I suspect being in New Zealand, this was older stock... I'll try and find manufacturing dates but I vividly remember at the time we had 2 choices, a more sensib

I suspect being in New Zealand, this was older stock... I'll try and find manufacturing dates but I vividly remember at the time we had 2 choices, a more sensible sized one by Whirlpool that was already made in Korea, or the bigger one but still made in USA; needless to say we opted for the USA model. We actually had whirlpool fridge and washing machine in the late 70s and early 80s and was really impressed with them, hence why when we migrated to NZ we still seek out this brand. I still have a double door whirlpool fridge that's made in USA, just over 15yrs now too; though I can see it's going to leak some refrigerant soon with a copper rust spot on the line to an Embraco motor...sigh