[captainclock1988]

I can't see any obvious signs of transformer failure from the pictures, such as oozing tar, or burned looking wires, it would also smell bad. It's still worth checking before you spend time swapping out capacitors, resistors, and the like, and easy to do with a type #80 socket, the two small pins are the plate connections, large ones are for the filament. The chassis looks fairly clear, and not much tampering, if you would like to take a stab at restuffing paper caps this would be a good candidate, they are fairly easy to take apart, even compared to an Aerovox. The cabinet was refinished at some point, it looks like one of those stain and varnish combo finishes, I hope it isn't poly and stain!
  You were wondering about performance, well it isn't going to measure up to a model 16 Philco, but the 5T5 I had, (Canadian version) wasn't bad for a five tuber, reasonably selective, and sensitive once I fixed the antenna coil primary.
Regards
Arran

Hi Arran, I've already tested the transformer, and it tested good, (I had continuity on the High Voltage winding and on the filiment winding of the 80 Rectifier tube socket). 

As far as the cabinet being refinished goes, I'm assuming this would of been finished with lacquer Toner like the Philco 116B I have would of been?

Also do you know why someone would of put a 45 tube in the 80 rectifier tube soocket on this radio? AFAIK the 45 tube would NOT be a substitute for the 80 rectifier tube.

I take it that the picture below is what the finish on this radio would of originally looked like?

[Image: https://www.radiomuseum.org/images/model..._front.jpg]