07-28-2012, 04:51 PM
Hi Rita,
Agree with Codefox. I think most of us here enjoy the fixing up of an old set as much or more than listening and looking at it. If you have the desire to do it your self you've come to the right place. There are lots of folks that can help you out with repairing the innards of your set and the outside too!
If you are looking to try to make quick buck a lot of times it is hard to do. Even if you do the work yourself I think you would be lucky to break even. This is a guess on my behalf but a set like yours with a nice looking cabinet and the chassis repaired you maybe looking at something worth $100 -$150. If you have someone do the chassis work you maybe looking at $75-$100 just for that, provided that it doesn't need any major parts like reconing the speaker or a power transformer.
Doing it yourself you can figure about $20-$30 worth of small parts like resistors, line cord,dial lamp,and condensers. Maybe a used tube or two another $10 or so. So with nothing major to replace you might have $40-$50 tied up in it plus your labor.
What sort of shape is the cabinet in? Can you post a few pictures of the set so we can see what you are working with?? It doesn't have to be here on the Phourm just post a link to it. I use Flicker. It's free and I'm cheap.
Good Luck
Terry
Agree with Codefox. I think most of us here enjoy the fixing up of an old set as much or more than listening and looking at it. If you have the desire to do it your self you've come to the right place. There are lots of folks that can help you out with repairing the innards of your set and the outside too!
If you are looking to try to make quick buck a lot of times it is hard to do. Even if you do the work yourself I think you would be lucky to break even. This is a guess on my behalf but a set like yours with a nice looking cabinet and the chassis repaired you maybe looking at something worth $100 -$150. If you have someone do the chassis work you maybe looking at $75-$100 just for that, provided that it doesn't need any major parts like reconing the speaker or a power transformer.
Doing it yourself you can figure about $20-$30 worth of small parts like resistors, line cord,dial lamp,and condensers. Maybe a used tube or two another $10 or so. So with nothing major to replace you might have $40-$50 tied up in it plus your labor.
What sort of shape is the cabinet in? Can you post a few pictures of the set so we can see what you are working with?? It doesn't have to be here on the Phourm just post a link to it. I use Flicker. It's free and I'm cheap.
Good Luck
Terry
