Posted 1 year ago
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part II of my wallbox collection, for now I have 7 wallbox
from left to right :
- 1954 Wallbox Rock-Ola model 1546
- 1956 Ami wallbox wq200
- seeburg 3w1 wallbox
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Wow I am on Love with them !!!!!! do they all still work ?
thanks, they all still work but I don't have the jukebox to goes with ( no money and place for it for now )
I'm not really good with tools so I try to buy items in the best condition
I have a repro one I was going to post I took a Photo of this AM :-) I can see myself in the roadside cafe now looking through songs eating a hamburger and fries ! great memories .
the first time I saw a wallbox was in san francisco, I went to Lorri's dinner and there was a wallbox on each table, since this day I wanted to have one and the day I found my first one my dream come true
It is a dream come true ! The ones I remember were on tables on old route 66 as we traveled each yr from west coast to east coast as a young girl and teen . have been to San Francisco in 50's but we just passed through and I just remember the steep hills and fearing the brakes would go out :-)
I have an AMI similar to yours but taller, got it around 1988 from a barn shop on the outskirts of Gainesville GA. I recall they had about 16 or so, almost all different from each other. Would have loved to have grabbed all of them but only got one, you know how it is!