The chassis was in worse shape than the cabinet. It had bits of surface rust here and there, but was overall complete. There were several challenges in the restoration including a broken tube socket, a terminal strip that had been tacked onto so many times that I had to remove all connections from it start over, a broken wire in the ion trap , and the list could go on for a while. Some of the challenges were solved by others here and I'm grateful as always for the help that this community seems to give every time. Some of the problems I just banged my head against the wall until I came up with a solution. I'm pretty happy with the outcome.
Here's a short video, although youtube doesn't do the picture or sound quality justice. The flash at the end was my de-humidifier kicking on.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFVbhBjDtwM
I wanted to keep the chassis looking as original as I could and I think I've finally got a handle on a few techniques that keep me on that path, including reusing the original wax from the paper capacitors to rebuild them.
