My next restoration victim, Silvertone

[Eric H]

Pulled it apart to inspect, decal says it's a Deluxe model but it looks pretty stripped down to me, minimal series string chassis, pitifully low tube count, I don't even see a damper? it does feature (if feature is the right word) two selenium rectifiers though.

Does anyone know who built this thing, Wells Gardner, Muntz?

The set was unusually heavy for a hot chassis, part of the reason is it uses a real 1/4" thick safety glass!

There's a date stamped inside the cabinet but as luck would have it the year is obscured.

The tubes are dated middle of 57 so it seems like it should be Dec 57 but that last digit is clearly not a 7, possibly an 8 but that would mean more than a years difference between the tube dates and the final assembly?

Maybe it's Dec 29 1956, a 6 is plausible based on what can be seen, possibly the date the cabinet was made and not the final assembly date?

It would make more sense to have the cabinet sitting around for six months waiting for the chassis.

This thing has an odd Circuit breaker/resistor assembly mounted on the inside of the back, AC comes in directly from the cord to this assembly then to the chassis.