Post by capnjonny on Mar 11, 2013 21:05:18 GMT -5
I am in the middle of resurrecting my 65 Compact.
I have done a complete frame up rebuild and am modifying the interior quite a bit.
One thing I wanted to do was change the location of the ice box door from facing sideways to facing to the rear.
I have eliminated the closet and will be building a 24" x 24" cabinet on the street side front.
The problem was that the door opened the wrong way .
I am happy to report that it is in fact possible to reverse the door.
I did it by cutting the staples that attach the wood frame to the front of the box and turning the frame upside down. I re stapled the box to the frame with the stainless staples I bought to attach the exterior skin to the new wood framing.
While everything was apart I sprayed the inside of the box with scrubbing bubbles cleaner and cleaned it good.
Now when I re install the ice box in the cabinet the shine will be on the wall side.
If you look at the door there are little plastic caps . they are there to cover the holes that the metal barriers will go into when you reverse the door.
For my next trick I am going to de construct the door and re insulate it and possibly change the front panel to stainless or ?
From the weight of it I suspect that the door is nothing more than a piece of 3/4" plywood.
We will see.
Jonny
By the way , if you want to fill the cabinet cavity around the refer consider doing it with cellulose insulation. It is better than fiberglass and you can pour it into every crevice without resorting to foam which will glue the bugger in there permanently
I have done a complete frame up rebuild and am modifying the interior quite a bit.
One thing I wanted to do was change the location of the ice box door from facing sideways to facing to the rear.
I have eliminated the closet and will be building a 24" x 24" cabinet on the street side front.
The problem was that the door opened the wrong way .
I am happy to report that it is in fact possible to reverse the door.
I did it by cutting the staples that attach the wood frame to the front of the box and turning the frame upside down. I re stapled the box to the frame with the stainless staples I bought to attach the exterior skin to the new wood framing.
While everything was apart I sprayed the inside of the box with scrubbing bubbles cleaner and cleaned it good.
Now when I re install the ice box in the cabinet the shine will be on the wall side.
If you look at the door there are little plastic caps . they are there to cover the holes that the metal barriers will go into when you reverse the door.
For my next trick I am going to de construct the door and re insulate it and possibly change the front panel to stainless or ?
From the weight of it I suspect that the door is nothing more than a piece of 3/4" plywood.
We will see.
Jonny
By the way , if you want to fill the cabinet cavity around the refer consider doing it with cellulose insulation. It is better than fiberglass and you can pour it into every crevice without resorting to foam which will glue the bugger in there permanently