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[Western Electric]

Hi
I have a ITT 500  In Ivory That I got for free

dates

base 4-64

network 4-64

ringer 72

trans 83

receiver 70

dial WE 9c 6-66

I think Has been repainted
Is this a frankenphone

[Phonesrfun]

Free phones are good.  Welcome to the forum!

[Western Electric]

Thanks
and phones are fun

[AE_Collector]

Not a Frankenphone, just a refurbophone! frankenphones are typically made up of many mismatched parts. Yours is basically correct other than being a mixture of dates.

Welcome to the forum!

Terry

[Western Electric]

Were ITT cases molded in color or were they molded and painted
if they were molded in color this one was repainted
because the inside of the shell is black and the
inside of the handset is butterscotch yellow

[LarryInMichigan]

ITT/Kellogg made 500s in lots of colors.  It was not unusual though for telcos or refurbishers to paint phones to whatever color they needed.

Larry

[AE_Collector]

And then later on as the number of available colors being offered was reduced I saw our (BC Tel) shops painting Colored phones black again just to get some more use out of otherwise good shells.

Western Electric - Is yours painted black or painted butterscotch?

Terry

[Western Electric]

the phone was made in 64
and refurbed in 72
and 84

what would be a original hardwired handset cord for this phone
round or flat

the shell is a black shell painted ivory
the handset was butterscotch painted ivory