[Doug Houston]

That's one of my favorite Victor sets Victor sets. It was made as R-32 (not RE 32) and R-52 as radio-only, and RE-45 and RE-75: Phono combinations. I have all four models. I'd grab the spare R-32 if you can get it right.

Get hold of George Epple, in Baltimore, Maryland. I think his address is:

GKEple@Earthlink.net

He has a magnetizer that will bring the pickup back to life. These RE45 and 75 sets will blow out the windows when the pickup is putting out properly. If you can find an RCA "Inertia" type pickup arm, and replace the straight original arm, your records will appreciate it.

One thing to check in the amplifier. Some of the amplifier had two 500K resistors in parallel from th 26 grid to chassis. There is also a 500K resistor across the 45 grids. Remove those two resistors, and the phono will have the proper output. Just don't turn the radio volume up too far, or you'll take out the speaker cone. Those two extra resistors were added to some sets to protect the speaker on radio, but they reduce the phono volume considerably.The phono plays through the amplifier only, but switching is done on the receiver chassis.

Some of those amplifier chassis were punched out of brass sheet stock.. I have a couple laying around here.