[bfrohwein]

I pulled the chassis last night. it's a mix of rubber and cloth covered.. it's not as bad as my 40-125 was. since this was always indoors, the rubber wiring, under the chassis, isn't really dried out much. the rubber wiring above the chassis is totally rotten though. The 4 rubber corner mounts are still quite pliable. the chassis washers on the four bottom bolts are petrified. even the switch assembly washers are nice and squishy.

It's a bit scary that they use 1 type 80 to power all of those tubes. it would've been nice, like you said, if they had 3 generations of tubes represented. Also, luck is upon me. Unlike my other 1940's sets, every single loctal tube in this set, pops off just as they're supposed to when tilted towards the key.

the smoke damage to this thing is just horrendous. and I wish I could dip the entire thing in a vat of febreeze.. sigh..

I'm hoping to have it done by christmas!