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On the two of these that I restored electronically, I was barely able to get the new electrolytic caps behind the chassis and leave the disconnected originals in place. Not fun. My sets have a clear rubber sleeve on the metal surrounding the CRT plastic implosion protective cover. This seems to be missing on your set. Was it removed? Mine have shrunk in time and do not look that good, I may remove it. I have not re-painted my sets, but do need to re-paint one of them, a red and cream one. The cream portion has quite a bit of rust. In Texas, I will need to wait till winter to paint it, the heat and humidity here are so high in summer, that the paint does not dry correctly. Luckily winters are mild here.
I was lucky in the the two sets that I restored have usuable CRTS without a brightener. One checks a little week but was usable. The third one of these that I have is solid grey, but has a completely dead(no meter movement) CRT and is missing the back. It has a very restorable case, so I hope to find a parts set someday.
I noticed that your yoke cover was in far better condition than mine(which fell apart). I made one from styrene plastic,hole cutters, dremmel tools, and glue. It does not look that good, but works. I know the celluloid plastic used to make these originally falls apart with age, possibly it fails faster in a hot climate. I saw a very nice yoke cover made on a VideoKarma thread, but the person that made it had access to a lathe.
I am now making a yoke cover for a late 1950s portable RCA set that I am restoring. Disentigrating yoke covers are common for 1950s RCA sets.
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