[Jayce]

I brought this radio up slowly on the bulbs and while it didn't pick up anything, I got steady response from the speaker by switching and wiggling the tone control back and forth. Means I have audio at least. I noticed some oddities about the speaker, like the paper looking the wrong color (what I could see) and the rivets around the rim had been drilled out. So, after pulling the speaker out and removing the filthy, moldy piece of couch someone had glued to the board for a grill cloth, I have come to find this speaker has been re-coned! Initially the gently pressing on the spider made bad scratching sounds from the voice coil, indicating it was rubbing. Well, I tried my 'Spank the Speaker' trick that worked on my 38-116 and a bunch of dried glue and crap fell out of the speaker. The voice coil seems to move smoothly now with no bad sounds that I can detect when I gently move it with my fingers.

   

Next step: Test all tubes and clean the sockets. This radio is looking like a very good restoration candidate... Might move it to the front of the cue...