what is this?
what is this?
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minkybob

Original Poster:

341 posts

198 months

Saturday 1st November 2014
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Found a plug on the passenger side of my 1983 280i
Anyone know what it is?
Cant do a picture as my brain is to small.
Has
NOKIA-MOBIRAOY
FINLAND
Type 4624319 VK51T

written ON THE SIDE

Cheers

mk1fan

10,886 posts

252 months

Saturday 1st November 2014
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I would guess that someone has fitted a phone kit at some point.

minkybob

Original Poster:

341 posts

198 months

Saturday 1st November 2014
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sounds right

adam quantrill

11,671 posts

269 months

Saturday 1st November 2014
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Ohhh - vintage patina! Don't disconnect that:

In 1989, Nokia-Mobira Oy became Nokia Mobile Phones. So - it predates '89....

From Wikipedia:


While the Mobira Senator of 1982 had weighed 9.8 kg (22 lb) and the Talkman just under 5 kg (11 lb), the Mobira Cityman weighed only 800 g (28 oz) with the battery and had a price tag of 24,000 Finnish marks (approximately €4,560).[32] Despite the high price, the first phones were almost snatched from the sales assistants' hands. Initially, the mobile phone was a "yuppie" product and a status symbol.[20]


minkybob

Original Poster:

341 posts

198 months

Saturday 1st November 2014
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patina like the sound of that
I have had the wedge for 14 years and never seen the connector until today
Interior very original and still very nice with no fading
Cheers
all

uglymug

575 posts

262 months

Sunday 2nd November 2014
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minkybob

Original Poster:

341 posts

198 months

Sunday 2nd November 2014
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Wish I had the phone and not just the plug!