[Ron Ramirez]

I recently bought this just to get the chassis (which is the "early" type with two Type 45 output tubes).
http://cgi.ebay.com/170185572972

I initially did not intend to keep the cabinet, but I may try to restore it. Believe it or not, it could be salvaged with a LOT of reveneering.

After getting it home, I decided to pull the chassis to make it easier to get both down into the basement.

The entire underneath of the chassis was literally JAM-PACKED with an old mouse nest!

UGH.

And to top it all off...I did not notice until after I pulled the chassis, that the power transformer was gone! (Had I paid closer attention, I would have noticed this in the auction photos, and I might not have bid as a result. Oh well...it IS replaceable.)

At least one of the two 45 tubes was good. ST type though...only one globe tube in the entire set, a Type 27.

Photos to follow later.

I still would prefer to put this chassis, once restored, into a cathedral cabinet. I don't know what I will do with the console cabinet if I decide to try and fix it, though.

I did not pick up the Silvertone cabinet, btw. I suggested to the sellers that they use it for firewood.