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Ha Ha Ha a challenge,bring it on. Seriously I quit listening to the negative crowd years ago. I just got a RCA 65x1 going last weekend. It came from someone who had tinkered and gave up on it. They got the IF transformers all screwed up. Here is a partial list of what I did/found out.
All tubes good but
Tuning cap came apart, the tuner rod came loose and popped out from the set screw.
One IF transformer slug was so screwed up I had to make the opening larger just to turn it.
The volume control was shot, no resistance. I had a spare I put it but it was too short, I cut enough off the bad control and soldered it to the tip of the working one then filed it so the knob would fit. Some wiring was put back on wrong by PO.
Most the the wire the rubber on it was rotted so most wires replaced.
The chassis was probably 50% rusted.
The antenna coil had a rotted, molded back that disintegrated. I made a new back and glued the coil on it.
The dial scale on the chassis was rusted and had to be repainted.
All caps replaced.
Thats all I remember I did to it. But the thing is I could have said it was junk but I was challenged to get it going. I continued until I got it going. Like others have said it probably can be fixed and a lot of parts can be found. If it can be fixed or not depends more on if you are willing to keep trying to fix it and less on someone saying it can't. If it can't be fixed in the long run at least you tried and hopefully learned some stuff you can apply to future projects. I have been restoring old radios for years and I learn something new all the time.
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