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FrankenPhones AKA the Kludge of the Month Award

Started by Come in Nighthawk, June 05, 2010, 06:04:15 PM

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Doug Rose

Quote from: LarryInMichigan on November 03, 2020, 08:33:31 PM
That phone is sure a mess, but people will be bidding on it for the very rare brown AE handset.  I wouldn't be surprised if it ends over $100.

Larry
Larry agreed...the Mahogany AE looks brand new. I saw it come on and was sad there was no BIN....Doug
Kidphone

Key2871

Yes I saw that handset and thought it might be rare, I havent seen a brown one before.
KEN

Doug Rose

Quote from: LarryInMichigan on November 03, 2020, 08:33:31 PM
That phone is sure a mess, but people will be bidding on it for the very rare brown AE handset.  I wouldn't be surprised if it ends over $100.

Larry
Really close Larry...went for $79, handset was a tough to find Mahogany Brown with gold trim. I wonder where the phone went? The handset and cord looked new....Doug
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Jim Stettler

Quote from: Doug Rose on November 10, 2020, 10:06:16 PM
Really close Larry...went for $79, handset was a tough to find Mahogany Brown with gold trim.
Not a bad price for a HTF handset like that.  The buyer did good.
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Etienne

#109
https://www.ebay.fr/itm/275535691498
I feel really sorry for this one... a true piece of art destroyed, probably many years ago...
And the seller seem to think he sells the 8th wonder of the world... 165€!

countryman

Was it originally designed for the unique "coronet" style handset?

Etienne

It was a Thomson-Houston phone. Same cradle as this one:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=26307
They are not extremely rare, but not that common and particularly beautiful.

Datguy

Im sure that everyone is jealous of my new acquisition.

The handset is a Kelloggs, the rest.... I dont know.

FABphones

It has this  :o  look about it.
 ;D

Any photos of the inside?
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poplar1

Quote from: Datguy on February 26, 2023, 11:51:33 PMIm sure that everyone is jealous of my new acquisition.

The handset is a Kelloggs, the rest.... I dont know.

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Datguy

#115
Quote from: FABphones on February 27, 2023, 02:28:08 AM...Any photos of the inside?

Unfortunately its gutted.

Datguy

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MMikeJBenN27

To me, it means a phone put together out of parts by a person, not by Ma Bell.  No, you can't put AE parts in a WE phone - they are completely different, but a phone with, say 5-54 as it's date on the base plate, but a network dated 11-65, a ringer dated 2-59, a dial dated 7-78, a shell dated 4-62, and a handset dated 9-69 is a Frankenphone, even if they are all Western Electric parts.

Mike

MMikeJBenN27

This sure is a Frankenphone if there ever was one!

Mike