Mid '60's Symphonic AC/battery automatic record player

[radiotvnut]

I just got my hands on this mid '60's Symphonic record player that will either run on AC or six D-cell batteries and it's one of the few battery operated models that I've seen that uses a full size record changer (most others are either manually operated or use a BSR mini-changer). Much to my surprise, the cartridge still has good output and except for some bad hiss (sounds like a bad germanium transistor), it sounds good - much better than expected. Unfortunately, it looks like batteries leaked all over the place and that's likely what caused the case covering to lift. When I get caught up, I'll give it a proper restoration and it should be good for another 50 years.