[Arran]

 Thankfully the IF cans and front end coils still seem to be in place, along with all the trimmers and padders, and the tube shield bases, unfortunately they pulled out all of the Bakelite block condensers and added a bunch of stuff that the model 38 would never have had. It looks like this was indeed a model 38 and not a 38A as there is a hole for a ballast socket but no evidence that a socket was ever installed. I really hate it when people attempt to convert battery operated radios into AC sets by installing AC tubes, it almost never works out well, and all they accomplish is to take an all original set with at least some historical value and make it into a parts set. It's so much less effort to rebuild a battery set as is, and then build an off board AC operated power supply to supply the correct voltages.
Regards
Arran