[Groundhog74]

Went with the wife to this antique shop Saturday. The radio was still there. It's was actually a 39-117, code 121. Didn't look real bad. Knobs and buttons were there and in good shape. The finish was a little rough (I wish I could go back in time and tell folks not to paint around their old radios...those petrified paint droplets everywhere are a pain) with the only real issue being the dial cover was very yellowed and stained. I plugged it in (figured the wife and her friend had already done this so any damage was done) and it worked. Gave them the 30 bucks, got it home and, it didn't work??? Found a cap the had broken free from a solder joint. Replaced it and it works pretty well now. Listened to it for several hours while I worked on the cabinet. Someone has been into it before as one of the electrolytics has been replaced. A real crappy job too. Cleaned up the case as best I could with some old english and furniture wax. Polished the brass. Used some Harley windshield polish on the dial cover and it cleaned up pretty decent. Don't look half bad now. It could use a full re-finish, but it appears to have the photo finish on it and I'm not ready to tackle that yet, so I'll leave it as it for now. That rubber wiring cover is a freaking mess. Everytime I move the thing little chunks come falling out. Total re-wire in the future. I will definitely do the wiring on the power transformer. Don't need any meltdowns.