Remember the day?
Good old rotary dial telephones that just about every Australian home had at least one of (no mobiles back then) and often they were the centre of social life, especially for the kids. Most often in the hallway sitting on its own little "telephone table" with a great big thick telephone directory sitting next to it!
Stick your finger in the dial, wind her back and let go ... the sweet whirring sound of the dial returning and hopefully, you are eventually connected to the called party....sometimes you may "get lucky" as cross-talk was a problem at times, where you would have other uninvited people drop into your conversation or you into theirs - Ah, the wonders of "modern" analog switching telephony.
I used to gather together all sorts of telephone subscriber and exchange related equipment and components from NZ (my younger days) and Australia because I worked in the industry during my early career in electronics. Slowly I have found new owners for some of the "special" complete equipment (Railway communications equipment, Manual phones, bakelite manual and rotary dial telephones, massive group and final selectors from SXS exchanges and now these more humble bits and pieces from subscriber instrument, the Australian 802 telephone.
This bare handset (no inserts or other components) is from a model 802 telephone.
TELECOM/PMG - 802 Series Rotary Dial Telephone Spare Part
Handset only - absolutely bare bones, the carcass!
Identification: 1 (transmitter end) & 153600 (receiver end)
Moulded plastic construction
Screw on threads for the transmitter and receiver caps
227mm length x 64.5mm diameter at either end
Hole at the transmitter end for the curly cord entry point
Colour: Cream
Weight: 70g
COSMETIC CONDITION:
USED
CLEAN (completely sterilised with ISO alcohol)
NO physical damage to the handset body at all
Yes, there are some light scuff marks or very light discolouration at various points around the body - this handset body is not pristine but still very serviceable and it still "looks good"
I have now safely packed this handset body within a sealed clear plastic packet, ready to bring another 802 back to life!
