Fairbanks-Morse model 8A FOUND!

[holmesuser01]

On Friday, I received 2 20mfd 550v electrolytic caps. Installed them under the chassis, while leaving the originals in place. Turned on the variac and let it cook. After a couple of hours of slowly coming up, I got static, sound, and stations!

I've got to buy more caps, as there is slight distortion in the bass sound. Probably one of the discolored coupling caps near the 6V6GT tube.

Its reasonably sensitive on AM and SW. Police band is quiet, but I have heard things here, too.

I snatched the bakelite knobs off of an RCA radio for now. It really looks nice, too. I still need to get the original styles if possible.

Now, onto the RCA which needs caps, and a big Philco with lots of Loktal tubes that needs caps, too.