Blue Princess Beach Bath

[TelePlay]

Given the tight screw theory, I looked at one I had to find out the screw location.

In the first image, it shows the screw near the edge and in line with the plungers. Looking at the damaged phone, it becomes obvious that the large piece broken off from the housing is still attached to the phone base with the mounting screw.

If that's the case, then the reason for the damage is inside the phone, the the housing was raised up from the inside for some reason and eventually caused the larger part of the housing to break away from the piece holding it to the base. That would put the upper part of the housing crack higher than the lower plastic crack.

The small piece that fell off also indicates the larger piece broken off is still attached to the base, or it would also have fallen off.

In the second image, it shows the front edge of the housing to the left of the break is higher than the still attached piece (lower red circle) and the plunger on the blue phone is much shorter than the plunger on the white example phone (upper red circle).

The dot on the white phone shows the screw location and it seems that would be on the upper right pointed edge of the blue piece still attached to the phone. Also, the internal screw mounting post can not be seen through the crack on the larger housing part indicating it is under the small blue piece still attached.

Open it up and see what caused the upward inside pressure on the housing.

[Doug Rose]

Given the tight screw theory, I looked at one I had to find out the screw location.
Open it up and see what caused the upward inside pressure on the housing.

it is in Monday's trash

[.....]

it is in Monday's trash

Time to say goodbye to your phone Doug!

[Western Bell]

it is in Monday's trash

dat was al swaste of findng oute what hapned to the phoen.

[FABphones]

it is in Monday's trash

The shell yes, but the rest is usable as spares, surely only part of it is in the trash. 

[HarrySmith]

dat was al swaste of findng oute what hapned to the phoen.

Is this English? I tried Google translate but got no results.

[Doug Rose]

The shell yes, but the rest is usable as spares, surely only part of it is in the trash. 

CJ..... Handset and cord were salvaged, along with the finger wheel and the gold finger stop.

The phone had been damaged in the past by water, with the dial shot, insides showing corrosion and the bottom cover barely there. I took what I could.

This was a display only. Not a huge loss at all, more of a curiosity of why it happened?  I was very happy of the results of the bleach bath on this very badly faded phone. It was an experiment.

I doubt that even if I tightened the screws too tight, this damage would appear months later.

C'est La Vie!....Doug

[FABphones]

C'est La Vie!....

c'est vrai, mais triste que nous n'ayons jamais trouvé la raison. 
un mystère.

[HowardPgh]

My theory was that the edge of the dial was caught on the edge of the housing causing the upward force on that side.

[countryman]

That sounds plausible.
Internal stress and at one awful point of time *crack*.

[Doug Rose]

My theory was that the edge of the dial was caught on the edge of the housing causing the upward force on that side.

Howard...I like your theory. Dial was shot from being wet and did not sit properly. There was a lot of corrosion and stuff inside. That certainly makes the most sense as nothing could have fell on it with any force....Doug

[poplar1]

If the transparent number plate is not cracked, it is worth saving. A lot of Sonny's Princess dials have cracked number plates. And the brown letters and numbers look better than the newer gray/black ones.

[5415551212]

Has anyone ever tried making a replica princes case?
Seems like allot of these have cracked cases.

[FABphones]

Has anyone ever tried making a replica princes case?
Seems like allot of these have cracked cases.

Member Kleenax is a dab hand at this and creates some fabulous telephones. It is a time consuming and expensive process.

Some of his creations can be seen on his thread here:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=20051