Automatic Electric Type 80 - Beige 1930s 50+ dB Amplified Corded Phone

50+ dB Amplified Corded Phone with Answering Machine

The shell is then professionally painted in a Mediterranean Blue using Polane

Body – The body has been stripped down and sandblasted using a glass grit and powder coated in a semi-gloss white finish

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nickel or painted black

Automatic Electric Type 80 - Beige 1930s 50+ dB Amplified Corded PhoneHistory By the late 50s almost every telephone maker was either out of business or stayed alive by producing almost identical copies of the WE 500. Automatic Electric were the exception, they were the last independent telephone maker to stick with their original designs. Although the AE 80 was completely designed in house, AE still had to take out a licensing agreement with Western Electric since their design shared many of the principles of the 500