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Telephone Talk => General Discussion => Topic started by: AET on December 20, 2009, 03:01:50 AM

Title: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 20, 2009, 03:01:50 AM
I just wanted to share this lovely phone that I got from Finlover this week!  Couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift!  It is a 56 with a fat handset cord, a very long line cord, soft center dial and of course has been beautifully refurbished by the master himself.  Here are a couple of pics I just took.

And again, thank you Greg!!!

(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Phones/finloverphone001.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Phones/finloverphone002.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Phones/finloverphone003.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Phones/finloverphone004.jpg)

Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 20, 2009, 03:04:31 AM
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Phones/finloverphone006.jpg)
(http://i658.photobucket.com/albums/uu307/AtomicEraTom/Phones/finloverphone007.jpg)
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: gpo706 on December 20, 2009, 03:09:48 AM
You wanna swop it for my black one? LOL.

Green with envy.
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 20, 2009, 03:22:02 AM
Nobody's gonna get this gem away from me.  I really love it, (and I have a TON of black phones) And it's just such a nice phone with such a great story behind it.
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: JorgeAmely on December 20, 2009, 12:19:25 PM
You are scaring me Tom. It is too close to the edge.  :o :o :o



Greg:
Your red 500 arrived in perfect condition, Thanks!

Dennis:
Your two tone red arrived in perfect condition. Thanks!
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: McHeath on December 20, 2009, 12:35:12 PM
Very nice phone.  Moss green has quickly become a favorite of mine, it's a nice happy shade of green. :)
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: HobieSport on December 20, 2009, 12:42:08 PM
What Heath said.

Now...please step slowly and calmly away from the edge of the desk, and no one will get hurt...
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: Dan/Panther on December 20, 2009, 02:40:59 PM
Tom;
Very nice phone...
Something about the Avocado color that grows on you.
D/P

BTW, Thanks Pete for the mint in Box mediteranean WE500, I have no use for it, so I'm sending it back. One thing, I liked the long blue line cord with the 4 prong blue plug, so I cut it off, and kept it. I would have unscrewed it from the terminals, but I was afraid I might scratch the base screws opening it up. You may be able to salvage the connector end of the cord.:o :o
D/P
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 20, 2009, 04:16:39 PM
I just put it there for the pics, it's on my dresser now.

I am a fan of that green myself, this is my 3rd Moss 500 and let's not forget about my 79 Buick.

(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m416/CaledoniaCustoms/GEDC0428.jpg)
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m416/CaledoniaCustoms/GEDC0430.jpg)
(http://i334.photobucket.com/albums/m416/CaledoniaCustoms/GEDC0434.jpg)
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: Phonesrfun on December 20, 2009, 04:21:05 PM
Gee, Tom, the snow all melted and the flowers are in bloom.  What a difference a week makes in the weather!   ;D

-Bill
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 20, 2009, 04:23:01 PM
Yeah, it's not like I took those pics in September or anything  :-\ LOL
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: Tonyrotary on December 20, 2009, 05:42:42 PM
Very nice phone Tom. But you know you have way too many phones with no room for them. So being the nice guy I am I will take it off your hands for you. And no need to pay me for it either, least I can do for a fellow phone collector. ;) :D
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 20, 2009, 05:55:06 PM
Okay, I'm sending you my Dreyfuss Autographed 49 500 tomorrow morning.
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: Tonyrotary on December 20, 2009, 06:01:49 PM
If only... ;D
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: McHeath on December 20, 2009, 07:09:02 PM
Gee that Buick is exactly like one the parents of a good friend of mine had when we were young.  It was yellow instead of green, kind of a creamy color actually, and I like the green better. 
Title: Re: Fantastic Fone from Finlover
Post by: AET on December 21, 2009, 01:09:38 AM
Well thank you, I have seen them in that yellow and my grandparents had a 76 Cutlass Supreme in that color.  Not to get off topic, but this one was a great deal with 90,000 original miles new tires, and near mint in and out, for 500 bucks.