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Lamp Phone Atrocities!

Started by Greg G., May 06, 2009, 12:43:09 AM

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FABphones

Complete with oversized Pina Colada umbrella. Yours for $1,150.00 (plus shipping).
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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HowardPgh

RE:#901
You don't need to plug this in, just turn the crank for light. Ideal for blackouts.
Howard

Robert Gift

Quote from: HowardPgh on March 02, 2023, 10:14:07 AMRE:#901
You don't need to plug this in, just turn the crank for light. Ideal for blackouts.
I would not have damaged a rare telephone.
If the lamp extended from a plate on which the telephone rested, that would be fine.

Would be great if one could charge a battery through cranking and have an LED light for w while.
I'd take an educated guess but am unqualified.
In paramediclass, doctor asked me signs of Alzheimers.  "I forget.", I answered.

Lighted Princess® telephones are our favorites!

To ensure an emergent transport call, I need only:
- take first sip of beer when eating pizza
- start shampooing in the shower
- pull bed covers over and get warm and cozy
- begin my OCD oil change.  (Remove oil plug to drain overnight.)

FABphones

Now that's a hat!
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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HarrySmith

I feel sorry for that poor phone  :'(
Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

AL_as_needed

Looks like one of the lady's in the back of church service left her hat on the phone  ;D
TWinbrook7

FABphones

Not one but two.
 :(
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TelePlay

Triple damage . . .

(phone, helmet liner & price)

and not attractive.

FABphones

Quote from: TelePlay on May 16, 2023, 06:31:54 PMTriple damage . . .
:o

Now that really is a Hideous Phone.
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FABphones

Another throw it down smash it up style phone to lamp conversation.
There goes another GPO No10 dial. It turns the light on and off now.
Sigh.
:-\
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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Kellogg Kitt

At least that one is innovative, putting the lamps in the mouthpiece and earpiece.  I have never seen that before!  But I hate to see it anyway.  It is a shame to ruin a phone.

Wade

allnumbedup

#911
Here is a sort of reverse atrocity.  I found this lamp creation hiding behind a Kellogg partial stick in a box lot but did not expect much at all from it. Turns out that the base is a pretty nice SC stick with a nickel plated and patent dated base ring.  It also has a base cover and a fiber grommet for the cord exit hole on the base. The neat part is that the lamp socket is a fairly desirable Hubbell socket with an acorn pull. The bottom of the socket had it's stem cut off and the lower perch of the SC stick was jammed into it. This ruined the bottom of the socket but saved the SC parts from damage. It must have been an older conversion into a lamp because these two parts were held together with about a pound of solder layered inside to base of the lamp socket. I melted them apart with a heat gun to liquify the solder and intend to use parts for both phone and lamp restoration. (the stick was painted black over yellow over original nickel and black). Also of note is that an old and maybe original green cloth cord was wired to the socket to carry 120V to the lamp.
Analog Phones for a Digital World

allnumbedup

#912
Parts liberated from lamp phone purgatory
Analog Phones for a Digital World

HarrySmith

Quite a mess. Good luck on the restoration. It is always good to see one brought back. Please keep updating us on the progress!
Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

"There is no try,
there is only
do or do not"

Westrex

#914
Somebody turned an Automatic Electric Type 80 telephone into a light  :( . At least the rotary dial turns the light on though.

E-Bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/235397471140

Also, somebody turned a Kellogg 1000 into a lamp.

E-Bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/204519752670

And, someone turned a WE 500 into a lamp (probably the same person who did the AE 80)

E-Bay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/235397475052
Check out the site below for helpful information about Automatic Electric phones.

http://kwan-nick.neocities.org/AE2.html