Year: 1957 Initial issues: hums Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, lightly sanded and polished cabinet, touched up the numbers where needed, and full AM alignment Before Pic: After:
Year: 1950 Initial issues: Cracked and faded case, hums, was bought for parts but was too good to scrap. Repairs: Glued and stabilized case, replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, cleaned grille cloth, polished extremely faded bakelite case with shoe polish, and did a full alignment Before: After:
Year: 1959??? Initial issues: Works but noisy and dirty Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tube, clean cabinet, and did a full AM alignment SOLD
Year: 1957 Initial issues: Melted case, hums, dial string broken Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, Sanded and polished cabinet, IF Can rebuild due to SMD, restring dial string, full alignment IF Can after rebuild. The thin sheets on the right are the mica film capacitors where the silver migrates toward the center […]
Year: 1951 Repairs: Replaced tube with open filament, replaced electrolytic and all paper capacitors, polished up cabinet, polished dial glass, and did a full AM alignment Before Pic:
Year: 1954 Initial issues: Hums Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes,polish cabinet, touch up while dial numbers, full AM alignment SOLD
Year: 1966 Initial issues: Cracked case, hums Repairs: Glued and stabilized case, replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, replaced bad/weak tubes, fixed issue with tube socket, repainted cabinet, full AM alignment Before Pic:
Year: 1949 Initial issues: Hums Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, Replaced bad/weak tubes, repaired bad connection on 1st IF can that was causing a lot of static/crackling, repaired speaker, polished case, dial, and brass trim, and did a full AM alignment SOLD
Year: 1950 Initial issues: Completely dead, no power cord Repairs: Replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors, Replaced bad/weak tubes, replaced power cord, fixed issue with FM tuning slugs, replace Selenium Rectifier, Repainted gold numbers on dial, and full AM and FM alignment
Year: 1955 Initial issues: Scratched case, hums Repairs: Sanded down to bare wood, re-stained cabinet, repainted brass, replaced Electrolytic and all Paper/Wax Capacitors Staining and adding new lettering to cabinet between coats of lacquer