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Started by countryman, July 28, 2021, 03:19:37 PM

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countryman

Sure looks like 2 classic American phones. Bidding on eBay was kinda slow and I won them both on my tight budget  8)
Please educate me, what can I expect in the mail the next couple of days?

19and41

The upper one is an Automatic Electric model 50 wall phone.
"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."
— Arthur C. Clarke

HarrySmith

Western Electric D1 desk phone, needs a subset. Could be wired as a 101 or 102.
Automatic Electric model 50 Wall phone.
Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

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

phonium

George Amores
ATCA#4857

countryman

Thanks guys, that's what I expected. I'm excited to inspect them when they arrive. You don't find both phones very often here in Germany. So keep your fingers crossed there won't be too many missing parts besides the notorious dial centers...
I guess I can improvise a subset from parts I have.

HarrySmith

Harry Smith
ATCA 4434
TCI

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

FABphones

Good finds and two nice additions to your collection. Do you have an auction link?

Looking forward to seeing more photos when they arrive.

:)
A collector of  'Monochrome Phones with Sepia Tones'   ...and a Duck!
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Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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countryman

https://www.ebay.de/itm/203531862152
https://www.ebay.de/itm/203531844324

The seller has some more "stuff", including a mottled brown thing what I assume is a French military intermediate phone? https://www.ebay.de/itm/203536863126 Not sure if I'm interested in it.

RB

If that brown one was in better shape, maybe...
But with a missing transmitter and cap, a broken finger wheel,
AND most of the switch tops broken off, good luck doing much with it. :(

FABphones

#9
Back in 2018 I restored one of those 'walnut burr' colour telephones. Came up nicely, but everything was present and intact. In my experience those finger wheels are often broken or the dial replaced with the later clear fingerwheel versions (as seen on the S63). I have never seen spares in the same colour.

I would pass that one by unless needed for spares itself.

Thread for the phone I restored:
http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=21372

Images below, first screenshot of the phone as discussed (from above auction), second set of images show the phone I restored - 'before' to left, 'after' to right.
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***********
Vintage Phones - 10% man made, 90% Tribble
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dsk

Quote from: countryman on July 28, 2021, 03:19:37 PM
Sure looks like 2 classic American phones. Bidding on eBay was kinda slow and I won them both on my tight budget  8)
Please educate me, what can I expect in the mail the next couple of days?
The table phone (WE 202) works well with a home-made subset.  Mine: has a subset made of a German w48 coil, and a Norwegian ringer with capacitor. Works great!

dsk

http://www.classicrotaryphones.com/forum/index.php?topic=16538.msg231578#msg231578

countryman

Thanks for showing that counterpart of the brown one FABphones. What do you think was it originally? I don't think I'll go for it but it looks like an interesting phone for sure.

Thanks for the link DSK! I have the innards of a Dutch type 1955 (the bat phone) waiting for a new use. They are similar to a W48, electrically. I guess they will also work. I'm now looking for a nice case to build a subset.

dsk

Should work great!
Seems like that circuit works extremely well on ATA's
Good luck!
dsk

countryman

Quote from: dsk on July 29, 2021, 03:58:03 PM
Should work great!

Well it did Dag :-)
I ended up using a W48 coil as well. I had one on the shelf and did not need to rip up that poor Dutch wiring loom that way. And it makes a smaller package, too. Pics will follow, too dark right now.
I'm really pleased with bot phones I bought, they are complete and in good condition.

dsk

Congratulations!
I wonder how enthusiasts will be playing with their collected mobile phones when they are 50-100 year old.  :)

dsk