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Originally Posted by mr_rye89
I think $75 would be okay if it was complete and the cabinet was in good shape. Be careful plugging in the radio though, it could blow up. Capacitors in it dry up and short out or absorb moisture and short out. I did a Motorola battery radio last year and ALL the coupler capacitors were dead shorted. I would bring it up on a variac or use a dim bulb tester (or both) if possible.
I picked up a '36 Philco farm radio, and I did a full recap before I applied power (and still burned a resistor)
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Well then I probably wont plug it in then, I'll probably just do an overall inspection of the unit (see what condition the chasis is in, see whether the antenna is intact or not see what condition the cabinet is in etc. as I don't have access to a functioning variac or a functioning dimbulb tester to bring with me.)
But from what I rember from looking at the unit when I saw it initially at the antique mall it looked like the cabinet was still in good shape yet and didn't have any damage to the woodwork and the plastic bezel and knobs and push buttons looked like they were in excellent shape yet, I just wasn't sure what the actual chassis itself looked like or whether or not the antenna was intact or not because the unit was burried behind some other furniture in the booth and I couldn't pull it out very easily without risking breaking stuff.