Old looking payphone

[oldguy]

Does this look worth buying? It's on Craigslist. Looks like a hybrid but might be fun

[rdelius]

Phoneco ,mostly new parts.

[Jim Stettler]

how much?
In the past  If a cool 3 slot was around $100 and no shipping I bought  it.  I like the look. I would pay $150.00 + for a cool telephone.
That is just MY baseline.


What is your baseline?
JMO,
Jim S.

[oldguy]

Thanks rdelius & Jim, I'm in the city it is listed in today & am hoping to contact the Craigslist seller. If it looks at all good I will buy it. They are asking $110, sounds like a good price to me.

[rdelius]

Not a bad price , you might want to upgrade it by putting in a real coin track  if it is not there and locks and a real vault door.

[oldguy]

I got the phone, it looks to be in great condition. I will look inside tomorrow but I like the upgrade ideas. Will keep you guys updated.

[oldguy]

Plugged my reproduction payphone into my into my 1045A & it seems to work great. It has a ringer & 2 gongs on the upper housing. if you drop a quarter or a nickel in, the make a noise when they hit each gong but not the right noise. dimes don't make any noise. Here are a couple of pics of the inside. It's a fake but I like it, since I would never be able to afford an original WE161x

[rdelius]

Phoneco had those coin chutes made. You can get a  AE cointrack off Ebay for not much if you shop around

[Key2871]

 Shop around for a AE coin gauge, and mount that in the upper. The network hopefully won't be in the way. I made my own network for my NE 233 to mount on the two standoffs on the back board. Using ITT network parts. I designed the PC board for connections and layout. Then got a G ringer for a WE three slot. That all worked out.
But you could have a real nice set up going there.
Glad you're having fun with it.

[oldguy]

I bought a coin chute on eBay, $7.99 + $9.99 shipping. I may have modify the bottom part of the existing coin chute but it will sound good when you drop coins in

[Key2871]

There you go, now you're cooking with gas.
It looks complete glad you got the quarter gong, something my NE was missing from another phone Co.
Then I paid too much for the replacement.