[Arran]

A lot of sets that end up on fleabay are from estate sales, sometimes they work, others were are unfinished projects that were abandoned for one reason or another. What happened here is someone had a go at replacing the filter caps, and obviously chose to use the 450 vdc rated MIEC brand ones that many vendors seem to offer, they will work but are bulky for am already rather congested chassis. One thing these early 1950s Philcos have is that they have excellent documentation with block diagrams of each stage, as well as part placement diagrams. As long as all the critical stuff is still there you can usually make them work, the only real weak point is the mica caps in the slug tuned IF cans.
Regards
Arran