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(Message started by: Pete_M on May 4^th, 2008, 10:59am)

Title: old mobile phone kits.
Post by Pete_M on May 4^th, 2008, 10:59am

Whilst faffing about in my car the other day I discovered a fully wired in, looking like it'll probably work, carphone kit.

It's probably been there since the mid to late 90s, but I don't have a clue what kind of phone fits it.

Anyone here good at spotting old mobile bits and bobs?

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2235/2461670885_043ab50a9a.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3017/2462503652_f2578c4159.jpg

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on May 4^th, 2008, 12:46pm

a big one........

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by TiberiuS on May 4^th, 2008, 12:48pm

Pete, what car is that? The Rangey? Looks a nice bit of wood trim :)

I had one of these in the Jag, wired up with charger, mic and everything. The size of the phone must've been enormous, proper old house brick sized thing ;D

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by TiberiuS on May 4^th, 2008, 12:49pm

on 05/04/08 at 12:46:20, taliban aka Cheekyboy2 wrote:

a big one........

Oooo-err, Mr. Tali ;D

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by Pete_M on May 4^th, 2008, 12:54pm

on 05/04/08 at 12:48:48, TiberiuS wrote:

Yeah, it's in my 4.6 Rangie - not the turbo one.

I'm not worried about the size of the phone as it'll be getting a Genie sim card and calls diverted to it when I'm in the car. I won't be carrying the bloody thing around with me. It'd just be nice having a properly fitted h/f kit.

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by TiberiuS on May 4^th, 2008, 1:05pm

Pete, that wood is lovely mate...looks delicious ;)

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by taliban aka Cheekyboy2 on May 4^th, 2008, 1:05pm

well, there is a cut out for an aerial in the first piccy, i spose you could start by looking at phone models when the car was made......

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by Pete_M on May 4^th, 2008, 1:15pm

on 05/04/08 at 13:05:36, TiberiuS wrote:

Pete, that wood is lovely mate...looks delicious ;)

It is spectacularly woody, and the chunk missing that is visible on the photo seems to be the only damage I can find.

I don't know if the original owner ticked all the boxes for wood in it, but I've not seen another P38 with quite as much of an arboreal interior...

I suspect it was an option from the Autobiography packages.

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by Pete_M on May 4^th, 2008, 1:17pm

on 05/04/08 at 13:05:40, taliban aka Cheekyboy2 wrote:

well, there is a cut out for an aerial in the first piccy, i spose you could start by looking at phone models when the car was made......

I've been trying to do that, but Motorolas all seem to have the aerial on the wrong side. I think it'll be a trip to the local mobile phone bloke and see if he's got a clue.

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by cossie_al on May 4^th, 2008, 1:31pm

Pete,
That looks very like the cradle for an old ericsson mobile I used to have this is what it looked like
http://ui01.gamespot.com/1088/787pxericsson_2.jpg
Ive done some googling but cant find a good pic of the bottom of the phone :-/

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by Pete_M on May 4^th, 2008, 1:35pm

on 05/04/08 at 13:31:04, cossie_al wrote:

Ahh, that looks like it could be the one.

Ta, I shall have a mega-google fest now.

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by cossie_al on May 4^th, 2008, 2:01pm

Come to think of it,
The car kit I had had a black box that the cradle, external antenna and a mic plugged into.
You could try following the cables back and hopefully find the box, with a bit of look it will have the makers name on it.

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by cossie_al on May 7^th, 2008, 9:20pm

Pete.
Any luck with that cradle yet :)
Al

Title: Re: old mobile phone kits.
Post by Pete_M on May 7^th, 2008, 11:17pm

Not yet, and I appear to have made a slight mess of one of the cupholders trying to get the cradle out to see if the makers name is on the back. b****r.