Old Pay phone question

[Ken Layton]

Starting around 1969, both the Western Electric and GTE three slot payphones were also available brand new as dedicated touchtone models.

[BrianB]

In regards to the vault door lock (bottom lock - chrome door) Most of those keys are the same depending on the manufactuer. I know this is true at least for Automatic Electric.

I ordered my key from Phonecoinc.com. They were great to deal with.

Josh,

If you find a cheap one, re-painting is always an option. Especially if you find a really banged up one in it's original color. That's what I did and I repainted mine black.

[bcharlton]

I found 2 phones from the same "phone guy" fopr arounf $200 apiece.  They both work.  I alos found a "ringer" from under the seat of an old phone booth.  These phones do not have a ringer inside them.  It works very well and I can now here the phones ring when I am in my malt shop.  Get a phone that has not been "messed with".

BrianC

[Ken Layton]

Here's how to build your own 3 slot payphone controller:

http://atcaonline.com/controller.html

This will make that old 3 slot work like it was originally intended: on coins!

[SIGNGUY]

Boy.. that looks simple...

[BrianB]

LOL! 

Yeah, if you're not an electronics type, that stuff can be pretty challenging. Just protoyping the board can be a pain. Looks like he either knows somebody that make bare boards w/traces for him or he spent some cash having them made. The individual components are really cheap and easy to install.