Project impossible? bringing a magnet-box back from the dead?

[Yamamaya42]

Progress update...

Over the weekend, I did manage to get something tuned in through the IF section using a Castle TV Tuner Subber, however there was a noticeable 60hz noise in the video, so strong that it was interfering vert lock, I'm not sure if this was a grounding issue or due to bad caps in the subber, I did only pay $9 for it after all, I could try to stick batteries in the thing and not have it on AC, and see if the noise is gone, but the point was to see if the front end worked and it seems it does somewhat.

Now the choice is, find an alien tube VHS tuner someplace, hook it up make it work, or stick with A/V input...