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The new 48-482 arrived today! As promised, here are some photos of the cabinet:

   

   

   

   

The chassis inside is in fair shape as well. The top side is a bit dirty and has a couple of small rust spots (none are bigger than dime sized), but the underside is remarkably clean.

   

   

As the description said when I bought it, the tuner is pretty well frozen; it probably won’t rotate more than five to ten degrees. Perhaps I can clean it, but if not I’ll yank the tuning capacitor out of my donor set. I’ll also use the speaker out of the donor set, which I already know to work. 

I can’t help but recall a conversation I had when working on the electrical restoration of my 46-480. I had mentioned briefly that the first 48-482 I bought had a Bakelite capacitor in the power section. It was shocking to many folks to think that a late ‘40s model would have a Bakelite capacitor, so I looked at the parts list. It did not indicate that there should be any Bakelite capacitors in the power supply section of the 48-482, so I think we all decided it must have just been an available substitute. But look at this one—it has one, too!