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GPO house exchange system (H.E.S. 4) big, big set

Started by gpo706, December 12, 2010, 06:20:49 PM

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This must be the biggest GPO set ever, apart from maybe the "crocodile phones".

Unique casing, as you can see.

40 quid all in, rare as hens teeth.

Now I have specifically instructed the seller as to how to package the phone, even with its block terminal, and that slight crack on the irreplaceable body.

Here's the info:

http://www.britishtelephones.com/hes4.htm

Here's the sellers pics:



"now this should take five minutes, where's me screwdriver went now..?"

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Mark Furze - TCI, ATCA

To miss-quote "Bones" McCoy . . .
                     "darn it Jim - I'm a doctor, not a telephone engineer!"

gpo706

Me too!

If its broke I'll have to start digging through a landfill site in the hope of finding another!
"now this should take five minutes, where's me screwdriver went now..?"

gpo706

The Royal Mail tried to deliver it Monday, nobody in, so picked it up at the local delivery office today (thats another story).

I expected it to be in bits but the seller had taken on my instructions and its all here in one piece.

The crack the seller referred to only extends from the corner of the button faceplate to the curve on the corner, barely noticeable, the fleck in the picture is a little gouge, or dimple, so a pretty nice rare set.

The dial is pretty slow, but its yet to thaw out. (as have I).

Now for a rewire...
"now this should take five minutes, where's me screwdriver went now..?"