Mahogany Brown North

[Doug Rose]

This is one of Janet's phones. I was going to sell it as is. I thought it was a Maroon North. Bad weather got the better of me and I decided to play. As Ray say a few months ago, he has found many Mahogany Browns under black paint. He was right. They even painted it with the WE 5J installed. I got the paint off the dial and saved the white. I must have taken 50 pictures, they all look black. This is super high flash in the sun and brighten after. Looks much better than this, but her it is!!...Doug

[Gilas]

Beautiful phone. Congrats again

[Doug Rose]

Beautiful phone. Congrats again

thanks Mike...Doug

[AE40FAN]

Very nice Doug! Is this the same phone shown with the original lot of phones Janet found?

[Doug Rose]

It is, if it wasn't for a rainy Saturday morning I never would have known. Pictures don't do this beauty justice. it is a keeper.....Doug

[AE40FAN]

It is, if it wasn't for a rainy Saturday morning I never would have known. Pictures don't do this beauty justice. it is a keeper.....Doug

I can't believe how fast you got the paint stripped off that and got it all cleaned up!

[Doug Rose]

It is, if it wasn't for a rainy Saturday morning I never would have known. Pictures don't do this beauty justice. it is a keeper.....Doug

I can't believe how fast you got the paint stripped off that and got it all cleaned up!

These are bakelite, so you can use stripper and steel wool. I tested with the stripper inside, just to be sure. After .5 hour I was good to go.  I took about 1.5 hour from taking the phone apart to having the finished phone.

I had to put on a different handset cord and install a North Ringer as this did not have one, the wires cut and hanging there. The paint just bubbled right off, even by the grill. When you put this under a lamp it looks amazing. I almost didn't try as I was "sure" it was a Maroon North.

As my hero, Bugs Bunny always said, "what a maroon!" That be me.

Doug

[AE40FAN]

What would make a difference if it were maroon or not?  Is maroon a different type of plastic or just not as valuable?

[Doug Rose]

No difference, both bakelite. I was just making sure the Mahogany was bakelite. That would be an awful thing, seeing a prize phone melt. I did it once with a Conn Handset. I thought it was bakelite, it wasn't!

[Doug Rose]

Did anyone watch this auction?

Mine didn't have the bakelite fingerwheel on a North dial, but it makes me smile.....Doug

http://www.ebay.com/itm/330935706090

[Claven2]

Hmm... I was watching it and thought it WAS yours!?

[Doug Rose]

I am keeping mine. Jeff does a wonderful job on his refurbs. I am trying to get him to vist us on the Forum....Doug