Stromberg Carlson Orange 554 1971

[LM Ericsson]

This is the orange 554 that I mentioned on the other topic that I bought along with the white 500. The phone was pretty dirty before I got it home. Dust was caked everywhere on the inside. There were many cobwebs as well. The dial was in pretty good condition and only needed a light oiling. The original handset cord was a ugly white stretched-out handset cord. I replaced it with a NOS orange handset cord from OldPhoneWorks. I inserted a new dial card in the dial. The "Please Wait For Dial Tone" words were not originally there. I added them in microsoft word. Anyway, here are some good pictures:

[HarrySmith]

Nice cleanup job! Looks great! I like those bright SC colors, the orange & green. I think I may add those to my collection some day.

[twocvbloke]

Very nice phone, very 1970s in colour too, my dad used to have a Skoda Estelle in that colour...

And for dial cards, you should get yourself the Brush Script MT font, as that is the one used for the top portion of the card (the "Wait" or "Listen" part), it's the same font as used on the forum's logo at the top there...

Font download location:
http://www.ufonts.com/fonts/brush-script-mt-italic.html

[canuckphoneguy]

Great cleanup job! I love the colour of the phone!