Several years ago Bryan Tennyson discovered what was thought to be a CTC4 Director set. It was found in a leaky shed in Meridian Mississippi. According to what Bryan told me it had been sitting in this wet shed deteriorating for more than 30 years. It was offered to me for the cost of shipping it to Milwaukee. When I received the set, Ed Reitan informed me that it was a very rare Hallicrafters CTC4 clone and that it was only the second one known to exist.
The set was in the worst state of deterioration I have ever seen. It was literally falling apart and disintegrating. But due to the rarity of the set, the massive amount of work needed to restore this set, was warranted.
I have nicknamed this set the "Lazerus" Hallicrafter because it has literally been resurrected from the dead.
Because of the immense amount of work it took to restore this set, the story of it's restoration is far too voluminous to present in any forum such as VK. The entire story is told on my web site and can be accessed via this link.
http://antiquetvguy.com/Web%20Pages/...-21CK801M.html
There are currently 49 full resolution photos posted on my web site, with still more to come. I hope you will find the story of the restoration of this set enjoyable, entertaining and enlightening.
I will leave you with a teaser of just two photographs to peak your interest. A before photo of the set in the condition I received it, and an after photo of the completely restored set.