[mhamby]

Arran,
I just can't tell if the volume control has been replaced. The control has a brass shaft with one half flat for the knob to fit. I can not imagine why the cam assembly is missing unless the vol. control has been replaced. Underneath the chassis was very clean. Insulation on some of the wiring is bad so it will need to be replaced as well as the battery power cord. I believe that one of the capacitors has been replaced and two of the resistors are the newer style carbon, not sure when the newer style came into general use. Even if these parts were changed it may have been around 70 to 75 years ago. Two of the tubes were Philco and two were RCA. The topside of the chassis was very dirty but cleaned up okay. The cabinet was in very good condition, no loose veneer, cracks, original finish and grille cloth, clear dial cover although it had two cracks(I have a new reproduction ordered), knobs and pushbuttons were in good condition. Overall I though it was in very good to excellent condition considering it was 85 years old. Because of the station pushbutton labels I believe it probably came from somewhere around the Missouri/Iowa border. I did some temporary repairs to the battery power cord and used my spare power supply and the radio worked fine although it really liked a good ground.
All the best,
Marion