Adam, my Predicta article has some restoration notes that you may find useful:
http://antiqueradio.org/philc12.htm
Don, thanks for that history lesson. I have heard a number of people blame the Predicta for killing Philco. It's nice to know that wasn't really the case. I revised my article to indicate that this was an urban legend.
Phil Nelson
Phil's Old Radios
http://antiqueradio.org/index.html