$32 '58 WE 500 Red

[WEBellSystemChristian]

Don't ask why I'm suddenly getting a strange variety of phones lately, but I found this 1958 soft plastic red 500 on eBay as an auction, and my bid somehow made it to the top of the bidding war tonight, ending at $32. At least one of the caps is not original, since it has a center hole. Ben, it looks like we have twin phones, but you ended up with the prettier one!

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[WesternElectricBen]

LOL... Thanks Christian, yours is quite nice.. The one thing I am a bit worried about is, notice how thin the casing is, or is that just me?

I'm starting to see some competition between us, 58 Red, med blue, do you have a 500t?

Ben

[TelePlay]

I was watching that auction to its end. Thought of bidding on it but let it go. Was surprised to see a last second snipe of $1 won this auction.

When you get it, post a good picture of the finger wheel. It looked like it has issues in this photo, not a reason not to buy the phone but just wondering if it was intact and whole.

[WesternElectricBen]

I was watching that auction to its end. Thought of bidding on it but let it go. Was surprised to see a last second snipe of $1 won this auction.

When you get it, post a good picture of the finger wheel. It looked like it has issues in this photo, not a reason not to buy the phone but just wondering if it was intact and whole.

I was watching that auction to its end. Thought of bidding on it but let it go. Was surprised to see a last second snipe of $1 won this auction.

When you get it, post a good picture of the finger wheel. It looked like it has issues in this photo, not a reason not to buy the phone but just wondering if it was intact and whole.

Maybe careful, careful sanding could fix that?

Ben

[WEBellSystemChristian]

@ Ben; Yes, I recieved a 500 T in that phone haul back in January for free

@Teleplay; Can you clarify what you mean by "issues" with the fingerwheel? If you mean damaged, it doesn't matter too much, because I can always swap out fingerwheels on some of my other phones, since this one will matter more about appearance than some of my other early sixties 500s.

[WesternElectricBen]

I think this is what John is talking about,

Ben

[TelePlay]

@ Ben; Yes, I recieved a 500 T in that phone haul back in January for free

@Teleplay; Can you clarify what you mean by "issues" with the fingerwheel?

I saw that scratch but was looking at what seems to be a missing piece of plastic on the ring just under the word "issue" you put on the photo.

[WEBellSystemChristian]

@ Ben; Yes, I recieved a 500 T in that phone haul back in January for free

@Teleplay; Can you clarify what you mean by "issues" with the fingerwheel?

I saw that scratch but was looking at what seems to be a missing piece of plastic on the ring just under the word "issue" you put on the photo.

I think that is just some of the "framework" on the inside of the fingerwheel, either used to secure it to the Mech, or to hold a dial card to it.

[Greg G.]

... The one thing I am a bit worried about is, notice how thin the casing is, or is that just me?

Ben

Dunno, what's your height/weight?

[WesternElectricBen]

... The one thing I am a bit worried about is, notice how thin the casing is, or is that just me?

Ben

Dunno, what's your height/weight?

What I ment to say was, the casing looks to thin for soft plastic.

Ben

[WEBellSystemChristian]

Well, it looks like Ben called this one: the 500 has 1966 plastics, except for the receiver car and dial bezel .

[WesternElectricBen]

Well, it looks like Ben called this one: the 500 has 1966 plastics, except for the receiver car and dial bezel .

Hey, you can still polish it up, and display it, or you can use the soft plastic parts for another project.

Ben

[Sargeguy]

I still have a soft plastic housing from 5? that has a small repairable crack if you need it

[WEBellSystemChristian]

I still have a soft plastic housing from 5? that has a small repairable crack if you need it

No thanks, I don't need another housing. I'm satisfied as long as these plastics display well. If anything, the plastics represent what this phone would have looked like in 1958, since this will be a part of my "interactive" museum.