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Title: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: LoveOldPhones on October 29, 2016, 07:23:46 PM

I just saw this on eBay.... looks like something someone painted. lol

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VTG-WESTERN-ELECTRIC-ROTARY-DIAL-PHONE-Royal-Blue-Mint-RARE-/152298483556

~~?hash=item2375b26f64:g:VxoAAOSwMVdYFPdk~~

what is this ? lol

Title: Re: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: twocvbloke on October 29, 2016, 07:43:33 PM

Quote from: LoveOldPhones on October 29, 2016, 07:23:46 PMwhat is this ? lol

A victim of the rattlecan I'd say... :o

Looks like they tried to make it look like a mainland european style telephone, with the numbers in the dial centre instead of on the dial surround, shame there's no pictures of it's innards to see what colour it used to be...

Title: Re: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: Jim Stettler on October 29, 2016, 07:59:58 PM

I think it was black. Look at the inside of the housing on the photo of the bottom.
JMO,
Jim S.

Title: Re: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: LoveOldPhones on October 29, 2016, 08:30:33 PM

Quote from: Jim S. on October 29, 2016, 07:59:58 PM
I think it was black. Look at the inside of the housing on the photo of the bottom.
JMO,
Jim S.

Jim.... I sent you 2 PM's.... have you not gotten them ?
Please get back to me.

thanks

Title: Re: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: Pourme on October 29, 2016, 08:43:32 PM

At $225...They are very proud of their spray paint talents!

Title: Re: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: TelePlay on October 30, 2016, 12:55:46 AM

To make it uniform, they had to paint over the numbers on the bezel forcing them to put the numbers on the dial card.

Title: Re: what on earth is this thing ?
Post by: dsk on October 30, 2016, 01:30:18 AM

That dial center could have been made in Norway :-)

dsk

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