Southwestern Bell Pay Phone??

Question

I recently came into possession of an old Southwestern Bell pay phone. I am trying to unlock and open it for curiosity's sake and am hoping to avoid taking a crowbar to it since I don't have a key. Does anyone have any advice for how to open this? Or where I might get a key?

Thanks for reading a super random request.

ATTBusinessForums · Answer

Hi there – We’d like to help, but we sold off the pay phone portion of the business about 10 years ago.

Minox8x11 · Answer

I can help you, I recently refurbished a payphone that I did not have the keys for and I was able to gain access, remove the locks and replace them for less than $20.

Identifying it is step 1 - COCOT or Bell Owned (determines if you can use it as a personal phone)
Getting into it is step 2
Then Programming it would be next
Finally, after all that, replacing the locks and using it.

It sounds scarier than it is really... it is not bad at all.