DIY Refrigeration

[BrewCurious]

I have a pretty, old 50s-era Gibson refrigerator. Unfortunately the coolant coil in the fridge cracked and leaked freon everywhere. So no more cooling.

I've been looking for some kind of a retrofit kit that would allow someone in a similar situation to place a cooling coil within the box of refrigerator, run lines out the back and connect to a modern condenser of some kind. I've yet to find anything like that.

Does anyone in the group have any experience with closed-system refrigeration? I know next to nothing about it myself, but am starting to pick up the basics here and there. Anyone have similar interest and want to pool resources/research?

Let me know.