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K2 Phone box door spring

9/13/2019

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I was contacted by Unicorn Restorations to repair a door closer that was found in the header section of a very rare K2 phone box, there were only ever 1500 manufactured compared with the more well known K6 phone box of which 136,000 were manufactured. The K2 phone box was only ever distributed in and around London, compared with the K6 that was distributed nation wide.

The arm to this door spring was bent in a number of places and twisted, the spring itself was broken, the fixing flange had a corner broken off and all the hinge points were loose and tired.

I was surprised at how small the closer was, especially as I recall the doors to the old phone boxes were heavy cast iron affairs. I took the shot of a Briton A so you can get a comparative understanding of its size. While talking to the owner (Tony) of Unicorn Restorations I mentioned my surprise at how small the door spring was only to be informed that the doors to the old phone were wood, not cast iron and were therefore much lighter than I imagined and as it turns out wrongly recalled.

Here are some links to the history of this most British of icons and Unicorn Restorations for those wanting more information.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_telephone_box

https://www.unicornrestorations.com/

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