First phone, first post. $8 Spacemaker 183!

[GeneralCheese]

Hello, this is my first rotary phone I have ever owned.  I bought this on a whim at a thrift store and negotiated it down from $10, because it hadn't been tested.  Well, I got home, plugged it in, and there was a dial tone.  I do not know if the dial works, because our phone network can't register rotary.



The phone has a date of 1964.  I did some research, and I believe $8 was quite the deal.

Thanks for looking!

[stub]

 GeneralCheese ,
               AE 183 Spacemaker it is!!!!!!!!!!Welcome to the CRPF.  Man, you got a nice phone for the money!!  stub

[John S]

Welcome !!!!!

You will love it here......

john

[HarrySmith]

Welcome! Nice phone! Now you need it in all the other colors with matching ringers

[AE_Collector]

Yes there are only 10 colors plus black so get to work on that!

Welcome to the Forum. Good start (An AE Phone)!

Terry

[Greg G.]

Hello, this is my first rotary phone I have ever owned.  I bought this on a whim at a thrift store and negotiated it down from $10, because it hadn't been tested.  Well, I got home, plugged it in, and there was a dial tone.  I do not know if the dial works, because our phone network can't register rotary.

The phone has a date of 1964.  I did some research, and I believe $8 was quite the deal.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome, and yes, $8 was a steal!  But whatever you do, don't take this particular model apart, they are a b*tch to get back together! http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=1537.0

I believe you need a ringer box for these.  If your phone service doesn't support pulse dialing, you'll need to get either a PBX, pulse-to-tone converter, or something like an Xlink that acts like a bluetooth for your cell phone.  It has a modular port to plug your rotary phone into.  They all do basically the same thing, convert pulse to tone.

[AE_Collector]

They have a network inside, just not a ringer. I have totally disassembled at least 10 of these. Just pay attention as you go.

Terry

[stub]

GeneralCheese,
                       You can always build one of these touch call pads and fix it where it will plug to any phone you have. Here's the link -   http://atcaonline.com/ttpad.html
                     I don't have a black Type 33 ringer box that you need but here's one in ivory and make sure you get a straight line ringer in it.  If you have any problems just let us know and we will GIT ER DONE!!!           stub