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For a 1951, the chassis looks clean and rust free. That's a plus for sure. Except for the top, it looks like it's a good candidate to restore and re-cap. Some scratch polish or some stain should take care of that. I don't see why it wouldn't be as good as any set of that era. I don't think any CRT set with magnetic focus looks as bright and sharp as those using the "newer" electro-static focus. Looks to be an easy set to work on and re-cap. Orange drops are good capacitors and I understand the yellow ones work well also. However orange drop caps are on the more expensive side. I use capacitors from capacitorworld dot net and have had very good luck using them. BTW they are brownish/red in color not yellow. I wouldn't worry a whole lot about the variance in the readings on the B&K CRT tester. The tester is probably working fine. The tube should "wake up" fine once you are able to get the set recapped and going again.
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