joe, if ever you need NOS parts or stuff painted my supplier up here in MTL is pretty good, PM me for info. Ive used him a few times building bat phones for friends and the like. I like my phones authentic but in a pinch these parts are good. Joe, i know the feeling of finding a "matching date" phone, i got 2 554's last year with metal dials from a general foods plant up here in montreal that was shutting down, the phone system was installed by ma bell in 1963 and many of the phones never needed repair or replacing since then (quite the compliment to the engineers at WE/NE)
