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Old 10-08-2008, 12:57 AM   #1
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Ok, so I am at school and have been trying to build a kegerator out of an old dorm fridge, but as most of you know, money is tight when you are in college.......so I get this call from my dad saying he pick up a kegerator for free!!!! The people said it had been in their garage for 4 years and hasn't been touched.

He sent me some pics and says he plugged it in and it works, but I don't have a clue on what I need to do to get this ready to go, or if it will even be ready to go. So any help or advice will be appreciated. thanks everyone










hey, at least it runs


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Old 10-08-2008, 12:58 AM   #2
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Old 10-08-2008, 12:59 AM   #3
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damn! I don't know if it would be worth it for you, but I would love to get a cool old fridge like that and rebuild it and fix it up. Those units have style out the wazoo
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Old 10-08-2008, 01:01 AM   #4
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damn! I don't know if it would be worth it for you, but I would love to get a cool old fridge like that and rebuild it and fix it up. Those units have style out the wazoo
I completely agree, if anything it will end up being a beer fridge for my bottled brews
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Looks like the guy who owned it stored his wifes body inside after slaughtering her. 5177.gif
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Cleaned up with some nice paint and clearcoat it would look awesome! Then, just never open it.

I love how they used to style fridges like cars back then.
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Dude. That thing is awesome. If you say it runs, clean that bad boy up. With a little more work, you may be able to hook up multiple taps.
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I mean, I am going to at least clean it up and make it nice looking, but how do I go about making it work for my kegging purposes? Replace the lines? Is that possible? what else?
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It would look great cleaned up and running, but now the downside....How much does it cost to run a big old appliance like that?
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Well, you might lose some money in operation, but you could def spend some time cleaning and painting, and yes, you can replace the lines. You can do what you want!


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