[Eliot Ness]

Good stuff Mike!

Before you close your book on the TO's you ought to try and pick up one of the later R-7000 solid state sets; the last made in the USA.  The R-7000's are starting to show up at Kutztown and I picked up a near mint one a year or two ago.  It replaced one I bought off eBay in fair condition that didn't play very well, but after I recapped it it performed great.

Even the earliest solid state TO, the Royal 1000, is a good performer but it lacks FM:

http://www.antiqueradio.com/TransOcean_10-96.html