Automatic Electric Type 80 - Beige brown Cords – The phone has

Cords – The phone has been outfitted with brand new colour match aqua blue cloth covered cords that are made in house on the same type of equipment originally used by the phone companies

but it was not generally favoured due to the high maintenance requirements

These original feet have been disassembled

There is also an option to have either straight cloth covered cords or vinyl

It takes roughly 3 weeks for the chrome plating to be completed

Automatic Electric Type 80 - Beige brown Cords – The phone hasHistory 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