At long last here is the bulk of my collection. You'll find I have a thing for 500 sets and an even larger thing for Western Electric. All the phones pictured, while not all perfect, all work perfectly and see rotation into service. I have one C*net line 1821-9833 and one Comcast VoIP line running through a Panasonic KX-T 61610. Its a smallish, but growing collection. I started doing this to keep my mind sharp and engaged mechanically. I have learned an amazing amount about a myriad of subjects relating to telephones and their history. I have all of CRPF to thank for feeding the monster that I created. Without further ado...
More still...
I like your collection. Butch. We have some of the same phones. I'm a big Imperial fan, nice gold version! Love seeing that FOM winner front & center!
Very nice. Quite a few there on my wish list. Thanks for sharing. :)
Looking good Butch. I started off collecting 500's because it was after the break up or bell.
Yahoo!
I love the black WE rotary wallphone. My wife was working eBay for one for Christmas, but didn't win. The rest are almost equally cool!
Thanks for showing them!
Andy
Nice,
Everything looks good Butch.
Butch...a collection to be proud and of.....real nice phones....Doug
I counted over 30, a mild case of phone-itis, nothing to worry about.
Butch, you have a nice collection. That 2-tone is in good hands.
JMO,
Jim S.
Great collection Butch. I like the the way you have phones covering the history of phones.
Butch, you have a great collection and the phones all look finished and not halfway done. Working on phones is great therapy for whatever ails you. Then you have something you can use when you finish. I am also partial to the 500 and 554. More variations than you can imagine.
The red 500 is not a two-tone. It's a full color phone from 1954. Two-tones had black handsets and black cords. Just setting the record straight.
Thank you for sharing.
Scott K.
Quote from: jsowers on December 15, 2018, 11:27:33 PM
The red 500 is not a two-tone. It's a full color phone from 1954. Two-tones had black handsets and black cords. Just setting the record straight.
Good point Jonathan , I agree that that is the proper terminology. From this (proper) standpoint the telephone is even a better find.
JM<O,
Jim S.
nice collection... kind of like mine... except I've got some 400 series phones in my mix... don't do much with single line though... always have loved the multiline systems!
Quote from: Babybearjs on December 17, 2018, 04:07:18 AM
nice collection... kind of like mine... except I've got some 400 series phones in my mix... don't do much with single line though... always have loved the multiline systems!
I am kinda working slowly in that direction. I truly love the ease of my Panasonic KX-T61610, but really want to set up a simple 1A2 system. I used to love playing with my Dad's office phones back when I was just a kid. It's a nostalgia thing for me. Plus, it seems like a sufficient challenge for me.
Just wanted to add a pic of the 40AL I got yesterday from Mr Doug Rose. It's doing a nice job as the shadow of my brass 20AL (Which I intend to eventually paint).
Today was another fine mail call day. I got a couple more fine items from Doug Rose. First is a beautiful Siemens 366 wall phone, fully functional. Has a great sound. Secondly, I picked up just the shell for an AE40. A year or so back I bought a pile of AE40s for 10.00. There were lots of great parts in the pile, but none of the shells was worth a whole lot. So, this early evening was spent assembling this nice chrome accent AE40. It works fine, but I think I need to change out the condenser to get the straight line ringer to work. But, from the ashes and adding a nice shell, I have a pretty good looking, albeit plain Jane AE40. So, two nice additions today, neither of which were Western Electric.
*quick update*
I replaced the condenser and the ringer works now. Its unbelievably loud.
testing...
edit, in an earlier thread about a SC1243 I got, I asked TelePlay John how he combines photos. He very kindly showed me in great detail. Here is the fruit of my efforts, following his instructions. Plus, everybody loves a junker restored to new glory. In this case shiny glory. Of all my phones, this is one of the overall best mechanically as well. It gets daily use.
Ha! nice, thanks John. Just went in and learned how to crop off the white space too.