Reclaimed booths and wall mount replacement

[diznfo]

Hello friends of the dial tone

I have long been interested in putting a payphone in my backyard and recently had the chance at reclaiming a couple long forgotten phonebooths from a building slated for demolition

While these also came with their original payphones, they are eternally locked to the enclosure's wall mount component (or at least I don't have plans on freeing them).

Payphone.com has a 26.5" tall mount with generally the same dimensions with the exception being its shorter than the original mounts (32") which apears to have made space for an accesible panel where a power outlet was mounted.

Posting in hopes of learning anything else about these styles of booths (e.g. do they have a common name like the L31s?) and to get input on whether this shorter mount from payphone.com would suit my needs well enough.

Ultimately I plan to re-mount one of these against a brick shed well.

Fully mounted enclosures ahead of extraction



Phone embedded 32" wall mount and 26" otherwise similar sized opening in the enclosure















Enclosure after cleaning and with its top bulb replaced

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[diznfo]

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Replay of the original post images(part 1):

Fully mounted enclosures ahead of extraction


Phone embedded 32" wall mount and 26" otherwise similar sized opening in the enclosure

[diznfo]

Replay of the original post images (part 1):



Enclosure after cleaning and with its top bulb replaced

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Thanks!

[HarrySmith]

Congrats! That is a great find. It is always a good thing to see old phones & stuff saved from the scrap heap. Good luck on your installation. Keep us updated on your progress.