I decided to take the cabinet further apart and inspect it closer, it's truly a nightmare.
I realized this is probably going to have to be knocked apart down to the last board, repair or replace whatever is falling apart or destroyed and reassembled.
This is beyond what I am capable of or have the tools for but luckily my best friend and his Dad are both expert cabinet makers, I talked to the Dad last night about doing the repairs on this and he said he'd take a look at it.
I figure I can do a lot of the taking apart and he can fabricate new parts as needed and glue up the stuff that's complicated, like the feet that are all busted up, i can do the Veneer and refinish it if need be.
It'll probably cost me a fair bit but it's not going to get done any other way.
If you want to see the HD photos of the cabinet in all it's lack of glory, I posted them here:
http://vintagetvsets.com/images/8pcs41/
Luckily the upper mirror is in good shape, it's got a film on it but I think it'll clean off, it's not corroded at all, also the screen is is great shape.
I discovered while washing it that the screen isn't just a simple piece of frosted Plastic, it's actually a Fresnel Lens! There's a circular pattern of grooves on the back side of it, the side you view has the texture of brushed Stainless Steel, I will need to be VERY careful with this since it's irreplaceable with anything but the OEM part.
On the chassis side of things I have replaced all the paper caps in the audio chassis and removed the filter can for restuffing. The can has a couple of odd sized sections of 70 mfd, I've never seen 70 mfd before, 40 & 80 yes but 70 seems weird, I reckon 80 is close enough.