoring the thing for him but can't find a single mention or photo of the double unit. I will trouble him to send me a few more pictures to post here.

Thanks in advance for your help, or at the very least, your inevitably humorous replies!

 

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Does 1955 seem in the ballpark?

Same site but different publication (Google image search)

 

Now why didn't I see that when I searched for same?

The home was built in 1920 and was occupied by a family of 10 or 12 people so they certainly would've had call to own an appliance of such capacity.

The challenge is really going to be the actual mechanical pieces.

 

$699.95 in 1953!
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Hey nice find!!!

Edit: and I see an English error...

 

I remember an ancient SNL skit that involved a broken Norge. The quote went "First Daddy, and now the Norge" Can't remember much else.

 

Yes, I believe that was a Dan Aykroyd gem

 

We see a lot of Dan Aykroyd in that Nerds sketch. Maybe too much of him. Here’s all those noogies that you ordered: