1949 302 just restored

[HarrySmith]

I have not heard back from the buyer about the cord yet. He is supposed to pick it up tomorrow. I was going to email him tonight and STRONGLY recommend the coiled cord!

Yes, I always keep the dial cards for my phones. That is why I put the Bell logo on it.

I have the cord from the handset here somewhere and I might even have the cut off line cord, I am off work tomorrow, I will check to see if I can read the dates. The date on the dial is pretty smudged but I thought it might be 1953. I am not selling it as a date matching original phone anyway so I am not all that concerned with it. If it was all original & dates matching I would be getting more money for it!!

[poplar1]

There's no way I'd put a NOS Western Electric H3C cloth handset cord on a mixed date phone for resale. Even finding a good used cloth handset cord on an as is 302 is about one in a hundred.

[HarrySmith]

I do not think it is a H3C cord, I did not check the number or date on it. The F1W handsets I got from Steve are military surplus, of course, and have the double prong switchboard plug on them. I had to extend the red wire to reach the coil. I also had to cut open the small eyelets from the plug end to put them on the handset screws.

The rubber cords I removed from it are:
Handset = H3AG dated 56
Line = D3AY dated 54

[poplar1]

It appears that the 1949 302 was either repaired or refurbished c. 1956.

If you have a handset cord where the red wire is too short for a 302, you can always just connect the red lead to R on the dial and move the slate-red jumper from L1 to R of the induction coil. This is equivalent to a 202 wired to a subset. The only difference is you are no longer shorting the primary of the induction coil when dialing, but this 22 ohms difference compared to a 0 ohm short won't matter.

[HarrySmith]

Finally convinced him to go with the coiled cord. Switched it out tonight.
Picture below along with picture of the modified H4U cord I had installed, dated III-56.